tiabunna's photos with the keyword: Animals

Today (10 Feb) is the first day of the Lunar New Year, this time heading into the Year of the Dragon. That led me to search my archives for images of dragons and this Eastern_bearded_dragon raised its head. These are native to the east coast of Australia. I wish everyone a Happy Year of the Dragon.

Elephant cleaning is one of those jobs needing to be done from time to time. This elephant was being cleaned in the river near our guest house. As you will see, the procedure is to add some sandy mud, then rub with one of your thongs (flip-flop to some of you). The next steps are in the PiPs and also below (I've worked out that PiPs are not visible on mobile phones - mine at least).

Unusual daytime fog rolling through our local National Park and the Spotted Gums, with a couple of the local 'roos watching me. Explored.

One of the Mogo Zoo cheetahs. Explored.

A very wet day at Mogo Zoo didn't seem to upset these two giraffes awaiting feeding. Explored.

European Fallow Deer at the Mogo Zoo. Best viewed large. Explored.

Endangered in the wild, this is at Mogo Zoo. View large on black and meditate that the total number is counted in just thousands. Explored.

Camel racing is held annually at Easter in Forbes, where we had our old car gathering. Too good to pass, we had to be there (as were a great many local people, see note). Best viewed large. Explored.

Mustard Bellied Snake (Elapognathus rhodogaster). These tiny snakes grow to only about 30cm long - this appeared to be a young one, it was somewhat shorter than full size and less than 10mm thick (compare it against the lawn). It did not show any signs of aggression so my neighbour picked it up on a shovel, put it in a bucket, and we released it back in the nearby nature reserve. They are categorised as only 'mildly venomous'. Second shot in note.

This Australian Fur Seal ( Arctocephalus pusillus doriferus ) was resident in Mallacoota Inlet, I gather it had been living there for some time. It certainly was very relaxed at being near photographers shooting furiously, and was lazily floating around in circles doing the sidestroke. Second shot in the note.

I was busily taking photos of the masses of birdlife which descended on our camp, but I was oblivious for some time to this large Eastern Grey kangaroo who had sidled up to within a metre of me and seemed fascinated by this photography business. So I stepped back and took his portrait: he was nearly as tall as me!