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  • Lonely Lemur sitting and looking around hoping another animal will come along and play.
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  • It's an unusually warm winter day in December.  The dog park is busy and the dogs are having a blast playing in the man-made lake.
    shake_shake_shake.jpg
  • A Hyena Approaches a pool of water looking for a drink
    Thirsty Hyena.jpg
  • Lions are social cats that live in groups of up to 40 members. Shot taken at the STL Zoo.
    african_lion_2.jpg
  • Lions are social cats that live in groups of up to 40 members. These beautiful cats can be seen at the Saint Louis Zoo.
    african_lions_2.jpg
  • Snaggletooth Squirrel with Corn.jpg
  • I swear, I'm Like A Teddy Bear, Come Closer...
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  • The lion is one of the four big cats in the genus Panthera and a member of the family Felidae. With some males exceeding 250 kg in weight, it is the second-largest living cat after the tiger. This beautiful cats can be seen at the Saint Louis Zoo.
    african_lion.jpg
  • Lions are social cats that live in groups of up to 40 members. These beautiful cats can be seen at the Saint Louis Zoo.
    african_lions_6.jpg
  • Lions are social cats that live in groups of up to 40 members. These beautiful cats can be seen at the Saint Louis Zoo.
    african_lions_3.jpg
  • The red panda, is a small arboreal mammal native to the eastern Himalayas and southwestern China and related to raccoons, skunks and weasels. It is the only extant species of the genus Ailurus and the family Ailuridae.<br />
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The red panda is a cousin of the raccoon, while the more famous giant panda is more closely related to bears. These engaging animals make their home in mountain forests and bamboo thickets, where they live in small groups or alone. They are active mainly at night and spend their days sleeping in trees, out of the reach of most predators. Red pandas are primarily vegetarians, with bamboo shoots a favorite food, but they also eat small animals.<br />
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The number of wild red pandas is declining as their bamboo forests are cleared for human development.<br />
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Did You Know That The extra "thumb" on a red panda's front paws is a modified wrist bone that allows the animal to easily grasp bamboo.
    Prowling Red Panda.jpg
  • This shot of this beautiful bunny rabbit was taken on a gorgeous summer day at the Saint Louis Zoo.
    rabbit.jpg
  • Warm Kitty, Soft Kitty, purr purr purr. Loving the 'tiny' big cats at the Saint Louis Zoo
    Warm Kitty Soft Kitty.jpg
  • Baby Lion Cubs playing together at the Saint Louis zoo.
    lion_cubs.jpg
  • Snaggletooth Squirrel.jpg
  • Back Off My Corn.jpg
  • Squirrely Profile B.jpg
  • Paco-Couch-A.JPG
  • Bear, our Lhasa-Poo. The Lhasa-Poo is not a purebred dog. It is a cross between the Lhasa Apso and the Poodle.
    Bear-Couch-A.JPG
  • Grizzly bear exhausted and just chillin in the shade at the Saint Louis Zoo.
    Grizzly Chillin.jpg
  • It was an unusual winter day on December 2, 2013 when the temperature climbed close to 80 in Missouri. ..We decided to go for a walk and take photographs when we noticed the dog park at Broemmelsiek Park was extremely busy. So we sat over at the dog park and just started snapping photos of the dogs as they played.
    doggie_play.jpg
  • The spotted hyena is a skillful hunter but also a scavenger. Truly an opportunistic feeder, it selects the easiest and most attractive food it may ignore fresh carrion and bones if there is, for example, an abundance of vulnerable wildebeest calves. It consumes animals of various types and sizes (including domestic stock and even other hyenas), carrion, bones, vegetable matter and other animals' droppings. The powerful jaws and digestive tract of the hyena allow it to process and obtain nutrients from skin and bones. The only parts of prey not fully digested are hair, horns and hooves; these are regurgitated in the form of pellets. As hyenas hunt mostly at night and devour all parts, little evidence remains of their actual meals. Although they eat a lot of dry bones, they need little water.
    Heyana With a Bone.jpg
  • Although phylogenetically close to felines and viverrids, hyenas are behaviourally and morphologically similar to canines in several aspects (see Convergent evolution); both hyenas and canines are non-arboreal, cursorial hunters that catch prey with their teeth rather than claws. Both eat food quickly and may store it. Hyenas feature prominently in the folklore and mythology of human cultures with which they are sympatric. Hyenas are mostly viewed with fear and contempt, as well as being associated with witchcraft, as their body parts are used as ingredients in traditional medicine. Among the beliefs held by some cultures, hyenas are thought to influence people's spirits, rob graves, and steal livestock and children.
    Hyena Profile.jpg
  • Lions are social cats that live in groups of up to 40 members. These beautiful cats can be seen at the Saint Louis Zoo.
    african_lions_5.jpg
  • Lions are social cats that live in groups of up to 40 members. These beautiful cats can be seen at the Saint Louis Zoo.
    african_lions.jpg
  • Adam is a three year old Pyrenees and Lab mix that likes to spend evenings on the barn floor watching the horses.
    Adam - Pyrenees Cross.jpg
  • Snaggletooth Squirrel in Tree.jpg
  • Squirrely Profile C.jpg
  • Squirrely Profile A.jpg
  • Paco-Couch-B.JPG
  • Pachyderm making its way through the elephant area looking determined enough to remove anything that gets in its way.
    Incoming Pachyderm.jpg
  • This Small-Eyed Sphinx Moth was trapped in my garage in a spider web of course.  After photographing the little guy I set him free and got rid of the spider webs.<br />
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I have another photo I may process.  In that photo this moth almost looks like a bat. Interesting creatures.
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  • Lions mate several times in a year and females give birth to up to four or five cubs after a gestational period lasting nearly three and a half to four months. Cubs suckle from their mothers and other pride females up to six months and in case of males usually stay with the pride up to two years of age. Despite protection of the pride, up to 50% of lion cubs in the wild do not survive owing to starvation or occasional cannibalism by other lions. When nomadic male lions take over a pride from the resident males, after a bloody and often mortal battle, they kill their cubs. This serves not only to bring the lionesses in heat but also to ensure only their gene pool continues in the next generation.
    I Swear, Im Innocent.jpg
  • Lions are social cats that live in groups of up to 40 members. These beautiful cats can be seen at the Saint Louis Zoo.
    african_lions_7.jpg
  • Lions are social cats that live in groups of up to 40 members. These beautiful cats can be seen at the Saint Louis Zoo.
    african_lions_4.jpg
  • African lions live in a number of different habitats: grassy plains, open woodlands, semi-desert areas, even high mountains. They eat anything they can catch and kill, including antelope, zebra and buffalo
    Lioness Growl.jpg
  • These domestic horses were running around some farm land along HWY D in New Melle, Missouri. They are such beautiful animals.
    domestic_horses.jpg
  • Snaggletooth Squirrel in Grass.jpg
  • Back Off My Corn 2.jpg
  • Back Off My Corn 3.jpg
  • Cute little squirrel who decided to eat my sunflower seeds for the birds
    Tree Rat.jpg
  • Squirrely Profile D.jpg
  • A kitten lays on the doorstep asking for a photo.
    Straatmann Kitty.jpg
  • Mommy, do Alligators have fur?
    Alligator Fur.jpg
  • The main population of California sea lions is found along the west coast in the Pacific Ocean. Harbor seals are commonly found in the coastal waters of the North Atlantic and Pacific oceans. While both are marine mammals and powerful, graceful swimmers, sea lions and seals have distinct differences. Harbor seals and other ?true? seals do not have external ear flaps, while sea lions, along with fur seals and walruses, have visible, external ear flaps. Sea lions can rotate their hind flippers under their bodies, allowing them to walk easily on land. Seals do not have this ability and move about in an inchworm-like motion.
    harbor_loin.jpg
  • Hemaris thysbe, the Hummingbird Clearwing Moth or Common Clearwing (wingspan 38-50 mm), readily visits flowers by day throughout the eastern half of the U.S. and Canada, where it ranges far to the north, even into the Yukon. It is not difficult to see why many gardeners would mistake an Hemaris thysbe moth for a small hummingbird as it hovers, sipping nectar from flowers through a long feeding tube. The moth hovers briefly, sipping for only a few seconds before darting off to a new flower. Green body "fur" and burgundy wing scales suggest a small ruby throated hummingbird.
    clearwing humming bird moth shag.jpg
  • Taken near Marthasville, Missouri this Old Dilapidated Barn was just begging to be photographed. I love old barn shots, something very calming to me about them for some reason.<br />
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Marthasville is located near the site of the early 1763 French fur trading post named La Charrette. It was founded by Dr. John Young in 1817 and named after his first wife Martha Fuqua.<br />
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The Missouri, Kansas and Eastern Railroad was completed through Marthasville in the winter of 1892 and taken over by the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad (MKT) in July of 1893.<br />
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The area is also full of historical importance, both local and national. The Lewis and Clark Discovery Expedition overnighted here in 1804 on their way up the Missouri and again on the way home in September of 1806. Daniel Boone and his relatives lived in the area. He and Rebecca were buried on the Bryan farm. His gravesite is just one mile east of Marthasville.<br />
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The region was widely settled by German immigrants during the 1800's who brought their wine making skills with them and were attracted to this Missouri River Valley which has become known as the Missouri Rhineland.<br />
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Some of the many attractions in and around the area are; the KATY State Park Hiking and Biking Trail, the Lewis and Clark Trail, and the Daniel Boone Monument. You'll find the finest wineries tucked in along our scenic drives through the hills and along the Missouri River.
    This Old Barn.jpg
  • The lion is one of the four big cats in the genus Panthera and a member of the family Felidae. With some males exceeding 250 kg in weight, it is the second-largest living cat after the tiger.<br />
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Lions are the only cats that live in groups, which are called prides. Prides are family units that may include up to three males, a dozen or so females, and their young. All of a pride's lionesses are related, and female cubs typically stay with the group as they age. Young males eventually leave and establish their own prides by taking over a group headed by another male.<br />
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This shot was taken at the Saint Louis Zoo in Big Cat Country. Sinewy muscles, beautiful fur, shearing teeth, padded toes, supple body, all describe the inhabitants of Big Cat Country. This spectacular natural outdoor setting for tigers, leopards and other big cats was constructed in 1975. Dramatic, simulated rock formations provide realistic backdrops for the handsome felines. Big Cat Country takes the form of a large wheel. Three large open yards, almost one-third of an acre each, have trees and shrubs, boulders and a pool. The center yard has a 27-foot-high waterfall. There are four smaller yards that provide excellent viewing or photographing of the climbing cats. From a safe distance, of course!
    Growling Wood Grain.jpg