Continued: Animals When We're Not Looking

Not that I’m quite that desperate for more blog ideas but I’m really interested in these pictures that photographers all over the world were lucky enough to get so this will be a continued post from the one titled: Animals When We’re Not Looking.

We’ve all seen that cute movie Happy Feet, right? Well it shows some pretty accurate things like how penguins aren’t quite the top of the food chain and need to be cautious when fishing. What Happy Feet didn’t inform me of was that the way penguins move so fast through the water and shoot up onto the ice is they squeeze their little feathers together, close to their body and the trapped air bubbles in their feathers are released, reducing friction and almost “rocket” the penguin wherever they want to go. This penguin is done fishing and doesn’t see any predators but wants to get out of the water fast.

This lion just woke up from a nap in a tree and was listening to a female calling in the distance. That’s when the photographer got his shot. Another person held a spotlight on the lion while the photographer got a 5 second window where the lion looked at them. This is so cool. I’ve never seen a lion in a tree like this on animal planet or in the zoo. I bet they don’t hang out in trees all too often.

 



Okay, really don’t have much to say about this picture but the cheetah in the background just made me laugh. I mean, look at its face! And the cheetah that is the main subject… well, I still can’t tell what is going on or where body parts are but there is apparently a wildebeest that the cheetah just attacked.

 

This is just amazing. I can’t imagine how a bear gets so desperate that it climbs down a cliff just to steal some eggs. Really, I’ve never seen or heard of anything like this.



This is my favorite. Out of all the pictures I have ever seen this one is among my favorites. The only words I can come up with for this is pretty much beautiful or peaceful. It looks like Buda or something. The Japanese macaque is in a hot spring to keep warm in the cold weather. The monkeys also socialize in springs like this. This particular macaque is asleep.