Ospreys are fantastic birds.
Mrs Vorpal is a mural artist, and just loves to paint these birds into her murals
Humans, dolphins and otters are all known for their ability to "play".
In other words, to do things with no purpose related to survival.
Other animals, like canines and felines play, but their play is practice for hunting.
Check out this little otter...
When I was in Hawai'i in 2014 there were geckos that came out and watched us eat on the patio -- but we didn't feed 'em
I find it fascinating when two animals who would normally be predator and prey seem to get along
This one's cool -- one of our cats puts his paw on my hand when he sits with me in my chair.
We had a family of skunks live under the neighbour's garage
They were cute and fun to watch, until one day the dog discovered them...
I had to clean the dog up.
It took several hours, and several more to get the smell out of my clothes.
Strangely though, after that I find that I like the smell of skunk -- but only at a distance...