Category Archives: Animals

Nightingale by Yanni

One of my favorites songs.
The Nightingale (Luscinia megarhynchos), also known as Rufous and Common Nightingale, is a small passerine bird that was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family Turdidae, but is now more generally considered to be an Old World flycatcher, Muscicapidae. It belongs to a group of more terrestrial species, often [...]

Ralph Vaughan Williams – the Lark Ascending (1914)

Ralph Vaughan Williams OM (12 October 1872 – 26 August 1958) was an English composer of symphonies, chamber music, opera, choral music, and film scores. He was also a collector of English folk music and song which influenced his editorial approach to the English Hymnal, beginning in 1904, containing many folk song arrangements set [...]

Skylark ascending.
Skylark ascending. Credit rogersanderson
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Gorillas are not bad guys

Gorillas are the largest of the living primates. They are ground-dwelling and predominantly herbivorous. They inhabit the forests of central Africa. Gorillas are divided into two species and (still under debate as of 2008) either four or five subspecies. The DNA of gorillas is 98%–99% identical to that of a human, and they are the [...]

Bansky Gorilla.
Bansky Gorilla. Credit Walt Jabsco
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Rossini’s cats duet

Rossini composed this piece of opera buffa to ridicule bad sopranos. It is usually featured by a duet of girls but in this case it is interpreted by a chorus that cannot avoid smiles. :)

Cats still love ladders.
Cats still love ladders. Credit Kevin Steele
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Sheep, mixing Churras and Merinos

Sheep were one of the earliest animals to be domesticated for agricultural purposes, sheep are raised for fleece, meat (lamb, hogget or mutton) and milk.
The domestic sheep is a multi-purpose animal, and the more than 200 breeds now in existence were created to serve these diverse purposes.
Churras and Merinos are 2 of those breeds, [...]

Sheeps marching!
Sheeps marching! Credit Caro's Lines
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Bats

Bats are flying mammals in the order Chiroptera. The forelimbs of bats are webbed and developed as wings, making them the only mammals naturally capable of true and sustained flight. By contrast, other mammals said to fly, such as flying squirrels, gliding possums and colugos, glide rather than fly, and only for short distances. Bats [...]

Smile for the Camera (Eptesicus fuscus)
Smile for the Camera (Eptesicus fuscus) Credit Furryscaly
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Best fotos of 2009

Space, history, nature, people, animals, … I hope you have enjoyed them.
Note. Credits in this post link to orginal posts of this blog. Photo credits are placed on the landing pages.

The Orion nebula.
The Orion nebula. Credit TheBigFoto
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