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Warbling Whales Speak a Language All Their OwnThe songs of the humpback whale are among the most complex in the animal kingdom. Researchers have now mathematically confirmed that whales have their own syntax that uses sound units to build phrases that can be combined to form songs that last for hours.
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food fightthe first shot of the four, definitely.

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white swan in ice water
still life.

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poor little orange fish
by jorge lesmes in madrid. i like the dusty quality.

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caught red pawed
humorous storytelling by KTB on flickr.

:: tree and cat
gorgeous shot on DYSWIS.

:: psycho cat:
swissmiss meets a polterkitty in the hallway.

:: my stick
cute shot by bbarnhart.

:: cocoa #28
technology, music, dogs, and photography. a lovely mix.

:: lost: a very cute puppy xxx small
david gallagher captures a brooklyn street sign on flickr.

:: sleeping with the fishes
low resolution under water.

:: vicious beastie
this is what a perfectly-timed shot looks like, from mute.rigent.com.

:: reach!
squirrels go for it in toronto.

:: jump
"This little guy was guarding a laundry center, and was jumping like mad." at grubby kid.

:: dog day afternoon
myla kent's muses.

:: mr. peepers
an absolutely stunning and vibrant set of photos from post-norm in las vegas.

:: 18459
the kitteniest kitten photo i've ever seen.

:: senate roll call to save the arctic refuge
we lost by two votes, but there are still ways to block the drilling...

:: dog races, west palm beach
meccapixel in florida.

:: petey at the gates
catching some snowballs...

:: food circle

:: the bear
exercises in personification and scale -- a surprising photo essay by witold riedel at the morning news.

:: only in new york
people-watching with swissmiss.

:: myla kent's bear photos
i can't stop looking.

:: help pale male
numbers are available on the site to call the mgmt company to request the return of pale male's nest. more info here.

:: cleaning
serious feline footwork caught by xhoss.

:: biosphere birds
photojunkie's capture of the skies over montreal.

:: flickr: insect
buggariffic.

:: buddy the wonder dog
the continuing adventures of mr. happypants.

:: sheer numbers
the first four... from ixtayul at metroplus.

:: chengwin vs chunk
extreme oddity on lafayette and spring.

:: bird feeder
topleftpixel-action in dundas square, toronto.

:: two swans looking for a hand out
great color and contrast in this from mute.rigent.com in toronto.

:: lion boy
a way-to-cute-not-to-link-to link from bellmas.

:: a dog's introversion
sitting in the leaves at absenter.org.

:: snowy egret
item #30987 from may 8, 1966. an infrangible still life from cornell university, upstate new york.
