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Animal pictures compilation

Text and pictures © 2007-2024 Guillaume Dargaud
Last updated on 2021/11/05

"I think animal testing is a terrible idea; they get all nervous and give the wrong answers." — A Bit of Fry and Laurie.

Antarctic animals

[ ](../Antarctica/Animals.html "Pictures of animals and life forms found in Antarctica: weddell seal, leopard seal, fish, algae, lichen...")

Left: Baby Weddell seal scared off by the camera.

[ ](../Antarctica/Birds.html "Pictures of 6 different species of Antarctic birds: skua, giant petrel, Cape petrel, Wilson petrel, snow petrel, fulmar.")

Right: Skua chick resting on ice.

[ ](../Antarctica/Birds.html#Fulmar "Pictures of 6 different species of Antarctic birds: skua, giant petrel, Cape petrel, Wilson petrel, snow petrel, fulmar.")

Left: Antarctic Fulmar cleaning the snow off its nest in spring.

[ ](../#Emperor)

Right: Emperor penguins and their chicks.

[ ](../Antarctica/PenguinFAQ.html "Frequently asked questions about adelie and emperor penguins")

Left: Adelie penguin egg hatching.

[ ](../Antarctica/PenguinFAQ.html "Frequently asked questions about adelie and emperor penguins")

Right: Adelie penguin moulting in autumn.

Europe

[ ](../Photo/Desktop.html "Wallpapers featuring nature and wildlife up to 1920x1200 resolution.")

Left: Cow and calf in Appenines, central italy.

[ ](../Climbing/BrianconClimb.html "Rock climbing near Briançon (southern Alps).")

Right: Strange crowd on a Via Ferrata at Roche Robert. Those goats look friendly and harmless enough, but the problem is that sometimes they drop rocks on you while walking carelessly above the cliffs. Well, it can always get worse, I've had friends who had a cow crash-land a few meters away from a hundred meters up !

[ ](../Photo/Fox.html "Pictures of a friendly fox hanging around the campsite.")

Left: Gentle fox hanging around our campfire in Val d'Orco.

[ ](../Climbing/Corsica.html "Sunny rock climbing in Corsica, long routes at Bavella.")

Right: Wild pigs and piglets in the Corsican forest.

[ ](../Photo/Macro.html "Some amateurish macro photos")

Left: Hawk-moth hovering above its lunch.

[ ](../Climbing/Vanoise.html "Some images of climbing in the Vanoise, Alps.")

Right: Sleepy marmot getting out of its hole.

[ ](../Photo/Macro.html "Some amateurish macro photos")

Left: Wasp drunk on sap.

[ ](../Climbing/Maurienne.html "Some images of climbing in the Maurienne valley, Alps.")

Right: Strange insect (a tiny rock lobster ?) crawling on the rock.

[ ](../Photo/Nature.html "Wallpapers of nature and wildlife up to 1920x1200 resolution.")

Left: Kissing snails.

[ ](../Climbing/Vanoise.html "Some images of climbing in the Vanoise, Alps.")

Right: Spider in Vanoise.

Left: A toad trying to warm up in the morning sun on an alpine trail in the Bargy range, northern Alps.

World

[ ](../Climbing/Australia.html "Pictures of climbing in Australia: Arapile, Mt Buffalo, Grampians, Blue Mountains, Point Perpendicular...")

Left: Praying Mantis in Australia.

[ ](../Climbing/Australia.html#Epilogue "Pictures of climbing in Australia: Arapile, Mt Buffalo, Grampians, Blue Mountains, Point Perpendicular...")

Right: A spiny echidna, a cousin of the platypus. Those strange animals form the monotreme class and they lay eggs while still being considered mammals.

[ ](../Climbing/Tibet.html "Some pictures of tourism in Nepal before our ascent of Cho-Oyu")

Left: A vulture in the tibetan sky.

[ ](../Climbing/Ecuador.html "Pictures and stories of climbing in Ecuador: Chimborazo, Cotopaxi, Iliniza... July 1994.")

Right: A mighty condor above Ecuador.

[ ](../Climbing/Alaska.html "Pictures and stories of climbing in Alaska: Denali/McKinley (solo 6194m), Mt Hunter, Prindle... 1995")

Left: Young grizzly bear seen in Alaska.

[ ](../Climbing/NZ3.html "Pictures of climbing in New Zealand, 3rd part: Mt Aspiring, North ridge of Sefton and more...")

Right: A hungry possum looking at our meal preparation inside a hut in the Darren mountains, NZ.

[ ](../Climbing/Tasmania.html "Pictures and stories of animals (kangaroos, possums, birds) and hiking in Tasmania (Federation Peak...)")

Left: Tawney Frogmouth and its weird expressive face.

[ ](../Climbing/Tasmania.html "Pictures and stories of animals (kangaroos, possums, birds) and hiking in Tasmania (Federation Peak...)")

Right: A gentle wombat from Tasmania.

[ ](../Climbing/Wyoming.html "Some rock-climbing in Wyoming: Vedauwoo, Devil's tower, Grand Teton, Yellowstone, rodeo...")

Left: Cowboy about to receive a headache during a Wyoming rodeo.

[ ](../Climbing/NZ2.html "Pictures of climbing in New Zealand, 2nd part: west ridge of Mt Cook, Mt Tasman and more...")

Right: A kea, a green carnivorous parrot local to New Zealand.

[ ](../Climbing/Yosemite.html "Pictures and stories of climbing in Yosemite: granite, big walls, Half Dome, the Nose of El Cap, the DNB... I wish I was there now !")

Left: Grey squirrel on the summit of Half Dome, Yosemite.

[ ](../Climbing/ChoOyu.html "Pictures and story of climbing Cho-Oyu, 8201m, 2000")

Right: Yaks used to carry loads up Himalayan mountains.

[ ](../Climbing/Yosemite.html "Pictures and stories of climbing in Yosemite: granite, big walls, Half Dome, the Nose of El Cap, the DNB... I wish I was there now !")

Left: A coyote wandering through camp.

[ ](../Climbing/NZ2.html "Pictures of climbing in New Zealand, 2nd part: west ridge of Mt Cook, Mt Tasman and more...")

Right: A blue shark seen from the relative safety of a shark cage in NZ.

[ ](../Photo/MadaAnimals.html "Pictures of some animals from Madagascar: limestone lemur, chameleon, gecko...")

Right: Crocodile waiting immobile in the water, Madagascar.

[ ](../Climbing/Tsaranoro.html "Climbing in Tsaranoro, Madagascar: long granite routes.")

Left: Catta lemur below the imposing walls of the Tsaranoro, Madagascar.

[ ](../Photo/MadaAnimals.html "Pictures of some animals from Madagascar: limestone lemur, chameleon, gecko...")

Right: Horned chameleon on a branch, Madagascar.

[ ](../Climbing/Madagascar.html "Climbing in northern Madagascar: Nosy Hara, Antsiranana, Diego Suarez, Montagne des Français, Perroquet.")

Left: A tiny and bright green gecko, Madagascar.