Animals

Mark Laita is a photographer from L.A. who has captured some very beautiful images of snakes for his new book, Serpentine. The focus of the book was on the graceful contortions of the reptiles. “It is not a snake book.” says Laita. “Really, it is more about color, form and texture. For me, a snake does that beautifully.” These shots are spectacular!

 Check out this little kitten Pickles that sounds like a goat when he tries to meow - another adorable creature that makes you go AWWW and WTF at the same time :)

The SmithsonianMag has picked the best photo contest submissions of spiders form around the world in order to honor the Save a Spider Day. Check out these astonishing images of spiders seen like never before!

These mini antelopes are beyond adorable! With a hilarious name dik-dik, they hail from South Africa, stand 12-16 in. and weigh 7-16 lb. Many people have them as exotic pets, and they are unfortunately hunted for recreation as well as food. Check them out! I'm in Love.

Cuddling causes positive feeings triggered by endorphin release, even animals seem to know that! Let's get inspired to cuddle a little more, with these beyond adorable cuddlies.

Dog sledding dates back to at least 2000 B.C. and has originated in Siberia and North America, where many American Indian cultures used dogs to pull loads of supplies and food. A Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen become the first person to reach South Pole using a dog sled in a race in 1911, after this mushing (another word for dog sledding) had spread to many European countries. Dogs were used for nature tours, as ambulances and to bring supplies to soldiers during WWI. Today there's no more need for working sled dogs, and they're mainly used for recreation, such as sled dog races in some countries, and of course make great pets. These are some beautiful, smart animals with tremendous amounts of endurance, cooperation skills, speed, and huge hearts.

This beautiful pink bottlenose dolphin was spotted in Lake Calcasieu, an inland saltwater estuary in south-west Louisiana in 2009. You can't see them in this photo, but the dolphin has reddish eyes suggesting he/she is an albino.

Dinotopia is an illustrated fantasy book series by artist James Gurney that imagines a world in which dinosaurs exist alongside humans. Gurney was inspired to create Dinotopia after working on a series of illustrations of ancient civilizations for National Geographic back in the 1980s. The Dinotopia series began with Dinotopia: A Land Apart from Time in 1992. Gurney has since created three follow-up books. Gurney’s Dinotopia art is the subject of a solo exhibition at the New Hampshire Institute of Art through March 13, 2013.

LEGO enthusiasts and builders Sean and Steph Mayo (aka “Siercon and Coral“) created a “creepy crawly” collection of insects out of LEGO.