These are some photos I took at the International Wolf Center in Ely Minnesota. Leader of the pack I have been there many times, but on this day the wolves were hanging out where you could see them pretty good.Relaxing After watching them for a while I concluded they are just big dogs, with all the usual dog behavior.kiss These timberwolves are very big and they live in the wild up here. In the winter especially you can hear packs of them howling.the pack They are agile hunters, here is one on the prowl. One more picture showing their doggy behavior, notice the white one with his tail straight up, he is in charge! submit to me Just a note, these pictures were all taken through glass.

I was going through some pictures and found that I had a lot of pictures of animals. So here's a little story of some animals. Our journey is going to start at Sea World. Where they have dolphins,  baluga whales,  turtles and the world famous Shamu. Who is not the only one who knows how to  wave. We can't forget the pink flamingoes, and  hungry seals. And of course my personal favorite the always hard to photograph  bat ray.

After Sea World we go to the domestic animals, my personal favorite,  Anubis, my kitty and  Coconut, my fiance's kitty. Here is them being  shy, Coconut had some knotts in her fur and wasn't thrilled about getting a hair cut.  Here's Coconut looking at something, curious. And Anubis doing what he does best.  

And now a trip to the beach where for some reason there was a large number of sea clams, and later that night there was a  jellyfish, kinda startling since we set up 'camp' for surf fishing right behind there.

Now back to Colorado where we met Guiness at the wolf santuary. And at the Mountain Zoo we met some sleepy river otters, a  little monkey, and a  hippo. Back at the Royal Gorge there were some natives a  buffalo, and an elk.

And that concludes todays lesson. Enjoy.