White-handed gibbon

Take it easy

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Take it easy!

Relaxed white-handed gibbon

Sent by Bernd from Germany

The lar gibbon (Hylobates lar), also known as the white-handed gibbon, is an endangered primate in the gibbon family, Hylobatidae. It is one of the better-known gibbons and is often kept in captivity.

 Their distinct fur color can vary from black and dark brown to a lighter cream color. 

Conservation. Lar gibbons are threatened in various ways: they are sometimes hunted for their meat, sometimes a parent is killed to capture young animals for pets, but perhaps the most pervasive is the loss of habitat. 

 

Sunday Smile

These postcard are traveling to Czech Republic for Marketa wishing her good luck and nice coming autumn days.

 

Mailbox today

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Taipei 101 Skyscraper

Sent by Jake from Taunan

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Lonely rhino

Sent by Kerstin from Ehrfurt, Germany

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Sad gorilla 

Sent by Nathalia from Dresden, Germany

April Animals

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Rrhinos

 Brookfield Zoo. Chicago Zoological Society. Brookfield, Illinois

Photo Barbara von Hoffmann

Sent by Brigit from Detroit, Michigan

 

outgouing mail

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 Lynx. Illustration Marketta Mäntynen, Finnish

Big Cats

Cheetah

Sent by Lynda on 30 Aug, 2022 from Canada

 

Wild Life

Zebras

African animals

Smile on Saturday

Polar bear mother and cub. 

Arctic animals. Photo Norbert Rosing, 

National Geography Image Collection

 

Taiwan

Fresh Green Shirakawa-go

Shirakawa-gō is a small, traditional village showcasing a building style known as gasshō-zukuri.  It is one of UNESCO's World Cultural Heritage Sites.

Sent by Wenny on 7 Feb, 2023 from Tainan 

World Animal Day

Oct 4, 2022, Taiwan 

Sent by Wei Chi on 6 Nov, 2022 from Taipei

 

Smle on Saturda

Wild boar piglets

Sent by Minigret on 1 May, 2022 from Netherlands 

 

Smile on Saturday

I like to share - just not you

Sent byGirri on 16 Jun, 2015 from Freistads, Austria

Arizona, Australia

Mail from Arizona

Arizona Grand State

Mail from Australia

Aboriginal homelands

 

Hedgehoges

Hedgehog sent by Anna-Kaisa on13 Aug, 2014 from Isojoki, Finland

Hedgehog sent by Bernhard on 28 Jul, 2017 from Augsburg, Germany 

Hedgehog ready for winter hibernation

Sent by Olesya from Murmansk, Russia 

 

Animals

Moose

Finnish nature

Wildbeest, Gnu

African nature

Zebras

African nature

Art by Danielle Beck, Zebres de Gol

Sent by Lothar on 25 Feb. 2023 from Saltzkitter

 

Smile on Saturday

Horse Smile

 

National Parks

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Wild Boar, 

Belovezhskaya Pushcha National Park, Belarus

Sent by Yukia on 13 Jan, 2016 from Gantsevichi, Belarus

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Białowieża Forest, Poland , Belarus

Sent by Kornelia on 25 Aug, 2021 from Lublin, Poland

Daybreak over Haleakala, Hawaii

Halekala National Park

Sent by Jess on 20 Sep, 2022 from Columbus, Ohio

Price William Forest Park , Virginia U.S.A. 

 

Wildlife

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Fun Facts - Cougar

Sent by Diane on 20 Mar, 2016 from Syracuse,  New York

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Fun Facts -Tiger

Sent by Patricia on 17 Jan, 2022 from Palm Beach, California

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Coyote ( Cania Latrans)

Sent by Eli on 25 Aug 2017 from Dallas, Texas

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Meeting

Sent by Christian on 22 Jan, 2022 from Win

South Africa

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Paarl, Cape Peninsula, South Africa

Sent by Maisa on 19 Oct, 2015 

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Kruger National Park, South Africa

Sent by Tina on 16 Dec, 2015

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Wilderness Garden Route

Sent by Cecilia on 13 Feb, 2014

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Union Buildings, Pretoria, South Africa

Sent by Sharon on 13 Jul, 2017

The Palace of The Sun City, Nord West, South Africa

Sent by Ani on 5 Jun, 2014 from Bruggen, Germany 

Smile on Saturday

Chimp, Kolmården Zoo Park, Sweden, 1982

Photo Giovanni Trimboli 

Two cute lambs, 1978

Photo B.E. Swahn

Kiss and hug,  1974

Photo Göran Ekström, Swedish 

 

Indonesia

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Rice Farners in Indonesia plant the young rice shoots. 

In Indonesia the planting and harvesting of rice is traditionally a women´s work since ot is belived that they have the delicate touch which will not frighten the spirit of rice plant. And according to ancient fertility rites women are the source of life, and this power will be transferred to the rice plant

Sent by Lynn on 20 Sep, 2020 

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Badak sumatra ( Dicedorhinus sumatrensis ) Indonesia 

Sent by Mia on 31 May, 2016 from Jakarta