mating walking sticks

Can you figure out who is who? I can't. I know they are Walking Sticks though and they are mating.

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mating damselflies

Damselflies rarely get any privacy. The flying male simply wants to see if he too has an opportunity.

Goat closeup

I met this dog at a dog event in Forest Park, St. Louis.

Olin has Addison's disease and is treated every day.

What a GREAT dig.

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Cat mom and babies

Cat baby with tail

Bonobo Lexi getting her teeth brushed Jax Zoo

I was invited "back stage" at the Jacksonville, Florida Zoo, to photograph the "Keepers" training the animals. I was shocked to see this keeper pull tooth paste and a tooth brush out of her gear and then brush Lexi's teeth. Lexi seems to like it. I WISH I could get Dentists to consider using these pictures.

Bonobos do take care of their teeth

Two Three year olds

In my photographic work to get the word out for most of us that Bonobos actually DO exist I got this image of VIC. The boy in red's father told me he brought his son every week to visit Vic. Vic is behind glass. They are both three years old. They were at the Cincinnati Zoo.

Fish

Water Lily #1

This image ended up on the cover of the Magazine "Internation Journal ofArts Medicine"in 1999, Volume 6, No.1

I was at the local HiTec (getting this image printed) and a lady next to me said, "OH what a gorgeous picture! Can I use it on the cover of my magazine?" Nonchelantly I said, "what IS your magazine?" She told me and the rest is history. The image subseqently sold out several times as a greeting card at the Missouri Botanical Gardens. I LOVE this image. Chuck Dresner, my photographic mentor was with me (or I was with him) while taking this picture, and I asked him to look through the lens for me and he suggested I move the tripod to the left a few inches. Thank you Chuck.

Buddy

This dog obviously knows what is going to taste good once this picture has been taken!

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Cat at breakfast

This lovely boy cat was sitting across the table from me in his chair. I asked him if I might take his picture and this is the look I got.

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Dogs five living in a animal shelter

This picture speaks for itself. I LOVE photographing dogs in groups. If YOU have some dogs and would like me to come there and photograph your group, or if you have friends whose dogs would like to get together for a group picture, email me at insect1@swbell.net

Lady Tiger beetle

This is a Tiger Beetle. You will notice that she has a broken part on our left. I had always wanted to photograph a tiger beetle looking into the camera, but normally they are not interested. This individual was resting on a low step in Central Missouri, where I was hanging out, JUST tripod height. I am very proud of this picture. It took me a long time to get it. IF you want to know how to get pictures like these, email me at insect1@swbell.net

I'm Lucy: A Day in the Life of a Young Bonobo

Our book, which came out in March, is a MUST buy. The text is cleverly written by Mathea Levine and Jane Goodall has written the Afterword for it.

Please contact out website: www.bonobokids.org to order the book.

Baby Sitting Sister

This is Johari , (who is about ten years old here),baby sitting for her brother Kaleb at the Jacksonville, Florida, Zoo. Johari still has remnants of her brunch in her right hand, but seems to have postponed eating it until sometime later. Kaleb, (who is about one and a half here), seems to have somewhere else he would rather be. But she is doing her job.

About a year after this picture was taken, Johari went to live at the Fort Worth, Texas, Zoo to hopefully start her own family with Kevin.

An Awesome mom

This mom was chased down by her older children hoping to nurse ONE LAST time. She did it but doesn't look happy about it, (at least to me she doesn't look happy). This picture is one of a series of "Women DO Multitask"

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