What is the most beautiful animal?

[Scottish9]

The friesian horse.

[leiawolfe]

Personally, a bunny!

(My bun is a Netherland dwarf :3)

[Winstalgia]

I think Gypsy (horses) and Manta rays are stunning! Along with the Maned wolf!

[MerciResolution]

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I think Atlantic White-Sided Dolphins are particularly gorgeous

[somnus.]

Although I love all animals, I'd have to say that I think the most beautiful animals are cichlids, there are so many species. My favorites are keyhole cichlids and angelfish. Even though they aren't the most flashy, they have such beautiful personalities and I love the way they move
Reptiles and birds are a close second. My favorite reptiles are yellow anacondas and white lipped pythons. My favorite birds are zebra finches.

[hapalopus]

Well, everyone's taste is different and all animals have certain good qualities, but if I had to pick some faves, they would be the following:


Spanish fighting bull © David Cordero


King ragworm © Alexander Seminov


Rosetail betta © aquafisher.org.ua


Mustang © D. Robert & Lorri Franz (to be fair, all horses are amazing, I just prefer the fat-looking breeds)


Dragon snake © Dean Carguillo


Goliath heron © Arno Meintjes

And of course almost any leucistic, albino, erythristic, melanistic, or abundistic animal! Though I don't endorse specifically breeding for these colors variants (at least not in non-domesticated animals), they are very very beautiful. I would add more animals, since they're all so gorgeous, but if you really wanna look at pics of my favorites, I've collected a bunch on my Pinterest :3 https://dk.pinterest.com/hostilepopcorn/me-animalia/

[Peyto1217]

❤Skinks are beautiful and don't get the recognition or love they deserve! ❤

[Enyo]

I love Artic Wolves, Artic Foxes in their winter coat, and sooo much more animals that have already been seen on this thread. I wanted to share something different, animals that probably haven't been seen yet on this thread.

I wanted to show you three of less known animals (from Europe, where people often think that there are not animals here that are as colourful and beautiful as those on the other continents) that I had the chance to see in the wild in my life and which I could never
forget. So those are not my favorite animal, but some of the most beautiful I've seen in the wild.

This is the Ocellated Lizard, which has a beautiful mix of bright blue and bright green shades. Unfortunately, this lizard is becoming endangered.





This butterfly is the orange form of the Lesser Purple Emperor. Honestly, no picture can render the true beauty of this butterfly. Its wings has blue metallic reflects which make them change color depending on the light, from bright orange and black to bright purplish blue. (the normal regular form which has its wings varying from black to blue is already beautiful, but the orange one is stunning...)





And the European bee eater, which I almost forgot. They fly in large group, so if you have the chance to see them when they stop on a tree, you don't see one, but thirty of these very colorful birds:

[Embroi]

Aardwolf

[Kittyycandiezz]

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