Best National Geographic Photos of 2008

Amazing Gallery of 19 best professional photos by National Geographic 2008.

Elephant Artist

These amazing images were made by the Elephant Artist Sri Siam at the Lamphang Elephant Camp in Thailand. It is hard to tell whether the elephants actually know what they are drawing, or that they have learned to imitate a teachers work or their caretaker is directing them how to draw. Nonetheless it is unnaturally fascinating to see them busy.

Margay - The Tiger Cat

Of all of the felines, the Margay is most adapted for a true arboreal life. It is the only cat to possess the ability to rotate its hind legs 180° , enabling it to run head first down trees like squirrels. It can also hang from a branch by one hind foot!

The Margay is on the endangered animals list, but no one really knows how large their population really is between Mexico and Argentina. Margays don’t take well to humans invading their habitats and sacientists say they are so well adapted to life in trees that they can go their entire lives without touching the ground.

Gemina, the Crooked Neck Giraffe

Gemina, the Santa Barbara Zoo giraffe known around the world for its crooked neck has dyed at the age of 21. You can see the remembering page at the Zoo site.

Giant Bat

A Cat and His Box

Halloween Dog Costumes

Take a look at some of the costumes featured at a Halloween Dog Costumes Show held in the US in 2008.