Amazing and funny photos with animals (21 photos)

Animal photographs from the 20th century are not only a document of how people interacted with nature, but also a source of tenderness, inspiration, and good humor.





Flight attendant Cynthia Robertson with a tiger cub, 1971.

Flight attendant Cynthia Robertson models the new uniform for National Airlines. The new uniform, made of synthetic tiger skin, will be worn by more than 1,000 flight attendants. In her arms, she holds an eight-week-old Bengal tiger named "Indira."



Cary Bay Zoo, New South Wales, 1954.

This funny animal is called a Wombat. The Wombat is a unique and charming mammal native to Australia. These plump herbivores are known for their funny appearance, calm nature, and some amazing features. Wombats are marsupials, like koalas and kangaroos.

One of the most unusual features of the wombat is its cubical feces. This evolutionary adaptation helps prevent the feces from rolling down hills and allows it to better use its scent to mark its territory.





Photographer: Sam Hood

'Friends', 1967. From the source: Mr Arthur Thompson of Lark Mount Farm near Bury, Lancaster, was wondering where one of the newborn kittens on his farm kept disappearing to. It wasn't until he spotted a clump of black and white fur on the floor of one of the Jersey cows' stalls that the mystery was solved. The kitten had become firm friends with Jenny the cow and loved to snuggle up to her when she was asleep. Jenny had also developed a habit of licking the little kitten, which the kitten also enjoyed. Now the little kitten has taken to sitting on the wall of Jenny's enclosure.



Little Steffi hands a toy panda to a real panda at Regents Park Zoo in London, 1946.

Interesting fact: Pandas are pregnant for 3 to 5 months, and usually have one baby. A newborn bear weighs only 90-130 grams - less than 1/900 of its mother's weight!

The babies are completely helpless at birth: they are blind, naked and very small. Their mother carefully nurses them for several months. They are about the same size as the girl's toy.



Juggler Ben Berry juggles rabbits. Los Angeles, California, 1950.

Ben Berry was an American juggler popular from the late 1920s to the early 1960s. He performed in a tuxedo, exuding an air of elegance, but included a lot of comedy that sometimes bordered on farce. He was taught to juggle at the age of 6 by famous vaudevillian juggler Jack Greene.



A rabbit photographer, 1950s. This is the pet of the girl's parents Keller and Marian Breland, who studied the behavior and psychology of animals and created one or more zoos with trained animals, photos with rabbit photographers were one of the popular attractions.



A zookeeper plays the accordion for an elephant, 1950s.



Live Dinner, 1955. One-year-old Susan Burton with a live chicken on her dinner plate



Photographer: Keystone Features

A baby lamb riding a donkey followed by a flock of sheep during a cattle drive, 1958.



Photographer: Robert Doisneau

A baby tiger at the New York Zoo, 1944. The tiger cub sucks its thumb and is temporarily cared for by Mrs. Martini, the wife of the lion keeper at the Bronx Zoo, because the mother tigress refuses to feed her cub.



Photographer: Alfred Eisenstaedt

A boy clutching his rabbit, 1952.



The elephant who can't read. London Zoo, 1956.

An elephant named "Dumbo" prepares to sit on a bench, ignoring the "painted" sign posted by a worker standing to the side.



Photographer: William Wanderson

Penguins on a weekly walk lure people to the zoo. Edinburgh, Scotland, 1950.

The weekly penguin walk at Edinburgh Zoo is one of the most charming and long-lasting traditions in zoo history. Started in 1950, this fun initiative has not only become an icon of the zoo, but has also helped to attract many visitors and strengthen the bond between people and animals.

In the 1950s, staff at Edinburgh Zoo noticed that penguins were especially interested in the environment outside their enclosure. To satisfy their curiosity and provide them with exercise, they decided to organize regular walks for them. These walks became a weekly tradition that continues to this day.



Photographer: Werner Bischof

First class travel. London, 1938. Beadles the monkey and Peter the dog in Hampton Park.



Girl riding a pony with her dog, 1935.



A bushbaby enjoys his morning cocoa from a teaspoon at the London Zoo in 1938.

The bushbaby, also known as the lesser bush baby, is a charming and amazing nocturnal primate native to South Africa. These tiny creatures attract attention with their unusual appearance and active lifestyle.

Galagos are strictly nocturnal animals. During the day, they sleep in tree hollows or dense thickets. They are very active at night, moving nimbly through the trees, using their long hind limbs to jump.

Galagos have some of the largest eyes of any mammal relative to their body size.



Rescuing a baby seal. UK, 1964.

A good example of kindness for children.



A man reading a newspaper with two sheep, 1939.



Belovezhskaya Pushcha, 1971.



Two newborn lambs lie side by side and look at the camera, 1940s.



Photographer: H. Armstrong Roberts