Amazing and funny photos with animals (21 photos)
I hope these furry characters will lift your spirits and give you a boost of positivity for the whole week. 
Ear Biting, 1967. 
Photographer: John Drysdale
John Drysdale's photographs have appeared all over the world - in magazines, books, posters, calendars and postcards. Having started his career photographing members of the royal family, he soon became known for his touching and lively photographs of children and animals. In this selection you will be able to see a small part of his work.
The British Royal Family and King Penguins. London, 1938. 
A lion cub visits a second-grade classroom in Garden City, Kansas, 1951. 
Chisinau Zoo. Zoo employee K.A. Brigidina feeds a bear cub, 1987. 
Dr. Konrad Lorenz, a Viennese scientist and animal behaviorist, with goslings who mistake him for their mother, 1955. 
Konrad Lorenz (1903–1989) was an Austrian zoologist, psychologist, and Nobel laureate. He is considered one of the founders of ethology, the science of animal behavior in the wild. His work has had a profound impact on our understanding of instinct, social bonds, and the evolution of behavior. Lorenz is famous for his observations of birds, especially geese and ducks. He was the first to describe imprinting, the process by which newborn chicks form an attachment to the first moving object they see after hatching (often their mother, but in his experiments, Lorenz himself). One of his most famous images is of Lorenz walking across a meadow, followed by a flock of goslings who mistook him for their parent. This image became a symbol of his scientific approach - closeness to nature, observation, and love of the living world.
Actress Greta Garbo with MGM's mascot Leo in 1925. 
Photographer: Mark Wanamaker
Louis Mayer, the founder of the legendary Hollywood studio Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), saw one of the early works of the young Swedish actress Greta Garbo - and was so impressed that he immediately invited her to America. In 1925, at the age of only 19, Garbo came to Hollywood to begin her stellar career. To make her debut loud and memorable, Mayer developed a large-scale PR campaign - daring, spectacular and very demonstrative. The focus was on a photo shoot in which the new star of the studio was decided to be presented together with her namesake - the lion Jack, the symbol of MGM. Fashionable sports photographer Don Gillum was invited to shoot the film, and the film crew went to a lion ranch. The scene was tense: Greta, dressed in an elegant dress, found herself in close proximity to a huge predator, which caused her understandable fear. The lion, in turn, looked confused - he clearly did not understand why there was such a fuss around him and who this woman was next to him. Nevertheless, the emotions of both the actress and the animal were perfectly captured in the frame. This picture became one of the most famous icons of Hollywood, symbolizing the meeting of a new screen star and the king of beasts.
Llama in Times Square. New York, 1957. 
Photographer: Inge Morath
Judges at work at a rabbit show in Amsterdam, 1957. 
A portrait of Bubbles, a chimpanzee owned by the popular Michael Jackson, dressed in jeans and a T-shirt, holding a photo of himself with the singer, while a plush doll of Bubbles stands next to him, Tokyo, Japan, 1987. 
Bubbles was born in 1983 in Austin, Texas. His mother lived in a biomedical lab, and it seemed that he, too, would be an experimental animal. But this chimpanzee was really lucky. At just eight months old, the baby was taken from his mother and sold for a considerable sum to a trainer from Hollywood, Bob Dunn, the largest supplier of animals for filming and advertising. Even then, he was ready for a career on the screen. A fateful meeting took place when the chimpanzee came into the field of view of Michael Jackson. The King of Pop was enchanted by the baby with big eyes and fluffy fur. He immediately bought him and gave him a name - Bubbles. From that moment on, Bubbles became a full-fledged member of the Jackson family. He was placed in a house in Encino, where he was treated like a child: he slept in a crib in Michael's bedroom, sat at the table, put on miniature copies of the star's costumes, used his toiletries and even cosmetics. Until 1988, Bubbles lived in Jackson's house, but as he grew older, his behavior became more uncontrollable. At the age of five, having become stronger and more restless, he already posed a threat to the household. Then Michael moved him to his famous Neverland ranch, where a safe, comfortable environment was created for the chimpanzee. Bubbles' life at Neverland was luxurious. He became a real celebrity, accompanying Michael on walks, meeting with guests and even participating in his "spiritual conversations." In Hollywood, he was perceived as a loyal and talented companion of the King of Pop. The friendship between the legendary King of Pop Michael Jackson and the chimpanzee lasted for almost two decades - 19 years.
Waiting for the catch, 1989. Kuril Islands. The village of Malokurilsky (now the village of Malokurilskoye) on Shikotan Island. 
Photographer: Vyacheslav Kiselev
Hollywood actress Tippi Hedren and her pet cheetah, 1974. 
In 1974, iconic Hollywood actress Tippi Hedren found herself in an unusual and truly exotic situation: instead of her usual cat or dog, her faithful companion was a domestic cheetah. This amazing couple captivated the public and became a vivid symbol of Hedren's deep love for wildlife and her bold, independent character. Her passion for big cats began during the filming of Alfred Hitchcock's famous film The Birds (1963). Work on the film was accompanied by close contact with predators - lions, tigers and other wild animals. It was then that her passion for these majestic creatures was awakened. Since then, Tippi Hedren has dedicated her life to protecting and rescuing big cats. In California, she founded the Shambhala Sanctuary, an exotic animal sanctuary that has become a haven for hundreds of tigers, lions, leopards and cheetahs. Her famous pet cheetah was likely one of its residents – or even its first.
Feeding a lion cub, 1978. 
Photographer: John Drysdale
Keepers weigh Syrian bear cubs on a scale. The cubs were born and raised at the London Zoo. Both are male, weighing 8 pounds each, in 1959. 
A group of elephants and zebras walk along 33rd Street in Manhattan, 1968. 
"A Kiss for Three". Besed River. Mogilev Region, 1979. 
Photographer: Alexander Stepanenko
Elephants playing cricket, 1936. 
TV presenter Rolf Harris at London Zoo, 1967. 
A panda lying on its back with a telephone receiver on its stomach, 1940. 
Wilfred, a South African galago cub at London Zoo, 1938. 
A panda named Ming plays with a photographer's son, 1939. 
Photographer: Bert Hardy
