These Photos Prove That Animals Make the World 100 Times More Beautiful

While most people might admit to whiling away the day stalking celebrities on social media, as Green Monsters, we have to admit that our pass time activities are a little different. Instead of flipping through the endless stream of selfies posted on Kimmy K.’s Instagram feed, we’re more interested in the jaw-dropping posts from the U.S. Department of the Interior. We take no shame in admitting we’d rather spend the day staring at crazy photos of trees than flipping through this season’s “must have” tote bags.

The fact is we love nature photos because they are just stinking gorgeous and because we rarely get to experience real sublime nature first-hand. Most of us work in offices that (sadly) don’t include potted plants, let alone full-blown trees, so we have to get our nature fix somewhere!

While there is very little that parallels the beauty of a sweeping landscape photo, nature photography just wouldn’t be complete without animal subjects. Our world is balanced thanks to the existence of a variety of diverse plant and animal species. The presence of wildlife signals that the ecosystem is healthy and thriving and in our opinion, there is nothing more exquisite than a well-balanced ecosystem. Don’t believe us? Check out these stunning photos of natural settings made even better thanks to the presence of wildlife and see for yourself!

 Kokanee Salmon Running Through the Strawberry River

Dave Merril/Flickr

A Wild Trail Covered with Butterflies

Gavin White/Flickr

 Fireflies Flood the Night

Massimo Gugliucciello/National Geographic

 A Burro’s Backyard

Martin Heigan/Flickr

A Tale of Two Mountains

Geoff Wilson/Flickr

Nature’s Wild Ornaments

Rachel Kramer/Flickr

Mustangs Reclaim the Wild West

Teddy Llovet/Flickr

The Infallible Beauty of Nature’s Patterns

John Schnicker/Flickr

Backflips in the Fjord

jdegenhart/Flickr

Green Eyes in the Grass

Tambako the Jaguar/Flickr

Tall-Standing Reeds

Wildlife Wanderer/Flickr

Fox Rocks

Allan Hopkins/Flickr

So what do you think Green Monsters? Do wildlife make our world 100 times more gorgeous, or what?