Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Kissing prairie dogs

Kissing prairie dogs

Voting period is over. Please don't add any new votes. Voting period ends on 2 Oct 2011 at 16:30:15 (UTC)

Original - Two Black-tailed prairie dogs showing affection, almost like kissing; they are in fact rubbing their teeth against each other

Reason

The image is of high resolution and quality. While it may not have the "Wow" factor like some panoramas, it does have the "Awwwww" factor which makes it more interesting (to me) than images of lone prairie dogs. The uses of the image are to show animal affection, which it does well. The image is currently featured at commons. Side note: If featured, it would be a good POTD for Valentine's Day. (An unedited version was previously nominated unsuccessfully)

Articles in which this image appears

Prairie dog, Kiss, Black-tailed prairie dog

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Animals/Mammals

Creator

Mila Zinkova

• Support as nominator --Crisco 1492 (talk) 16:30, 23 September 2011 (UTC)
• Support Nice bit of behaviour, but I'm not sure it should be in kiss. Pity about the sawn off log behind suggesting an unnatural environment. JJ Harrison (talk) 09:15, 25 September 2011 (UTC)
• Support per nominator. A very cute image. Broccolo (talk) 16:27, 26 September 2011 (UTC)

Edit 1 - Removed sawn off log in the background

• Support -- George Chernilevsky ^talk 21:03, 28 September 2011 (UTC)
• Question what is the furry thing behind the left animal in the original photo? Pine^talk 06:20, 2 October 2011 (UTC)

• Looks like a log, methinks. Crisco 1492 (talk) 09:17, 2 October 2011 (UTC)

Not Promoted --Makeemlighter (talk) 17:07, 2 October 2011 (UTC)

• Support < 5 Makeemlighter (talk) 17:07, 2 October 2011 (UTC)
• Late, I will support alt 1. Is a re-nom required? Pine^talk 17:35, 2 October 2011 (UTC)

• Yes. Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:08, 2 October 2011 (UTC)

• Sorry I couldn't get here sooner to support. I'm busy IRL. Pine^talk 19:12, 3 October 2011 (UTC)