This week I had a feeling would be known as "show us your pets" week. That did not disappoint, but past that I wasn't sure what this challenge would bring. There were a lot of birds which is a specific sub-genre of Animals. One of my favorites was a "Juvenile Double-Crested Cormorantby" (he said it, not me. I would've had no clue!) by Alejandro Mallea. Really detailed shot using a nice telephoto lens that stood out to me from the submissions. Well done, Alejandro!
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Here is the week 11 round-up for "Animals" as we kick off week 12's theme of "Melancholy."
![Jan Schrieber](https://midnightslate.com/content/images/2023/03/image-29.png)
![Greg McMillan](https://midnightslate.com/content/images/2023/03/image-27.png)
![Andrew Cardinale](https://midnightslate.com/content/images/2023/03/image-25.png)
![Mike Dhalle](https://midnightslate.com/content/images/2023/03/image-20.png)
![bradley0043](https://midnightslate.com/content/images/2023/03/image-22.png)
![Rob Brown](https://midnightslate.com/content/images/2023/03/image-23.png)
![Andreas Nakkerud](https://midnightslate.com/content/images/2023/03/image-24.png)
![Keith Devereux](https://midnightslate.com/content/images/2023/03/image-21.png)
![Nick Shaw](https://midnightslate.com/content/images/2023/03/image-28.png)
![Alejandro Mallea](https://midnightslate.com/content/images/2023/03/image-26.png)
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