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We'll post links to sites that have Friday (plus or minus a few days) photos of their chosen animals (photoshops at our discretion and humans only in supporting roles). Watch the Exception category for rocks, beer, coffee cups, and....?

Visit all the boarders, Link to the Ark and check back for updates through Sunday afternoon!

You can board the Friday Ark by submitting your post here, leaving a comment or a trackback to this post or emailing fridayark AT themodulator.org.

You can find previous editions at the not quite up to date Arkives page.

Cats

• Blog d'Elisson: Hakky New Year
• Elms in the Yard: Friday Cats
• A Blog Around The Clock: Biscuit and Juno
• Why Now?: Friday Cat Blogging ~ Catnip Napping: Sox
• It's Morning Somewhere: Friday Cat Blogging ~ Boxing Day?
• Manx Mnews: Finally Friday ~ Thank you Millie
• Chey's Place: Find Chey Friday New Years
• Beezer Song: Happy New Year Baby!
• anniemiz: Friday Cat Blogging ~ Jingle Cats
• Watermark: New Year Haiku 02009 ~ patting the windowpane kitten's first snow and Kitten Care Advice Needed
• Life from a Cat's Perspective: Finally Friday with Samantha & Mr. Tigger
• Mercury Rising: Friday Cat Blogging ~ Lady Lightfoot
• Take Joy!: How Thoughtful of You
• Real Art: Friday Cat Blogging: Phil and Reine
• Wildrun: The cats are unexcited
• The Oubliette: Friday Catblogging ~ Noah and Freya not helping...
• bloggg: Friday Kitten Blogging ~ Didn’t Make it to Midnight….
• Middle Fork: Grey Kitty and the Puddle of Africa
• Artsy Catsy: 'Twas a Week After Christmas ...
• D³: Best Toy Ever
• iInfidel: Finally Friday boarded 1/3
• Shilgiah The Huntress: The Year of The Nap boarded 1/3
• Pen Elayne: Friday Cat Blogging ~ Datsa and Amy boarded 1/3
• CatSynth: Weekend Cat Blogging #187 ~ Luna playing...; boarded 1/3
• Paulchens FoodBlog?!: Weekend Cat Blogging #187 ~ Kashim, Sally and Othello boarded 1/3
• The Catboys Realm: Women!! boarded 1/3
• Life from a Cat's Perspective: Weekend Cat blogging #187 with Samantha & Mr. Tigger
• Furry Paws: Cost per pound! boarded 1/4
• Mind of Mog: Bad Kitty Cats Festival of Chaos #78

Dogs

• A Blog Around The Clock: Juno and Biscuit and Juno
• A Stitch In Haste: Friday Diamondblogging ~ Diamond and the New Year's Eve fireworks
• Blog da Associação Bianca: Collie rough abandonada na estrada
• the dog geek: To The Woods!
• Duck Pond: Friday Night Dog Blog ~ A Good Life: Sasha and Dexter boarded 1/3
• Mountain Musings: Fridays are Golden ~ Ellie and Lucy boarded 1/4

Birds

• Blog d'Elisson: Well, I Swan
• From the Faraway, Nearby: Like A Chinese Painting ~ Curl-Crested Aracari, Pteroglossus beauharnaesii
• A DC Birding Blog: Loose Feathers #168 ~ Northern Shrike and more birding news
• It's Just Me: First bird of the new year: Chestnut-backed Chickadee and more and a Sea Lion
• Robin's Nesting Place: The Year In Review
• Maggie's Farm: Hooded Mergansers
• Rock Paper Lizard: Sharpie and Squirrels
• Bird Ecology Study Group: Oriental Pratincole drinking boarded 1/3
• Nature Tales and Camera Trails: A Starling Project boarded 1/4
• Wings n Things: Time and the siskins are restless; boarded 1/4
• Outside My Window: Look Behind You ~ Sandhill Cranes boarded 1/4

Invertebrates

• Wanderin' Weeta With Waterfowl (and Weeds): Catching the food is only half the battle
• 10,000 Monkeys and a Camera: Friday Creature ~ former creatures from the Istanbul seafood market
• Robin's Nesting Place: The Year In Review
• Pharyngula: Friday Cephalopod ~ Octo Dancing

Other Vertebrates

• Living the Scientific Life: Golden-headed Poison Frog, Ranitomeya tolimense
• Niches: Winter Life ~ Fungi and Scat
• The Fenland Walker Birding and Countryside Blog: A Dull Day on the Fenland ~ Sheep
• Laelaps: Photo of the Day #451 ~ New Jersey White-tailed Deer ( Odocoileus virginianus)
• 10,000 Monkeys and a Camera: Friday Creature ~ former creatures from the Istanbul seafood market
• It's Just Me: First bird of the new year: Chestnut-backed Chickadee and more and a Sea Lion
• What Do I Know: Friday Cow Blogging
• Robin's Nesting Place: The Year In Review
• Rock Paper Lizard: Sharpie and Squirrels

In Memoriam

• Sisu: The Blogosphere In His Paws: Baby Cakes
• From Friday Ark #9: Baby Cakes

Didn't Make It

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Exceptions (inclusion not guaranteed)

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Extra, Extra: All Ark boarders are invited to shout out at the Friday Ark Frapper Map.

Cat folks: remember to submit your links to:

• Carnival of the Cats which goes up every Sunday
  • The 250th edition, 12/28, is up at The Cat Blogosphere
  • The 251st edition, 1/4, will be hosted by The Whole Kitten Kaboodle
• Weekend Cat Blogging which goes up every weekend
• The 186th edition, 12/27-28, is up at Paulchen's Food Blog?!
• The 187th edition, 1/3-4, will be hosted by Life From A Cat's Perspective
• Bad Kitty Cats Festival of Chaos which goes up every weekend
• The 77th edition, 12/28, is up at Tabbylicious
• The 78th edition, 1/4, will be hosted by Mind of Mog
• Do go shout out at The Catbloggers Frappr Map

Birders: I and the Bird: A Blog Carnival for Bird Lovers is published every 2 weeks.

• The 90th edition, 12/11, is up at the Jeffrey Gordon's place
• The 91st edition, 1/8, will be hosted by From the Faraway, Nearby

For the spineless: Circus of the Spineless. A monthly celebration of Insects, Arachnids, Molluscs, Crustaceans, Worms and most anything else that wiggles.

• The 34th edition, June, is up at Gossamer Tapestry
• The 35th edition, July, will be hosted by TBD

Dog folks: remember to submit your links to:

• The Canine Carnival hosted by Pamibe

• The Carnival of the Dogs hosted by Mickey's Musings
has been out of operation since July 2007

For other current carnivals check out The Blog Carnival and The TTLB Uber Carnival

...no, it was The saddest day at Sissy's place!

Baby Cakes, a long time regular on the Friday Ark, passed away on 12/27.

Our thoughts are with Sissy, Tuck and Tiny.

And, most importantly, with the Babe!