Shear poodle madness!

Yes, they look like buffalo, pandas and camels – but that’s just your eyes playing tricks on you. Florida-based animal photographer Ren Netherland, 48, travels thousands of miles every year to photograph these creatively-coiffed poodles at grooming shows. Skillful owners mold their pooches to look like critters from the animal kingdom and characters from the movies, all in the name of art. Captain Jack Poodle, anyone?

This "buffalo" was groomed by Missy Gullett in February 2006 in Burbank, Calif.

This football-player poodle is owned by Justine Cosley, and was photographed in 2005 in Hershey, Pa.

Cindy the "camel," owned by Sandra Hartness, was captured on film in February 2007 in Burbank, Calif.

Sandra Hartness' Cindy was dressed as a peacock for this February 2008 shot.

This poodle makes a splash using paint and color.

Cindy steps out in February 2005, this time groomed as a chicken.

Sandra Hartness nods to the smaller species by dressing Cindy as a snail.

Missy Gullett's pooch looks ready for a high-seas adventure dressed as Captain Jack Sparrow in Burbank, Calif., in February 2008.

Angela Kumpe's poodle looks far out in her flower gear in Burbank, Calif., in February 2009.

This fairy poodle, posing in February 2002 in Burbank, Calif., looks like she stepped off the set of "A Midsummer Night's Dream."

Owner Dawn Omboy went with a dragon theme for her pooch in February 2003 in Burbank, Calif.

Owner Jo-anne Leussink gave her dog an equestrian style in February 2004 in Hershey, Pa.

This panda-poodle must have passed for the real thing in September 2008 in Hershey, Pa.