Fink,
Okay, that works but you have remove the spaces between the image code. I spaced it out because it will not show when there are no spaces and the animated graphic will show. Do that again and eliminate the spaces and this is what you will get:
The same code works for Disqus on animations. The only problem I have encountered on Disqus is that sometimes the animations show a lot bigger than they do here. When I run into that I size them down.
Remember how the code works:
First you have an
Opening BRACKET -> [ followed immediately by the
"image" abbreviation -> img followed immediately by a
closing BRACKET -> ] THEN you have your hotlink. That is followed immediately by an
opening bracket [ slash / -> img followed immediately by a
closing BRACKET -> ]