For varying definitions of "cute," I guess...

Kinda looks like "Bat Boy" from the Midnight Sun.

Weekly World News. My bad.

That's not a puppy!

Slow news day, Charles?

There is no connection, relation or similarity of this cute little fella to humans...nope, nothing...almost identical DNA, organs, brain size, and socialization...nope...none whatsoever

Get your filthy paws off of me, you damned, adorable ape!

Hey! Shouldn't you ask before putting my baby pics online?

*just kidding. Mom claimed that I was a beautiful baby.*

That's adorable! The baby pygmy hippopotamus is just the cutest thing ever though. lol What a great site, thanks Charles.

Oh no, not another evolution thread!

Is he flipping me off?

I'll be a monkey's uncle!

re: #6 Desert Dog

There is no connection, relation or similarity of this cute little fella to humans...nope, nothing...almost identical DNA, organs, brain size, and socialization...nope...none whatsoever

___
As humans, why are many people ASHAMED to be related to apes? We are all primates.

re: #11 x-wing

Is he flipping me off?

I think so.

Damn dirty apes!

The kittehs are cute. The ape, the hippo, the pig, not so much.

The little zebra foal is beautiful.

re: #16 Colonel Panik

The kittehs are cute. The ape, the hippo, the pig, not so much.

The little zebra foal is beautiful.

Hey Colonel, what part of PHX do you reside? We should do an AZ meet up sometime...there are at least 10-15 of us on here

the baby porcupine looks like a little prick.

/heh

Hope he grows into that nose.

re: #11 x-wing

Is he flipping me off?

Does it look like this...

‹^› ‹(•¿•)› ‹^›

re: #18 Spider Mensch

the baby porcupine looks like a little prick.

/heh

LOL!

being cute is a survival mechanism developed and perfected by mother nature over great time. Big eyes help enhance the cuteness by the way. You will notice that most animals have adult sized eyes when they are born. There is a very real and useful reason for this. The reason why baby's are so friggin cute is so hopefully another male in the wild is less likely to kill offspring that are not their own. Hard to hurt something that's so friggin cute.

/biology hat off

Can I have a potto named Harry?

nice pics

re: #19 Ringo the Gringo

Hope he grows into that nose.

Alas, he didn't:

[Link: meaningfuldistractions.wordpress.com...]

Oh, I just want to pick him up and hold him! The hippo was super cute! My dad had a friend with 2 Ocelots. I remember them hanging out on the very tops of the book cases just watching everyone.

re: #8 razorbacker

Hey! Shouldn't you ask before putting my baby pics online?

*just kidding. Mom claimed that I was a beautiful baby.*

It took me nearly twenty years to grow into my nose. I know exactly how you feel.

Awww. How cute is this pygmy marmoset. He's tiny!

Good Lord, I could get sucked into that site for hours. Not as dangerous as LGF, but still... ;)

AWWW, I'm going googly-eyed now

I was at the Monterey Bay Aquarium today, and I'm in love with otters.

Charles! I suspect you of soft-heartedness!

The "miracle kitten" is about to make me cry.

re: #10 Ringo the Gringo

LOL!

re: #30 Dianna

I was at the Monterey Bay Aquarium today, and I'm in love with otters.

You otter get over it, they're only in it for shellfish reasons.

re: #28 gop_patriot

Awww. How cute is this pygmy marmoset. He's tiny!

Good Lord, I could get sucked into that site for hours. Not as dangerous as LGF, but still... ;)

It's a finger monkey!

I still like this one.

[Link: www.dailymail.co.uk...]

Hat Tip to the Lizard that posted it.

The Pallas' kittens are gorgeous!

re: #30 Dianna

I was at the Monterey Bay Aquarium today, and I'm in love with otters.

They are cute little buggers, ain't they? Years ago I was lucky enough to see one in the wild along the Big Sur coast, floating on his back in the kelp beds and cracking a shell he'd balanced on his chest with a rock.

re: #33 jcm

You otter get over it, they're only in it for shellfish reasons.

I don't remember who told me the story, but someone I know saw an otter working on an abalone, whacking away with a rock, and shouted at it, "Hey! That's mine!"

The otter stopped whacking for a moment, looked directly at him, and stuck out his tongue.

Then the otter went back to whacking.

Looks like a baby Manbearpig to me. Where's AlGore?

re: #34 Charles

It's a finger monkey!

Rotating title nominee?

re: #35 Bubblehead II

Now that's painfully cute.

baby animals are so adorable. even the little porcupine is cute.

Kinda slow in here tonight..I'm used to not being able to keep up, and everyone else saying what I wanted to say!

re: #42 nyc redneck

They are. Which is why I love my chihuahuas, they look like eternal puppies!

re: #43 mamashawna

Kinda slow in here tonight..I'm used to not being able to keep up, and everyone else saying what I wanted to say!

Damn it! I wanted to say that!

Could it be everyone is Christmas shopping in this crappy economy...?

re: #45 greenmiler

HAHAHAHAHAHA!

re: #42 nyc redneck

baby animals are so adorable. even the little porcupine is cute.

Porcupines and hedgehogs are both unbelievably cute babies.

Am I the only person here who thinks that opossums can be cute?

re: #43 mamashawna

Kinda slow in here tonight..I'm used to not being able to keep up, and everyone else saying what I wanted to say!

Everyone got worn out on the auto bailout and Blago threads today.

re: #35 Bubblehead II

Aww, that's too cute.

re: #30 Dianna

I was at the Monterey Bay Aquarium today, and I'm in love with otters.

In elementary school I was suspended because as the teacher said, I "could not get along with otters".
/

The zebra's great!

re: #49 mikalm

Am I the only person here who thinks that opossums can be cute?

yes.

re: #49 mikalm

Am I the only person here who thinks that opossums can be cute?

definitely cute.

Definite cute overdose, I'll have to go drink a gallon of vinegar or I'll be too nice all weekend. :)

re: #49 mikalm

That WAS NOT cute...that is something to run over...

///kidding...

Uh cute? I think not. That critter has a face only a mother could love.

re: #54 Dianna

yes.

LOL beat me to it.

All I can picture is the one that tried to steal our chicken's eggs. It did play dead for us, so there was some entertainment factor, though. (it ran off, we didn't kill it, btw)

re: #54 Dianna

yes.

Then maybe you'll like these unbearably cute sea otters better.

re: #49 mikalm

Am I the only person here who thinks that opossums can be cute?

Here's the one from my neighborhood

Animals I've never heard of before: the babirusa pig and the lesser spot nosed guenon.

I saw the baby gorilla yesterday. The mother is not nursing it, for some reason. All the others are great, too.

re: #49 mikalm

Am I the only person here who thinks that opossums can be cute?

But would you pet it?

And no I don't think they're cute.

I like almost all small mammals: opossums, raccoons, otters, badgers, even skunks. However, I can't stand rats.

re: #60 mikalm

Then maybe you'll like these unbearably cute sea otters better.

Oh! I love that video!

re: #22 AMER1CAN

Sorry, but baby animal - protective mother = dinner for predators, no matter how cute.

re: #65 mikalm

I like almost all small mammals: opossums, raccoons, otters, badgers, even skunks. However, I can't stand rats.

Me, neither. Rats touch something deep in me, and I react with disgust and revulsion.

OK, here's something we can ALL agree on:

Animal species may have evolved, but baby animals are so cute they must be divine miracles!

re: #30 Dianna

I was at the Monterey Bay Aquarium today, and I'm in love with otters.

On the otter hand, what else did you like there?

re: #69 zombie

OK, here's something we can ALL agree on:

Animal species may have evolved, but baby animals are so cute they must be divine miracles!

Except for gay unicorns...

re: #49 mikalm

Am I the only person here who thinks that opossums can be cute?

Miss Mamzelle Hepzibah would agree with you.

Apropos to the season:

Deck us all with Boston Charlie,
Walla Walla, Wash., an' Kalamazoo!
Nora's freezin' on the trolley,
Swaller dollar cauliflower alley-garoo!

Don't we know archaic barrel,
Lullaby Lilla boy, Louisville Lou?
Trolley Molly don't love Harold,
Boola boola Pensacoola hullabaloo!

Bark us all bow-wows of folly,
Polly wolly cracker n' too-da-loo!
Hunky Dory's pop is lolly gaggin' on the wagon,
Willy, folly go through!

Donkey Bonny brays a carol,
Antelope Cantaloup, 'lope with you!
Chollie's collie barks at Barrow,
Harum scarum five alarum bung-a-loo!

Lyrics by Walt Kelly, music by Traditional (whoever he is)

re: #49 mikalm

Am I the only person here who thinks that opossums can be cute?

Ahem. *puts on hat of useless knowledge*

Did you know that 'possums have 72 teeth? And that that is more than any other mammal?

*takes off hat and throws it casually onto hat rack.*

re: #28 gop_patriot

Awww. How cute is this pygmy marmoset. He's tiny!

Good Lord, I could get sucked into that site for hours. Not as dangerous as LGF, but still... ;)

I did just spend the last 29 minutes going through that whole site - just looking at the pix. Too, too cute. Even the ugly animals were cute.

re: #68 Dianna

Me, neither. Rats touch something deep in me, and I react with disgust and revulsion.

Hell, I like snakes a lot better than rats. My pals in Santa Rosa have a ball python named Xantar, and I always enjoy holding and playing with her when I'm at their house.

Snakes can be creepy, but they have some class and elegance . Rats are just vermin.

Damn...I thought my mother was sending out my baby pictures again.

Oh, and define cute.

re: #73 razorbacker

Knew it. They're also the only marsupials native to North America.

re: #69 zombie I disagree!
/must I?

re: #49 mikalm

Am I the only person here who thinks that opossums can be cute?

They have the scariest looking teeth.
We have a couple that come onto our porch sometimes for whatever cat food is left over. I enjoy watching them through the window.

re: #34 Charles

It's a finger monkey!

HAHA! My 5 yo was measuring his hand against the photo. He couldn't believe that little guy was smaller than his hand! :)

re: #76 jorline

Damn...I thought my mother was sending out my baby pictures again.

LOL

You want cute?

Check out these photos.

re: #73 razorbacker

Ahem. *puts on hat of useless knowledge*

Did you know that 'possums have 72 teeth? And that that is more than any other mammal?

*takes off hat and throws it casually onto hat rack.*

Had one caught in a trap when I was younger. It was not released alive.

/real mean bastards,they are.

re: #49 mikalm

Am I the only person here who thinks that opossums can be cute?

Why did the chicken cross the road?

To show the opossum it could be done.

re: #80 reine.de.tout

They have the scariest looking teeth.
We have a couple that come onto our porch sometimes for whatever cat food is left over. I enjoy watching them through the window.

Some friends of mine in the East Bay were mystified when their indoor cat food starting disappearing in the night. They finally caught the food-thief: a big, fat opossum who was coming in through the doggie door in the wee hours to snack.

re: #49 mikalm

Am I the only person here who thinks that opossums can be cute?

Their mothers think they are too...

re: #84 x-wing

Had one caught in a trap when I was younger. It was not released alive.

/real mean bastards,they are.

You want mean? Try cornering a raccoon some time.

There's a fine line between cute and creepy...
creepy monkey laughs like a human

re: #88 mikalm

You want mean? Try cornering a raccoon some time.

Badger...
Hit one with our car out in Wyoming one time, just pissed him off and he came after us.

re: #83 JammieWearingFool

Awww.

I like three toed sloths. I have been to South America several times. There, street vendors will let one hang one your neck for a picture (for a fee). They look positively primordial.

re: #72 Steffan

OMG, THAT WAS FUNNY! Just sang it for my husband, and now I want to learn it on my guitar just so I can sing those lyrics...

re: #89 Killgore Trout

There's a fine line between cute and creepy...
creepy monkey laughs like a human

He sounds like Cartman on South Park!

re: #86 mikalm

Some friends of mine in the East Bay were mystified when their indoor cat food starting disappearing in the night. They finally caught the food-thief: a big, fat opossum who was coming in through the doggie door in the wee hours to snack.

The exact reason why the Roi refused to install a "doggie-door" when I asked him about it.

In addition to the opossums, we have a few very fat raccoons who make our porch a nightly stop.

For the ultimate in cuteness...google the "Pennywell Mini Piggies". One is so small that they named it "Teacup".

Since others are posting baby animal pictures, here's my new baby animal.

re: #89 Killgore Trout

There's a fine line between cute and creepy...
creepy monkey laughs like a human

That's monkey speak for "quit bothering me you ignorant human. 'Ah-ah-ah', indeed. B*st*rd".

;)

The little gorilla is local to me--the mom is rejecting it, but one of my students told me today that it seems another gorilla at the zoo is willing to raise it.

Amazing to think that teeny cute thing is going to turn into a full-grown gorilla.

re: #90 jcm

Badger...
Hit one with our car out in Wyoming one time, just pissed him off and he came after us.

They can be quite tough, too.

Meanest of all are wolverines. They're sort of like weasels on steroids and meth.

re: #89 Killgore Trout

There's a fine line between cute and creepy...
creepy monkey laughs like a human

Ok, that really was creepy.

All my neighbors with doggie doors have taken them down. Too many raccoons, and even skunks. Now the coyotes are showing up, within city limits.

re: #88 mikalm

My mom and I were camping at Mt. Rainier once, and the Raccoons were VERY aggressive. Got into our cooler and stole an entire bag of english muffins right in front of us, didn't even really bother to hurry. 'Course, those suckers were BIG, and ain't no WAY I was gonna go after them...those babies are mean!

re: #30 Dianna

I was at the Monterey Bay Aquarium today, and I'm in love with otters.

Imagine the wife's shock when she reads the note: "Dear Mary, I'm leaving you. I'm sorry, but my heart belongs to an otter."

re: #88 mikalm

You want mean? Try cornering a raccoon some time.

No thanks. If it aint trapped, I'm heading the other way ;>}

Otto's Pineapple

re: #70 LGoPs

On the otter hand, what else did you like there?

Please, let me ignore the pun, and answer: I'm not OR or buzz!

My friends - one of whom is a charter member - had me close my eyes, and guided me over to the Kelp Forest. They positioned me right in front of the glass, and waited until there was a school of small fish and a raft of other bright fish in front of me in a shaft of light, and then told me to open my eyes.

It was like a good hallucination. Light, and color, and sparkle and movement, all in a soft blue light, hazed, but with gleaming clarity, all at once.

Just marvellous.

re: #100 mikalm

They can be quite tough, too.

Meanest of all are wolverines. They're sort of like weasels on steroids and meth.

That's a picture... haven't run across one of them yet.

re: #17 Desert Dog

Hey Colonel, what part of PHX do you reside? We should do an AZ meet up sometime...there are at least 10-15 of us on here

Ahwatukee, or as I like to call it, Attawookie.

We were going to do a meetup on election night but Hermeneutic's kid came down with strep at the last minute and she quarantined the whole family.
I'll email her and see if she'd still got the list together.

Macker and I have gone to put holes in paper at Scottsdale Gun Club.
We then went to an AZ conservative bloggers meetup at 4 Peaks Brewery in Tempe. Met the guys who run exurban league.

I'd love to do another shootin' range meetup with fellow lizards.
I think next time we should choose an outdoor range like Rio Salado in the East Valley or Ben Avery to bring out the big irons but it depends how people are spread out. I know Hard Right shoots out at Rio, he lives some where in the East Valley.

SGC however is conveniently located next to K O'Donnell's (they give discounts to SGC members) a Salty Senorita and the Scottsdale 4 Peaks Brewery for after trigger time libations.

My nick is blue. Contact me and let's get the ball rolling.

My mother-in-law, originally from northern Louisiana, once trapped a raccoon in the front porch of her San Francisco home. (My mother-in-law is quite a woman.)

It was only when the family, called to examine the creature asked "NOW what?" that she realized letting it go, as aggrieved as it now was, was going to be a problem.

re: #89 Killgore Trout

There's a fine line between cute and creepy...
creepy monkey laughs like a human

Ah, yes . . . that's known as the "uncanny valley" theory.

re: #88 mikalm

You want mean? Try cornering a raccoon some time.

Even your own pets who love you won't like being "cornered". Animals do not like to feel trapped.

re: #88 mikalm

They decapitate my laying hens, and leave the body...
Mean little shits!

We just adopted a Lab/Shepherd mix puppy from the county shelter. Any dog lovers know how this one will turn out? :D

re: #103 mamashawna

Yeah, they're shameless. Another couple I know had a raccoon come into their house via the doggie door. They caught the critter munching on a big hunk of milk chocolate that had been left on a table. He just stared at them with a "What-are-YOU-looking-at?" expression, and then raced off with his find.

re: #85 jcm

Why did the chicken cross the road?

To show the opossum armadillo in Texas it could be done.

Or skunk.

re: #80 reine.de.tout

They have the scariest looking teeth.
We have a couple that come onto our porch sometimes for whatever cat food is left over. I enjoy watching them through the window.

My first cat - queen of the neighborhood, and tougher than nails - had a losing encounter with an possum. The tooth marks in her tail were appalling!

re: #38 Dianna

I don't remember who told me the story, but someone I know saw an otter working on an abalone, whacking away with a rock, and shouted at it, "Hey! That's mine!"

The otter stopped whacking for a moment, looked directly at him, and stuck out his tongue.

Then the otter went back to whacking.

Would not have been an Ab ... 1/2 shell critter and I don't think an otter could pry one off a rock.

Gotta leave this critter convo, Lizards. See y'all later!

re: #85 jcm

Why did the chicken cross the road?

To show the opossum it could be done.

Geek version: Why did the chicken cross the Möbius strip?

To get to the same side!

re: #83 JammieWearingFool

See # 35.

GMTA

re: #115 mikalm

Yeah, they're shameless. Another couple I know had a raccoon come into their house via the doggie door. They caught the critter munching on a big hunk of milk chocolate that had been left on a table. He just stared at them with a "What-are-YOU-looking-at?" expression, and then raced off with his find.

I know, one time this beaver snuck into my bed and THEN...Oh wait...um...uh...nevermind.

re: #117 Dianna

My first cat - queen of the neighborhood, and tougher than nails - had a losing encounter with an possum. The tooth marks in her tail were appalling!

I bet they were. They truly have some nasty teeth.

My grandmother once went to her porch one night to water her plants, frightened a possum that was out there and got bitten on the hand - she was in the hospital for a week. Nasty bites.

At the Wild Animal Park down here in the San Diego are we have a gorilla enclosure that basically has the gorillas on a grassy knoll about 50 feet away from the public with a well concealed trench in between.

For some reason, just about every May teenagers from local schools will go on field trips to the park, find themselves at the enclosure and then feel compelled to taunt the gorillas. And every year the gorillas respond by flinging their feces at the teenagers.

That cute, adorable bundle of fur that Charles has featured may someday fling fecal matter at Lizardoid offspring. If that ever happens to your child, please remember - your child had it coming.

re: #97 sngnsgt

Since others are posting baby animal pictures, here's my new baby animal.

oooh! It's a golden!

Awww!

re: #88 mikalm

You want mean? Try cornering a raccoon some time.

I put out a live trap to catch whatever it was coming onto the back deck and messing stuff up. Baited it with can of cheap cat food.

Next morn I had two baby raccoons. Now how did two 'coons get into the live trap at once? I figure that they were shouldering each other aside trying to be first to the grub and both managed to get in at once.

Why don't they show the Greater Spot-Nose Guenon...I'm sure the Lesser Spot-Nose Guenon is gonna have self-esteem problems when he grows up...

Who the hell comes up with these names anyway. Is there an un-spotted nose Guenon and do they also have a hierarchical naming convention...

Think I'm gonna go have an adult beverage...

Been wracking my brains for a good gift for the parents- 76 and 80 years old. Sounds like badgers, wolverines, possums and raccoons are right out. Baby Orangs are apparently cute enough, though.

re: #114 Boogberg

Labs are wonderful water loving dogs. Shepherds have loyalty and attentiveness characteristics that cannot be beat. They both love children.
Labs tend to be big lugs...and love to chew when teething,,,even furniture legs. Give him/her lots of one on one attention when pups and play time in the open. Shepherds have difficulty in later life with hip dysplasia and arthritis. Hope you have alot of energy and time for training the lab part...you're going to need it!

re: #104 gmsc

Imagine the wife's shock when she reads the note: "Dear Mary, I'm leaving you. I'm sorry, but my heart belongs to an otter."

If I've got a wife, it's gonna be really bad news to my Male!

re: #124 karmic_inquisitor

At the Wild Animal Park down here in the San Diego are we have a gorilla enclosure that basically has the gorillas on a grassy knoll about 50 feet away from the public with a well concealed trench in between.

For some reason, just about every May teenagers from local schools will go on field trips to the park, find themselves at the enclosure and then feel compelled to taunt the gorillas. And every year the gorillas respond by flinging their feces at the teenagers.

That cute, adorable bundle of fur that Charles has featured may someday fling fecal matter at Lizardoid offspring. If that ever happens to your child, please remember - your child had it coming.

hence the quote I've seen used here a few times.."he/she is about as charming as a shit slinging ape"

re: #102 rawmuse

All my neighbors with doggie doors have taken them down. Too many raccoons, and even skunks. Now the coyotes are showing up, within city limits.

One afternoon not too long ago I pulled into the parking lot at my apartment complex and was walking toward my apartment when I saw what I first thought was a dog running between the buildings, across the driveway in front of the complex office and then out on to the Ahwatukee Lakes golf course. Only it wasn't a dog, it was ol' Wile E. There are lots of coyotes in South Mountain Park, which is only a few miles away from my apartment and is the largest semi-rural park in a city area in the US. The north side of it borders on South Phoenix, the SouthEast side is the cul-de-sac neighborhood of Ahwatukee and on the SouthWest side it borders open land on the Gila River Indian reservation so there is plenty of wild space for Wile E. and his buddy Bob Catt to hang out.

re: #130 Dianna

If I've got a wife, it's gonna be really bad news to my Male!

Not that there's anything wrong with that...

re: #118 Bobibutu

Would not have been an Ab ... 1/2 shell critter and I don't think an otter could pry one off a rock.

I was told the story. I do not vouch for it, but the person who told it to me would recognize an abalone, I think. And I put nothing past otters, just because I've met one someone raised from a baby and kept as a pet, and that thing made border collies look dumb.

re: #130 Dianna

If I've got a wife, it's gonna be really bad news to my Male!

RIMF - Sorry!

(Reading Is My Friend)

re: #107 Dianna

Please, let me ignore the pun, and answer: I'm not OR or buzz!

My friends - one of whom is a charter member - had me close my eyes, and guided me over to the Kelp Forest. They positioned me right in front of the glass, and waited until there was a school of small fish and a raft of other bright fish in front of me in a shaft of light, and then told me to open my eyes.

It was like a good hallucination. Light, and color, and sparkle and movement, all in a soft blue light, hazed, but with gleaming clarity, all at once.

Just marvellous.

Mrs LGoPs and I took a touristy submarine tour over on Catalina Island a couple of months ago and went through kelp forests like that too. It was beautiful...just like an underwater forest.
:)

Our guys are the best...

re: #124 karmic_inquisitor

That cute, adorable bundle of fur that Charles has featured may someday fling fecal matter at Lizardoid offspring. If that ever happens to your child, please remember - your child had it coming.

Kids used to get indoctrination as they did at the SDZoo - sigh - I guess it's lacking once again.

Observe - be patient - natural behavior is not a response to our actions.

We used to train our K-9s with the Chief Trainer of the SDZoo (A Lady) in the parking lot during the evenings.

re: #132 Colonel Panik

Coyote numbers seem to cycle about every 3 or 4 years around here. I'll hear them yelping along the creek in ever-increasing numbers till they reach a critical mass. Then parvo and .22-.250 thin the pack.

Coyotes are part of nature, but they're hard on newborn calves, deer, and house-pets.

re: #121 Bubblehead II

See # 35.

GMTA

Not sure if I posted that here last week. My wife and son loved those.

We have a family of foxes living in our neighborhood. The Roi buys turkey wings and cooks them to feed the foxes. I wasn't sure it was a good idea to be feeding them, but I did some research, and apparently, foxes can live very well in urban settings, around people, something I did not know until recently.

re: #114 Boogberg

We just adopted a Lab/Shepherd mix puppy from the county shelter. Any dog lovers know how this one will turn out? :D

Energetic and obsessive compulsive.

Your kids are never going to have to worry if someone's watching over them.

re: #110 SanFranciscoZionist

My mother-in-law, originally from northern Louisiana, once trapped a raccoon in the front porch of her San Francisco home. (My mother-in-law is quite a woman.)

It was only when the family, called to examine the creature asked "NOW what?" that she realized letting it go, as aggrieved as it now was, was going to be a problem.

"That wasn't chicken (gumbo)"

re: #141 reine.de.tout

Foxes aren't cute. Foxes are survivalists. Foxes are BADASS!

(especially ones with multiple tails...I'll stop now.)

Reminds me of the old Candid Camera...

Womens Bathroom Mirror Prank (safe women and children)

re: #128 Shay4l

Been wracking my brains for a good gift for the parents- 76 and 80 years old. Sounds like badgers, wolverines, possums and raccoons are right out. Baby Orangs are apparently cute enough, though.

In all due respect - even joking - an exotic animal is not a good choice - my buds gave me an elephant in Thailand back in the 70s for a wedding gift. Even then - not good.

re: #133 jcm

Not that there's anything wrong with that...

Sweetie, it's a good thing you're married and I'm attached. I'd have a hard time deciding between you and Killgore Trout.

re: #140 JammieWearingFool

May have been you. Hence the HT to the Unknown Lizard.

re: #146 Bobibutu

In all due respect - even joking - an exotic animal is not a good choice - my buds gave me an elephant in Thailand back in the 70s for a wedding gift. Even then - not good.

did you name him Stampy?

/Bart reference

re: #137 jcm

Our guys are the best...

The absolute best!

If you're looking for cute, go here: CuteOverload.com and scroll.

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re: #147 Dianna

I have it on good authority that I'm quite unlovable. I can provide references upon inquiry.

re: #141 reine.de.tout

We have a family of foxes living in our neighborhood. The Roi buys turkey wings and cooks them to feed the foxes. I wasn't sure it was a good idea to be feeding them, but I did some research, and apparently, foxes can live very well in urban settings, around people, something I did not know until recently.

Do not feed cooked food with bones to any animal. The heat changes the molecular structure and causes the bones to splinter vs. break.

Raw - as in natural.

[Link: www.barfworld.com...]

re: #141 reine.de.tout

We have a family of foxes living in our neighborhood. The Roi buys turkey wings and cooks them to feed the foxes. I wasn't sure it was a good idea to be feeding them, but I did some research, and apparently, foxes can live very well in urban settings, around people, something I did not know until recently.

Get the Roi to stop doing that. Feeding a fox is just plain bad.

We've got a couple dens of red fox on the hill near us, and I like observing them; I've noticed that they're quite good hunters. They don't need help.

I try not to get upset as they trot home with dead kittens in their jaws.

re: #129 notutopia

Labs are wonderful water loving dogs. Shepherds have loyalty and attentiveness characteristics that cannot be beat. They both love children.
Labs tend to be big lugs...and love to chew when teething,,,even furniture legs. Give him/her lots of one on one attention when pups and play time in the open. Shepherds have difficulty in later life with hip dysplasia and arthritis. Hope you have alot of energy and time for training the lab part...you're going to need it!

Lol! Honestly, how this puppy (and his brother) ended up at the shelter is beyond me. Even in their tiny cell they were just jumping around and full of energy. It broke my heart to see all of the other fully grown dogs whose fate was pretty much sealed.

re: #93 mamashawna

OMG, THAT WAS FUNNY! Just sang it for my husband, and now I want to learn it on my guitar just so I can sing those lyrics...

Walt Kelly was a genius. He liked to lampoon politicians like Tailgunner Joe McCarthy (a bulldog, IIRC) and Spiro Agnew (a bear in a circus ringleader's uniform).

He also had a special version of the National Anthem:

Oh, I was eatin' some chop suey
With a lady in St. Looie,
When I sudden hears a knockin' on the door!
And that knocker, he said, "Honey,
Send this Rocker out some money,
Or your Daddy shoots a baddie to the floor!"

I grew up reading Pogo, and I miss it.

re: #146 Bobibutu

In all due respect - even joking - an exotic animal is not a good choice - my buds gave me an elephant in Thailand back in the 70s for a wedding gift. Even then - not good.

If we ever do another meet up, I must bring the book with the story about the elephant.

"Er...how big does this elephant have to be?"

re: #149 Spider Mensch

did you name him Stampy?

/Bart reference

It's been so long now I forget the Thai word - but he was called Luna - for the full moon the (ex)wife and I were married under.

Ohhh, teh cuteness has inspired me to song!

Alla God's creatures gotta place in the choir/some sing low and some sing higher/some sing out loud onna telephone wire/ some just clap their hands, their paws, or anything they got!

/Makem & Clancy

re: #154 Dianna

Well, maybe if they're full up on turkey wings, they won't be hungry for kitten. ;)

re: #152 Killgore Trout

I have it on good authority that I'm quite unlovable. I can provide references upon inquiry.

Don't worry, KT, you're safe. I've got the Male.

He's rough, he's tough, he's gruff. He thinks he's unlovable.

I'm still keeping him.

re: #125 Dianna

He's getting to be about 60 pounds and he's still a puppy. His paws are huge! I'm an Epileptic, and he's my seizure alert dog. He's considered a "service animal" so I can take him just about anywhere I want.

If anyone cares, here's a preview of Fareed Zakaria's Colon Bowel interview:

[Link: video.aol.com...]

Bowel offers the amazing insight that, in order for the Republican party to save itself, it needs to embrace Democratic sophistry and platitudes.

I'd post my baby pictures from 1947, but I think it would end my wonderful days as a lizard...:p

Tame Silver Fox is the result of nearly 50 years of experiments in the Soviet Union and Russia to domesticate the silver morph of the Red Fox. Notably, the new foxes not only become more tame, but more dog-like as well: they lost their distinctive musky "fox smell", became more friendly with humans, put their ears down (like dogs), wagged their tails when happy and began to vocalize and bark like domesticated dogs. The breeding project was set up by the Soviet scientist Dmitri Belyaev.

re: #137 jcm

Our guys are the best...

Report - 'the enemy's got us surrounded...the poor bastards'...

Hooah.

re: #154 Dianna

Get the Roi to stop doing that. Feeding a fox is just plain bad.

We've got a couple dens of red fox on the hill near us, and I like observing them; I've noticed that they're quite good hunters. They don't need help.

I try not to get upset as they trot home with dead kittens in their jaws.

Good on ya Di - natural needs natural -

re: #147 Dianna

Sweetie, it's a good thing you're married and I'm attached. I'd have a hard time deciding between you and Killgore Trout.

*blush*

re: #166 LGoPs

That's part of a Chesty Puller quote, isn't it?
"We're completely surrounded. Those poor bastards, I thought to myself. We can shoot in any direction."
I haven't searched to verify, but I think that's how it goes.

re: #166 LGoPs

Report - 'the enemy's got us surrounded...the poor bastards'...

Hooah.

Gen. Chesty Puller.
"We're surrounded. That simplifies the problem."

re: #166 LGoPs

Report - 'the enemy's got us surrounded...the poor bastards'...

Hooah.

"We're surrounded. That simplifies the problem."
- Attributed to Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller, USMC

re: #162 sngnsgt

He's getting to be about 60 pounds and he's still a puppy. His paws are huge! I'm an Epileptic, and he's my seizure alert dog. He's considered a "service animal" so I can take him just about anywhere I want.

You can take him anywhere YOU are allowed by law.

re: #154 Dianna

Get the Roi to stop doing that. Feeding a fox is just plain bad.

We've got a couple dens of red fox on the hill near us, and I like observing them; I've noticed that they're quite good hunters. They don't need help.

I try not to get upset as they trot home with dead kittens in their jaws.

Well, that's part of the problem. We don't want to see any dead cats, including our four. But the site I looked at said it is OK to feed them (not by hand). And they are cute to watch (from a distance).

re: #160 gop_patriot

Well, maybe if they're full up on turkey wings, they won't be hungry for kitten. ;)

Sigh.

I don't like it, but the feral cats breed like mad.

The red fox are also imports; I've decided that, much as I hate it, I'm going to not interfere, and hope the wild stuff on the hills reaches some sort of balance.

I feel very, very sorry for the burrowing owls, though.

"All right, they're on our left, they're on our right, they're in front of
us, they're behind us...they can't get away this time"
- Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller, USMC

re: #162 sngnsgt

He's getting to be about 60 pounds and he's still a puppy. His paws are huge! I'm an Epileptic, and he's my seizure alert dog. He's considered a "service animal" so I can take him just about anywhere I want.

I'm sorry about the epilepsy, but you're entirely lucky to be able to bring your dog with you, especially if he helps.

re: #169 Sarge1984

That's part of a Chesty Puller quote, isn't it?
"We're completely surrounded. Those poor bastards, I thought to myself. We can shoot in any direction."
I haven't searched to verify, but I think that's how it goes.

That's about it. You are correct.

re: #169 Sarge1984

That's part of a Chesty Puller quote, isn't it?
"We're completely surrounded. Those poor bastards, I thought to myself. We can shoot in any direction."
I haven't searched to verify, but I think that's how it goes.

I'm sure you're right. I've been reading military history all my life and these vignettes pop into my head all the time...

re: #173 reine.de.tout

People feed raccoons all the time, yet they're more aggressive and dangerous than foxes, from what I've seen!

re: #49 mikalm

Am I the only person here who thinks that opossums can be cute?

oh yes, but only in daylight. at ngiht they freak me out

Welcome to the family!

Cousin Bessie and Aunt Zelda send their greetings.

(Ignore Zelda's step-son Fred and his buddy. They get a few beers in them and...)

re: #179 gop_patriot

People feed raccoons all the time, yet they're more aggressive and dangerous than foxes, from what I've seen!

I read Rascal as a yout, and learned that I could not keep a pet raccoon.

re: #179 gop_patriot

People feed raccoons all the time, yet they're more aggressive and dangerous than foxes, from what I've seen!

Yes, the raccoons are indeed more aggressive and dangerous.
We asked our vet about the foxes - he has a small group in his neighborhood too. He didn't see a problem with our feeding them, long as we don't do it by hand!

'RJ77' is apparently a cuteness hater.

re: #174 Dianna

People brought red foxes there? Weird, I wonder why.

Although it could be worse, they could've brought y'all kudzu instead.

re: #142 Dianna

Energetic and obsessive compulsive.

Your kids are never going to have to worry if someone's watching over them.

That's good to know because he's for my six year old niece. They can grow up together. :D

Or maybe he just hates monkeys.

re: #178 LGoPs

I'm sure you're right. I've been reading military history all my life and these vignettes pop into my head all the time...

Several versions...

"We're surrounded. That simplifies the problem."
- Attributed to Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller, USMC
(I have found three versions of this one)
The quotes may not be Chesty Pullers,
but may instead have been said by General O.P.Smith

"All right, they're on our left, they're on our right, they're in front of
us, they're behind us...they can't get away this time"
- Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller, USMC

"They are in front of us, behind us, and we are flanked on both sides by an
enemy that outnumbers us 29:1. They can't get away from us now!"
- Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller, USMC

When the Marines were cut off behind enemy lines and the Army had written
the 1st Marine Division off as being lost because they were surrounded by 22
enemy divisions. The Marines made it out inflicting the highest casualty
ratio on an enemy in history and destroying 7 entire enemy divisions in the
process. An enemy division is 16500+ men while a Marine division is 12500 men.

re: #184 Charles

'RJ77' is apparently a cuteness hater.

I'll send in a picture of Flapjack the apricot cream mini-poodle.

U cant handel teh cute!

re: #179 gop_patriot

People feed raccoons all the time, yet they're more aggressive and dangerous than foxes, from what I've seen!

raccoons are more dangerous and insolent than a horney deranged rhino...stay away from them...

re: #144 davinvalkri

Foxes aren't cute. Foxes are survivalists. Foxes are BADASS!

(especially ones with multiple tails...I'll stop now.)

Only if you're Naruto.

/

re: #173 reine.de.tout

Well, that's part of the problem. We don't want to see any dead cats, including our four. But the site I looked at said it is OK to feed them (not by hand). And they are cute to watch (from a distance).

While I understand entirely, I'm a bit of a hardnose on this. Wild animals are wild animals. I've made my share of mistakes on this point, I don't deny, but it's a bad idea.

You've actually made it more likely that the fox - or, more likely, their kits when they grow up - will feed on your cats. I'm sorry, but that's what it boils down to.

You really mustn't feed them, however interesting they are.

awww, thx charles :)

i got a good one to add, :) [Link: trailortrash.us...]

re: #177 Bobibutu

re: #178 LGoPs

It was something one of my old squad leaders (a Marine Viet Nam vet that ended up in the Army in the mid-80's) used to quote, but after searching, it doesn't appear to be accurate. Still sounds good, though.

re: #187 Charles

Or maybe he just hates monkeys.

Or he thinks this is a trick to sneak in an evolution thread.

re: #161 Dianna

Wise choice.

re: #172 Bobibutu

I can and I do. As cute as he is, he's a chick magnet! ;-) He goes EVERYWHERE with me!

re: #179 gop_patriot

People feed raccoons all the time, yet they're more aggressive and dangerous than foxes, from what I've seen!

feeding a rabid lion is safer

re: #184 Charles

'RJ77' is apparently a cuteness hater.

That is just sad.

love these pics and the website too

re: #164 Dustyvet

I'd post my baby pictures from 1947, but I think it would end my wonderful days as a lizard...:p

Here's me and my Grandpa circa 1955.

re: #187 Charles

Or maybe he just hates monkeys.

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I know...
Monkeys! Must be an evolution thread!

Bob (see avatar) was a vicious feral cuss when I first got him.

/hardly any human contact

re: #194 Sarge1984

re: #178 LGoPs

It was something one of my old squad leaders (a Marine Viet Nam vet that ended up in the Army in the mid-80's) used to quote, but after searching, it doesn't appear to be accurate. Still sounds good, though.

Nuts - I'll dig it out.

re: #179 gop_patriot

People feed raccoons all the time, yet they're more aggressive and dangerous than foxes, from what I've seen!

Have you ever seen gophers? They'll strike fear in your heart!

re: #200 winston06

my 2900th comment ^^

re: #186 Boogberg

That's good to know because he's for my six year old niece. They can grow up together. :D

Your niece is going to be the safest kid in the neighborhood.

re: #174 Dianna

I don't like it, but the feral cats breed like mad.

You know, I've always thought it would be a good use of tax dollars to spay or neuter, then release feral cats. It's got to be at least as cheap as killing them, and certainly better for everyone than just letting them be. I am sure that many Vets would be glad to donate (or charge a very low fee) a day of service every couple of months to help with the problem.

At least, it's something that I wouldn't mind my tax dollars going for.

re: #205 gregg

Have you ever seen gophers? They'll strike fear in your heart!

Only dead ones yielded up by my friend's terrier mutt.

re: #184 Charles

Another one crawls outa the woodwork.

re: #206 winston06

Happy 2900th!

Here's a very interesting short video from NOVA on how breeding for tameness in foxes brought on other variations including coat color, dropped ears and raised tail position.

re: #205 gregg

Have you ever seen gophers? They'll strike fear in your heart!

gophers and their cousins the chipmonk may be the most vicious of all...beware on your urban safari...pack...

re: #188 jcm

Several versions...

"We're surrounded. That simplifies the problem."
- Attributed to Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller, USMC
(I have found three versions of this one)
The quotes may not be Chesty Pullers,
but may instead have been said by General O.P.Smith

"All right, they're on our left, they're on our right, they're in front of
us, they're behind us...they can't get away this time"
- Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller, USMC

"They are in front of us, behind us, and we are flanked on both sides by an
enemy that outnumbers us 29:1. They can't get away from us now!"
- Lewis B. "Chesty" Puller, USMC

When the Marines were cut off behind enemy lines and the Army had written
the 1st Marine Division off as being lost because they were surrounded by 22
enemy divisions. The Marines made it out inflicting the highest casualty
ratio on an enemy in history and destroying 7 entire enemy divisions in the
process. An enemy division is 16500+ men while a Marine division is 12500 men.

Thanks for the quotes. Gotta admire that kind of ballsy spirit.
I spent my time in the Army but I've always admired the Marines...Working with some of them on my project at work...semper fi to any Marine lizards out there

re: #182 OldLineTexan

I read Rascal as a yout, and learned that I could not keep a pet raccoon.

Back in the early 1900s, my grandmother had a pet squirrel. It chewed every piece of furniture in the house, but her mom didn't care because it entertained the other 12 children. (or however many were born at the time)

ROFLOL

re: #208 gop_patriot

You know, I've always thought it would be a good use of tax dollars to spay or neuter, then release feral cats. It's got to be at least as cheap as killing them, and certainly better for everyone than just letting them be. I am sure that many Vets would be glad to donate (or charge a very low fee) a day of service every couple of months to help with the problem.

At least, it's something that I wouldn't mind my tax dollars going for.

People capture, bring in for neutering, and then release ferals. It's a great program, but not for the faint of heart.

re: #205 gregg

Have you ever seen gophers? They'll strike fear in your heart!

The Minnesota Golden Gophers?

re: #187 Charles

Or maybe he just hates monkeys.

Maybe a monkey spurned him.

re: #204 Bobibutu

I Googled "Chesty Puller quotes".

JCM and Dustyvet seem to have the right one.

An amazing man. Went from private to lieutenant general in his career. A true warrior. Chesty Puller was more of a hero for me than Audie Murphy.

You Marines out there will appreciate that, coming from a soldier.

re: #194 Sarge1984

re: #178 LGoPs

It was something one of my old squad leaders (a Marine Viet Nam vet that ended up in the Army in the mid-80's) used to quote, but after searching, it doesn't appear to be accurate. Still sounds good, though.

It's the spirit that counts, Top...the spirit of the bayonet

re: #213 albusteve

gophers and their cousins the chipmonk may be the most vicious of all...beware on your urban safari...pack...

No doubt. I lost a couple of good friends to gopher attacks. It's not a pretty sight.

re: #194 Sarge1984

re: #178 LGoPs

It was something one of my old squad leaders (a Marine Viet Nam vet that ended up in the Army in the mid-80's) used to quote, but after searching, it doesn't appear to be accurate. Still sounds good, though.

"We're surrounded. That simplifies the problem!" seems to be the most accurate.

Here's Kasey when we got her a year ago.

Arr, evening mates. I am still repairing 'me desktop after the disasterous installation of XP SP3, just like what happened after installing SP2. Thank you Microsoft, 'ye scurvy bilge rats, my next computer will be a MAC. Frack you very much...

re: #204 Bobibutu

Nuts - I'll dig it out.

Now that qoute I know...BG Anthony McAuliffe, 101st at Bastogne, when answering the German call for surrender...heh

back in michigan two unsociable chipmonks attacked and took down my rot...dragged him down the block until he eventually convinced them he could sing three part harmony...he was back after the bars closed but it was a close run thing...

speaking of surrounded, an old actor from my favorite Battle of the Bulge movie "Battleground" made 1949, passed away today. Van Johnson RIP. 92 years of age. a good long life.

re: #220 LGoPs

re: #222 Bobibutu

His biography was a great read. His audacity was simply amazing, on every level.

re: #218 HelloDare

Maybe a monkey spurned him.

he spanked it too often...it happens

re: #187 Charles

Or maybe he just hates monkeys.

Long as he doesn't go apeshit...
:)

re: #157 Dianna

If we ever do another meet up, I must bring the book with the story about the elephant.

"Er...how big does this elephant have to be?"

Heh - we did meet up at RMs in SF with your boss.

Any size - the one I got was a baby - major problem.

re: #227 Spider Mensch

speaking of surrounded, an old actor from my favorite Battle of the Bulge movie "Battleground" made 1949, passed away today. Van Johnson RIP. 92 years of age. a good long life.

RIP...

re: #184 Charles

'RJ77' is apparently a cuteness hater.

As was his little brother r2d2.

re: #205 gregg

Have you ever seen gophers? They'll strike fear in your heart!

LOL! Never had a run in with a gopher.

/Wasn't that a gopher in Caddyshack?

re: #231 Bobibutu

Heh - we did meet up at RMs in SF with your boss.

Any size - the one I got was a baby - major problem.

In the book, the character who received the elephant was astonished and delighted.

Me? I'd rather be gifted with a wolverine!

re: #216 Dianna

People capture, bring in for neutering, and then release ferals. It's a great program, but not for the faint of heart.

I saw a website once (don't recall where) about some guy who builds cannons. He built a Civil War-type black powder mortar that fires 1-lb iron shot. He uses it to control the feral cat population in the woods near his house.

re: #234 gop_patriot

LOL! Never had a run in with a gopher.

/Wasn't that a gopher in Caddyshack?

Varmit Cong...

re: #234 gop_patriot

LOL! Never had a run in with a gopher.

/Wasn't that a gopher in Caddyshack?

I smell varmint poontang*

re: #234 gop_patriot

LOL! Never had a run in with a gopher.

/Wasn't that a gopher in Caddyshack?

Yup,and a great dancer as well...:)

re: #216 Dianna

People capture, bring in for neutering, and then release ferals. It's a great program, but not for the faint of heart.

This is hard patient work. And rewarding.

One of the weirdest singers ever to grace a stage in San Francisco, Andy Prieboy (Eye Protection, Wall of Voodoo) used to do a great cover of song called "Too Much Monkey Business" by Chuck Berry -- wish I could find a copy of it. (Prieboy's version, not Berry's)

My brand new (Dec 9th) baby is much cuter! :D

[Link: www.renderosity.com...]

Well time to call it a night. Will try to catch some of ya on the early morning DT. Weet Dreams.

re: #238 Spider Mensch

Did he say that in the movie? :X

re: #229 albusteve

Oh, you're talking about the one-eyed monkey.

re: #234 gop_patriot

LOL! Never had a run in with a gopher.

/Wasn't that a gopher in Caddyshack?

I watched that movie once. Half the time I pulled the covers up over my head - just too terrifying.

re: #240 Bobibutu

This is hard patient work. And rewarding.

then let the doctors do it...

Go Go Gophers- Indian Treasure

re: #195 reine.de.tout

Or he thinks this is a trick to sneak in an evolution thread.

Gosh, we haven't had one of those in awhile. Charles don't you think it's about time for another one?

re: #242 Gozer the Carpathian

Link goes to login page...

re: #245 HelloDare

Oh, you're talking about the one-eyed monkey.

haha!...blind in one eye and cant see outa the other

Abba Dabba!

re: #235 Dianna

In the book, the character who received the elephant was astonished and delighted.

Me? I'd rather be gifted with a wolverine!

In the moment - I was - then reality set in - do I head for Hong Kong or make sure the elephant is cared for?

re: #235 Dianna

In the book, the character who received the elephant was astonished and delighted.

Me? I'd rather be gifted with a wolverine!

I read someplace that when the Mogul of India developed a grudge against someone, he would gift that person with... a white elephant.

Keeping that elephant in the style required by its royal status usually bankrupted the recipient of the gift.

That, I'm told, is the origin of the "white elephant" concept.

missing from the site are baby skunks

re: #244 gop_patriot

Did he say that in the movie? :X

yup. Carl Spackler. even has his own quote site...[Link: www.carlspackler.com...]

re: #249 Haverwilde

Gosh, we haven't had one of those in awhile. Charles don't you think it's about time for another one?

no, please, not another evolution thread...not for at least another millennia please...or at least not for a couple of days...

re: #252 MandyManners

Abba Dabba!

The video is priceless.

re: #247 albusteve

then let the doctors do it...

The Drs. are not going to go into the field and capture ferals.