Paddles

by Meg on July 20, 2006

Will you please look at Mr. Paddles here. He’s all: "Ehn!" "Pick me up!"

The ears OWN you, too. Too bad he could claw your eyes

Beavarooniepoonie

Good find, Fern H.

{ 94 comments }

1 MarianRose 07.20.06 at 9:33 pm

jesus effin christ.

2 Grace 07.20.06 at 9:33 pm

First round black snorgle-snout!

3 Aubrey 07.20.06 at 9:34 pm

Mr. Paddles Wheel own you.

4 Grace 07.20.06 at 9:35 pm

eeeevil black claws though.

BUT…webbed FEET!

5 Norah 07.20.06 at 9:36 pm

Err….what is it?

6 kdub 07.20.06 at 9:39 pm

Yes, I second… what is that thingy?

7 uccellina 07.20.06 at 9:40 pm

This would be the only socially acceptable moment to say “Hey, nice beaver.”

8 Sarah Richardson 07.20.06 at 9:40 pm

Yes, what? Some sort of otter? A floofy young beaver?

9 Kel 07.20.06 at 9:42 pm

I’m pretty sure that’s a baby beaver.

10 Aoide 07.20.06 at 9:42 pm

Yep. ’tis a floofy beaver.

11 J. Bo 07.20.06 at 9:44 pm

Leetle earse!

12 A thinker 07.20.06 at 9:45 pm

oi my goshness. Canadiana rules! I would like to snorgle this fuzzy beaver excessively.

13 Fritatta 07.20.06 at 9:50 pm

Aubrey– :groan: You are sick. And I mean that in a good way.

14 Aubrey 07.20.06 at 9:52 pm

Dam! What a swell baby beaver!

15 HonorH 07.20.06 at 10:02 pm

He looks like he’s about to lay some Beaver-fu on someone off-camera! I thought he was an otter at first, but otters have rounder heads.

16 grrrromit 07.20.06 at 10:10 pm

omg – I never knew I wanted a pet beaver before just now. I think I’m in love! Those ears! That would-be menacing pose has melted my heart!

17 Tanya 07.20.06 at 10:35 pm

that is way to cute

18 Renae 07.20.06 at 10:39 pm

Oh my gosh, this is the cutest thing I’ve ever seen.

19 Therese 07.20.06 at 11:14 pm

Reminds me of Monk doing the “thing” with his hands when he’s investigating a case. Can beavers have OCD?

20 M- 07.20.06 at 11:15 pm

I’m lovin the footsies…. but I just have to say it….(warning PG-13)

We finally have proof of the following;
1. Beavers are cute.
2. Beavers like to be wet.
3. Beware the beaver for it can indeed cause harm! 4. Finally, handle the beaver with appropriate care and they can be cute, wet and make you go “awww”!

21 Tanya 07.20.06 at 11:30 pm

M- Great One!

22 Aubrey 07.21.06 at 12:49 am

There’s been lots of talk about Animals In Pants. While I don’t necessarily agree with this philosophy, who’s with me in thinking that this guy would look nice in a pair of Paddle Pushers?

23 zap 07.21.06 at 12:51 am

The wildlife rehab center where I volunteered had a baby beaver once. He’d pile up stuff in one corner of his pen, and would wrap his arms around your leg and try to put you there too. If you headed for the exit instead, he’d come after you, going, “Ehn! Ehn! My tree is escaping!” But I don’t think he ever scratched anybody. After swimming in his kiddy pool, he’d groom himself– someone said that when he rubbed his tummy-fur dry he looked like an old man trying to pull his t-shirt down over his fat belly.

24 Laurie C 07.21.06 at 12:53 am

The way the paw kind of blends in with the nose, at first glance, I thought it was a fuzzy animal with a sharp and pointy beak. Like a kiwi or something.

25 chunkstyle 07.21.06 at 12:57 am

More wild critters please! So cute :>D
Tiny EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEars (combo of Squee-noise and ‘ears’)

26 Megan 07.21.06 at 12:57 am

Ahhh – absolutely wonderful. So cute. So dangerous.

27 BenPanced 07.21.06 at 1:34 am

*snorgles teh shweetie*

28 Joanna 07.21.06 at 1:48 am

Wait, a beaver? Really? Cause i’m seein platypus here…course i could be wrong. Don’t platypi have poison darts on their feets?

29 Liz 07.21.06 at 2:11 am

Did anyone else think this looked like a pose from Michael Jackson’s music video ‘Thriller’? It seemed like the perfect pose! So cute.

30 yvonne 07.21.06 at 2:23 am

that’s not a beaver; beavers do not have beaks, they have noses. And platypusi have bills…
so what the hell IS IT

31 trin 07.21.06 at 2:28 am

Joanna and Yvonne, tis indeed a beaver. What looks kinda like a beak is actually his left hand/paw.

very cute lil’ Rodenteh guy.

32 Sarcasta 07.21.06 at 2:56 am

I wonder if you had a beaver as a pet, if all your furniture would go the way of the native forest?

Timberrrr… there goes the breakfast table…

Timberrrr… there goes the coat tree…

Timberrrr…. There goes the coffee table.

And don’t get me started on how rough it is trying to shower while standing on a pile of table legs and sticks bonded together with mud in the tub. Darn thing keeps overflowing, I tells ya.

33 Anita 07.21.06 at 3:22 am

…and Jerry Mathers as the Beaver….

34 Wisefool 07.21.06 at 3:23 am

Is there a rule about webbed feet on mammals being cute? Can there be?

35 Peacebunnie 07.21.06 at 3:32 am

LIZ YOU BEAT ME TO IT!

It’s close to midnight and something evil’s lurking in the dark
Under the moonlight you see a sight that almost stops your heart
You try to scream but terror takes the sound before you make it
You start to freeze as horror looks you right between the eyes,
You’re paralyzed

36 Wisefool 07.21.06 at 3:38 am

I am deeply pleased by your thriller references. I will carry that image with me throughout my day.

37 AuntieMame 07.21.06 at 4:50 am

The way the paw kind of blends in with the nose, at first glance, I thought it was a fuzzy animal with a sharp and pointy beak. Like a kiwi or something.

Posted by: Laurie C | Jul 20, 2006 at 05:53 PM

I thought exactly the same thing, Laurie!

38 Darkflame 07.21.06 at 7:06 am

Zap, that is the cutest story evar! ^^ Almost as cute as this baby beaver! <3

39 penny 07.21.06 at 11:16 am

Y’all know the line in that airplane movie, where Priscilla Presley (no less) is taking a taxidermied mammal down from the attic (in a short skirt) (on a ladder)…
Leslie Nielsen says “…nice beaver.”
She says “thanks! I just had it stuffed!”

classic.

40 penny 07.21.06 at 11:18 am

BTW Sarcasta, very funny indeed.

41 ceejoe 07.21.06 at 11:38 am

heehee… Meg captioned the pic “Beavarooniepoonie”

42 Carry 07.21.06 at 12:33 pm

Cute, but a bit too ”pointy” for me. although he DOES have the tiny tiny ears working for him!

43 Doubleclick 07.21.06 at 1:27 pm

Aawww! It’s like a cute version of the Emperor at the end of Return of the Jedi, but it needs more finger lightning and a squeaky voice telling you to let the hate flow through you

44 Theo 07.21.06 at 2:12 pm

Zap — that was awesome. There goes my Ent!

Doubleclick — that would be an excellent photochop, but I’m still buried in the monkey dung… CAN ANYBODY ELSE MAKE TEH SPARKEY BEAVER???

45 Donna 07.21.06 at 2:22 pm

Ugly!

46 Theo 07.21.06 at 2:31 pm

So Donna, is this supposed your schtick, then? Lookit me, I’m the insulting person?

Everybody needs a hobby.

47 A thinker 07.21.06 at 2:32 pm

um, I would, Teho, but afraid I’m much too engrossed in much more “important” stuff.

48 A thinker 07.21.06 at 2:33 pm

note that comment was in relation to making a sparkey beaver, not being insulting…

49 TheLuna 07.21.06 at 2:45 pm

*Whew*
I thought that was a very pointy nose too, and was a little frightened. Since it’s not … CUTE!! And great beaver-ent story too!

50 ceebs 07.21.06 at 2:59 pm

First I wanted to pick it up & carry it over my shoulder like a bebe, but after reading Zap’s adorable story, I just want to walk around with one attached to my lower leg.
That’s how *I* roll! :-P

51 Theo 07.21.06 at 3:01 pm

Ceebs — I can see it now. But wouldn’t you get tired of everybody staring at… oh never mind.

52 Holly 07.21.06 at 3:38 pm

What a cute lil critter. “You want karate?!”

53 loopy 07.21.06 at 3:57 pm

I love the posts people make on this site; they are really clever & witty. However, I can’t understand why the first poster had to say something so offensive and insulting. This happens on this site once in a while and I can’t figure out what the problem is with people who write things like this. This site is here to make people feel happy, and the first comment is uncalled for.

54 ka9q's wife 07.21.06 at 3:58 pm

Obvious beaver jokes aside, the beaver is cute enough but Ent’s story really topped it.
I am still loving the beh beh beaver attached to the leg.

55 ka9q's wife 07.21.06 at 3:59 pm

errr I mean Zap’s story. ugh just got up and still half asleep.
sorry Zap

56 MazeMouse 07.21.06 at 4:00 pm

That “come any closer and I’ll claw your face off” look he has makes this picture extra priceless. This small and already vicious!

57 Michele 07.21.06 at 4:02 pm

this makes me think of the happy bunny that says “cute but psycho. things even out.”

58 daisycat 07.21.06 at 4:04 pm

“Everybeaver was Kung-Fu Fighting!! Those claws were fast as lightning!!” heehee…sorry…. lovin the floofy beaverkid. :)

59 Kris, in New England 07.21.06 at 5:35 pm

Loopy – please, lighten up.

60 Theo 07.21.06 at 5:39 pm

Michele — our youngest has that T-shirt. Very apropos.

61 Ape 07.21.06 at 5:50 pm

Am I the only one who thinks he looks like he’s doing “jazz hands”?

So very cute. I beavers.

62 Dickie Twinkles 07.21.06 at 6:31 pm

Awww he’s busy beavering away being adowibble ^^

Lol @ people who saw a beak! Does look creepy if you think of it that way! o.o

63 swooning 07.21.06 at 7:07 pm

*Squee*! He reminds me of my puppy at home when she wants to be picked up. “Ehn ehn me me me!” I want to hold him and squeeze him and…TOO cute.

64 ceebs 07.21.06 at 7:25 pm

LOL @ “jazz hands”!!!
Poifect, Ape!!!
although…shouldn’t they be a little lower down on the body? ;-)

65 Merri 07.21.06 at 9:12 pm

“Do the hokey-pokey and you shake it all around..that’s what it’s all about!” I think he’s very cute!

66 TheLuna 07.21.06 at 9:41 pm

It could be jazz hands, or maybe he’s casting a spell. Wouldn’t he look cute with a little pointy wizard hat on?

67 loopy 07.21.06 at 10:50 pm

To Kris in New England:

No. If they have a right to insult Someone who is important to me, I have a right to complain.

68 rose 07.21.06 at 11:08 pm

what in gods name is that

69 AmyH 07.21.06 at 11:32 pm

(psst – Theo – thanks for the ‘call out’ on the ‘insulting person’. I think we’ve all noticed the constant dissing of the posts but we’ve all chosen to ignore it. You’re my hero yet again.)

p.s. Best wishes for your forthcoming feline foster family!

70 Anonny 07.22.06 at 12:10 am

Loopy: If you’ve reading anything but an exclamation of suprise into the OP, you’re waaaay too deep into the ’savior’ thing. We’re not oppressing you. Take a deep breath, step back, and join the rest of us while us uncivillized unchristian barbarians quitely and civilly squee at a picture of an adorable baby beaver.

71 Theo 07.22.06 at 3:15 am

Maybe it’s doing the hula. Maybe it’s a HAWAIIAN beaver. “Awana nawana coconut…”

72 Theo 07.22.06 at 3:17 am

Er… that’d be “awana nawana macadamia,” sorry. %$@#ing Babelfish doesn’t translate any Pacific island languages.

73 ceebs 07.22.06 at 3:20 am

Silly Theo. If it was a Hawaiian beaver it would be wearing a grass skirt!

and how freakin cute would THAT be?????

74 loopy 07.22.06 at 4:25 am

To Anonny:

Not. There are more appropriate ways of expressing appreciation of a baby beaver.

75 Gary Fixler 07.22.06 at 10:54 am

Finally! Beavers! Now my NyQuil comment can rest in peace.

76 Oliver 07.22.06 at 12:13 pm

Blogging this without mentioning the source in not cute: http://www.awrc.org/beavers.htm

77 Horse 07.22.06 at 3:54 pm

I think that’s a muskrat. We have one living in a ditch near our house. They are smaller than beavers and have a different tail. Can’t really see the tail in this pic; but if it were a beaver, you probably would see a tail.

78 Fern H 07.22.06 at 3:55 pm

Oliver…thanks for the link to more adorable beaver pics! I can’t get enough!

79 TwoShedsJackson 07.22.06 at 4:03 pm

Thanks Oliver – that was a tragic then heart warming story – so lovely when they swim off to their new life. Ahhhhhh.
And Loopy – if you don’t like it – don’t read it or just ignore it. It’s like people complaining about offensive TV progs – there is an ‘off’ button you can use. I really don’t want to offend you any further but the OP was just going squeeee in their own way. They weren’t out to get you riled. Besides if we had to worry about offending every person out there we’d never say anything.

80 Anonny 07.23.06 at 3:31 am

Loopy: Ahh, ‘not’. The ultimate in arguments. When you can’t find any real reason to be offended, just say ‘not’. It’s all you need.

81 Netherland Dwarf rabbit, owner!!♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ 07.23.06 at 4:18 am

A person’s love for Jesus;The Savior, can never be too deep.

And any who love Him enough to kindly ask that use of His name not be in the context of a cuss word…Is a request that merits honoring of…Not ridicule.

& I have no need to lighten up…I’m as fun loving and light hearted as one can get.

But there are times Christians need to speak up…That’s what Loopy(who isn’t loopy) & I have done.

82 loopy 07.24.06 at 3:34 am

To Netherland Dwarf rabbit, owner:

Thank you. I wonderered if anyone else had any love for Jesus here. The name “loopy” comes from my hobby, crochet. Also, it fits because some people feel Christians are fools.

To Anonny:

You are not correct. This blog is not the place for defense of the Christian Faith. I used “Not.” because it would take too long to refute your statements. I only ask common courtesy for Someone whom I respect. No one trashes the name of anyone unless they despise them.

83 loopy 07.24.06 at 3:41 am

To TwoShedsJackson:

If they have a right to say it, and I don’t like it, I have a right to complain. Maybe you shouldn’t read my posts.

84 Claire 07.24.06 at 9:44 pm

I’m really disappointed that someone could turn a picture of an adorabible little beaver into a theological debate. Grow up people. The reason some people think Christians are loopy is BECAUSE you guys fly off the handle about stuff like this.

“I have a right to complain. Maybe you shouldn’t read my posts.”

If you’re so offended by someone using words that you’re offended by, why don’t you follow your OWN your advice and not read their posts, instead of ruining a perfectly good beaver picture?

85 Theo 07.24.06 at 9:47 pm

NYAHHH! NYAHHH! NYAHHH!
Please stop.

[...mini-snicker at "perfectly good beaver picture"]

86 loopy 07.25.06 at 2:00 am

Thanks Theo.

87 Theo 07.25.06 at 2:14 am

Well, that was also partly directed at you, Loopy; it was kind of a NYAHH broadside.

Just let’s not continue the Christian-vs-non thing. (For sorely I am tempted to stray down the path of snark.)

88 loopy 07.25.06 at 2:26 am

Theo, I know that.

Thank you Theo.

89 Netherland Dwarf rabbit, owner!!♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ 07.25.06 at 6:30 am

I did not fly off any handle…
Just kindly speaking up…
& loopy there are more Christians than you & I here…
Blanket statements are not a good thing either…You’ll continue getting unwanted flack if you blanket statement important topics like this.

90 loopy 07.25.06 at 7:01 am

Out of respect for Theo I will say no more. I am grateful that he asked that it stop.

91 Netherland Dwarf rabbit, owner!!♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ 07.25.06 at 8:41 am

Just responding to your blanket statement, loopy.

Tied up a loose end,
is all…

Said what needed to be said.

I have nothing more to add.

92 Claire 07.27.06 at 12:22 am

Has anyone mentioned those crazy super-cute webbed feet on the bottom of this little furbaby? Look at them! Look! Those webbed feet OWN you!

93 Clotypus 07.30.06 at 6:41 am

WEBBED FEET ALERT!!!!

94 Justine 03.29.07 at 2:35 am

Looks like he’s doing the Thriller dance to me.

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