The Adventures of Ren & Ariel

by Prongs on January 21, 2010

While it may not have been verbally expressed, they knew it was prohibited; and so they waited until everyone else was hibernating. And when the curious – yet easily fooled – motorists passed, they feigned those dull stares usually reserved for the similarly-minded moronic salmon.

But once the grounds of Yellowstone cleared, they cranked them some Loggins and they freaking DANCED.

My, my, Marilyn T: You’ve been workin’ so hard, and punching that card. Eight hours, for what? Cute Overload’s whatchu got.

Photo by Oliver Klink, and to see the original post on Nat Geo, click here.

{ 68 comments }

1 Rachael 01.21.10 at 12:54 pm

Loose, footloose
Kick off your Sunday shoes

2 Kar 01.21.10 at 12:55 pm

Disney called. They want the movie rights.

3 KittyAdventures 01.21.10 at 1:04 pm

Who put the bumb in the bumpty bumpty bump

4 260Oakely 01.21.10 at 1:08 pm

“No, seriously, I just about died laughing when Goldilocks took one look at him and said ‘This one’s too small’.”

5 ceejoe 01.21.10 at 1:09 pm

Get out!! How could a photographer have the presence of mind to click the camera when looking at something that cute!!!

6 Jess 01.21.10 at 1:12 pm

Prongs cracks me up on a daily basis. “..they cranked them some Loggins and they freaking DANCED!” :)

7 Paunchie 01.21.10 at 1:15 pm

Oh, I read that as “freak-danced” lol

they look like they’re holding hands! Paws.

8 BeckyMonster 01.21.10 at 1:15 pm

Bears loose,
Bears loose,
Yellowstone’s got BEARS LOOSE!

9 Cashew 01.21.10 at 1:18 pm

They remind me a bit of the Wild Things in Where The Wild Things Are movie.. standing on their feet and being all anthropomorphic and whatnot

10 miameows 01.21.10 at 1:18 pm

ahhh bear butts, my favorite! (not to be confused with bare butts)

Wait, is that too PG-13?? heehee

11 beardediris 01.21.10 at 1:20 pm

Thanks for the earworm! How cute and so fuzzy!

12 Argyle Donkeypants 01.21.10 at 1:20 pm

Oso cute.

13 Kristabelle 01.21.10 at 1:22 pm

Now see, I was singing,
“And it’s all because your Momma don’t dance, and your daddy don’t rock and roll.
Your Momma don’t dance, and your daddy don’t rock and roll…
When evening comes around and it’s time to go to town,
Where do you go? To rock and roll?”

14 Suzanne 01.21.10 at 1:22 pm

After receiving less than pleasant medical news this morning, the last 3 posts are EXACTLY what the doctor ordered. Wonder if there’s a way to do cute overload chemo?

15 victoreia 01.21.10 at 1:24 pm

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Prongs, Oakely, you gals crack me up!

16 Dora D. 01.21.10 at 1:28 pm

Suzanne, god bless your positivity there!
Cuteness is always a remedy for life’s challenges.
May you be comforted by cuddly things.

17 Paunchie 01.21.10 at 1:40 pm

take two puppehs and call me in the morning.

Good thoughts to you Suzzane.

18 Rachael 01.21.10 at 1:43 pm

Good thoughts and prayers coming your way, Suzanne. *hugs*

19 ceejoe 01.21.10 at 1:50 pm

warm thoughts and hugs from me and the kittehs and guinea pigghes too, Suzanne!

20 alysonmiers 01.21.10 at 1:55 pm

Do I see baby bears HOLDING HANDS?! Because that is some hardcore q-titude.

21 DogMa 01.21.10 at 1:56 pm

Everybody cut
Everybody cut
Everybody cut
FOOTLOOSE!

Suzanne, all the best to you.

22 KittyAdventures 01.21.10 at 2:01 pm

Suzanne Hugs and may all your days be filled with bears holding paws and fluffy Kittehs and prancing Puppehs!

23 Suzanne 01.21.10 at 2:15 pm

Thanks peeps. It’s not going to beat me. :) The winking kitty on my page a day calendar says so.

24 Nikki 01.21.10 at 2:17 pm

Oooh, does this now count as an answer in Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon?

Oakley, you’re on fire lately. Suzanne, sending you a hug. I hope that your days get sunnier very quickly. xx

25 MadameX 01.21.10 at 2:19 pm

Hugs, Suzanne, and prayers for a prompt and absolute recovery…

26 eastiegirl 01.21.10 at 2:28 pm

Sooo adorable and sweet!

Suzanne, best of luck with it all. I’ll keep you in my thoughts.

27 gizmo 01.21.10 at 2:45 pm

Hey you two, get a room. Or a cave.

28 BeckyMonster 01.21.10 at 2:54 pm

Ebony and Ivory
Live together in perfect harmony…

Best wishes and kitten kisses to you Suzanne, cancer blows.

29 violet 01.21.10 at 2:57 pm

Praying for you Suzanne. Eat lots of yogurt during Chemo, it helps the gut problems.

30 AuntieMame 01.21.10 at 3:15 pm

Looks like they’re still trying to work out who’s supposed to lead. :D

Suzanne, best wishes and good luck with your treatment! It will go well, and you will beat it! ‘Cause the winking kitteh says so! (And he wants more gravy!)

31 Lillith 01.21.10 at 3:26 pm

Best wishes, and kittens to you Suzanne!

32 happycat 01.21.10 at 4:00 pm

They are barely beginning to express their NEED…their Need to Dance!

33 FRENCHICK 01.21.10 at 4:05 pm

aaaawww sooo cute ! love this site ! <3

34 Von Zeppelin 01.21.10 at 4:25 pm

No, no, no–not Loggins. These are elegant bears from an earlier, more gracious era:
Beautiful music
Dangerous rhythm
It’s something daring, the Continental
A way of dancing that’s really ultra-new
It’s very subtle, the Continental
Because it does what you want it to do

35 earlybird1 01.21.10 at 4:48 pm

YAYYYYY, it’s Little Bear from those old children’s books again! Look at him on the left there! I always wondered what happened to him; glad he got himself a dancing partner. :)

36 MamaLana 01.21.10 at 6:24 pm

C.O., I love youse guys.

37 Queen of Dork 01.21.10 at 6:30 pm

Oh, how sweet! But doooonnnn’t try to cut in.

Hugs and prayers of healing to Suzanne!

38 Jace 01.21.10 at 7:16 pm

Stay strong Suzanne, immerse in all the cute you can get!

39 Puddlepuppers 01.21.10 at 7:20 pm

Suzanne, we need your winning attitude. Prayers and hugs and boogie-oogie
bears are coming your way.

40 me 01.21.10 at 7:20 pm

Um . . .um . .. no one’s sang “My uncle Walter goes waltzing with bears?”

41 Skip 01.21.10 at 7:55 pm

Are those grizz cubs?

42 chanpon 01.21.10 at 8:09 pm

oh, this is soo flippin’ cute.

43 kibblenibble 01.21.10 at 8:26 pm

Suzanne, The Qte is very healing. And we are here for you.

44 Christopher 01.21.10 at 8:37 pm

Now these are some dancing bears I can really support.

45 Mud Bug 01.21.10 at 8:59 pm

Wild thing, You make my heart sing !
You make everything GROOOOOOVY !
Wild Thing !

46 nismo 01.21.10 at 9:15 pm

Aww. The hand-holdingks.

47 catloveschanel 01.21.10 at 9:23 pm

Suzanne – sending you a bear hug and a prayer,
some honey and some jam
Look for the, Bear Necessities
The simple bear Necessitites,
Forget about your worries and your strife.
I mean the, Bear Necessities
Oh, Mother Nature’s recipies that bring the Bear Necessities to life.

48 Brenda 01.21.10 at 9:53 pm

Is this for real? Cuz it’s just too dang cute!

49 Sandi and Baby Enzo's Mom 01.21.10 at 10:15 pm

Prayers and hugs to Suzanne. Stay strong and beleive in the cute.

50 BabyOpossum 01.21.10 at 11:07 pm

Argyle Donkeypants, I see what you did there.

51 jere7my 01.21.10 at 11:10 pm

Nah. Bears don’t dig on dancing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wLHVjOos8Y&feature=fvw

52 Hon Glad 01.22.10 at 1:04 am

If you go down to the woods today your sure of a big suprise
If you go down to the woods today maybe you’ll see these guys
Watch them take a ballroom stance as happily they start to dance
Todays the day the brown bears practice their Rumba.

to the tune of teddy bears picnic

53 Londoner 01.22.10 at 5:52 am

Suzanne – all the best, OK? Sending mental kittens.

Er…that sounds kind of weird, but, you know.

I suppose all kittens are a bit mental.

54 bookmonstercats 01.22.10 at 6:11 am

Suzanne, praying for you and sending you kittayns across the interwebs to bump up the treatment.

Hon Glad, LOL.

That is a serious shape being thrown by the blond bear.

["Shape" or "shade"? Jellystone is Burning... ;) - Ed.]

55 Leilani 01.22.10 at 6:16 am

Clearly they’re wa-wa-wa-waltzing their way to the teddy bears’ picnic! Suzanne, warm and healing (((HUGS))) are going your way.

56 Calliope 01.22.10 at 6:44 am

Squee! From the original Nat Geo post: “These two seven-month-old cubs thought that holding hands would make the danger disappear.”

I loved the Little Bear books too! Especially the one where he goes out to play in the snow, but keeps coming back to tell his mama he’s cold. She’s so patient that she makes him a hat. Then she makes him a scarf. Then she makes him a jacket. But finally he realizes he already has a fur coat — so he takes off all the clothes and frolics in the snow. :)

57 Calliope 01.22.10 at 6:52 am
58 JupiterStar 01.22.10 at 8:57 am

jere7my, that was exactly what I thought of, too! Yay Tim Minchin!

59 Katrina 01.22.10 at 9:27 am

Dear Suzanne-
On behalf of Abbey the Cardigan Welsh Corgi and me and everyone else here, keep us close, ok? Yes, cute does change one’s attitude for the better, and well, we’re all little weird here, so ya know, stay with the Cute, the Peeps, the whole crew of [Ed.'s], and we’ll help get you through this nastier of times.

Chemo is temporary, Cute is FOREVER!
Sure, go ahead, make a shirt out of it, …

60 LeAnn (not LeAnna) 01.22.10 at 9:32 am

earlybird1, I always liked Little Bear. It was a cartoon on Nickelodeon too and my son watched it. Happy, loving stories.

Suzanne, all good wishes and blessings.

The Qte abides.

61 Suzanne 01.22.10 at 9:53 am

Okay, I thought I was all cried out from yesterday. But nope. But today’s tears are “wow I’m so blessed to “know” these people” instead of “this completely sucks” Thx!

62 Kristabelle 01.22.10 at 10:26 am

Late to the party, but Suzanne – keep on keeping on. My mom just went through chemo last spring. It suuuuuuuuucks. Much love and healing thoughts and a nice warm blankie and lots of hugs to you.

63 Marilyn Terrell 01.22.10 at 10:26 am

I just read on IMDB that a new version of “Footloose” is in production.:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1068242/ [Becauuuuuse... why? :? - Ed.]

No word yet on whether it’s going to feature an all-ursine cast.

Best wishes to you, Suzanne!

64 Katrina 01.22.10 at 4:35 pm

Suzanne-So, you might have some friends, yes, but do they write ridiculously silllly things that you can read over and over? You do?
Oh, well then…

I will be praying for your well-being and for your mental stick-to-it-ivness, we are here, being whimsical and full of puns and “puuuurrrrpatrating” as many other terrible things as we can do to just about any language you can name, so like I said, we’ll ALL put the smart money on you. Try to have a restful night, my friend and fellow Peep.
Talk to you tomorrow. K.

65 Amy 01.22.10 at 5:20 pm

I haven’t commented in a ling time but just wanted to say:
1) The bears are very cute.

2) Suzanne, I am sending lots of positvie thoughts and energy your way. Keep visitng CO…it really is good for the soul and that , in turn, is good for the body!
We are all rooting for you!

66 puddlepuppers 01.22.10 at 7:59 pm

Suzanne, thank you for being an inspiration and helping me face whatever I have
to…Cute is good for the soul, and, sister, so are you. Prayers of a grateful heart
and of healing energy are sent your way.

67 Queen of Dork 01.22.10 at 8:05 pm

Suzanne: You have inspired me tonight! I was having trouble with my idiot computer with the windows opening up over and over again and causing havoc. I started to get frustrated and pissed about it but I thought about what you are going through and your great attitude about it and I thought, “this is not hard. I can deal with this when Suzanne is dealing with much more serious things than a bum computer.” I offer you my warmest hugs, fantastic wishes and sincerest of prayers. Thank you!! Stay strong, dear!

68 tree hugger 01.31.10 at 5:07 pm

hi well i loved that pic it seems unusaul though i think they were out on a date all winter

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