Posts tagged as: Unusual animals

Does a Bear Snit in the Woods?

Same old, same old. Cute and cuddly. Warm and fuzzy. For once, just once, I’d like to be respected for my dazzling intellectual understanding of the mathematical principles underlying the structure of the cosmos. But do they ever listen to me? Nooo.


Koalas don’t get no respect, Rennett Stowe.

Pumpkin Rumpus

This is what happens when you leave your pumpkins out too long.

Cheetah, cheetah, pumpkin eatah…

Soon the pumpkins turn very fuzzy…

Hunting pumpkins is one of the most important skills a cheetah will ever learn…

Photos by Matt Marriott/Busch Gardens Tampa Bay. Sent in by Jill R.

Haunted Meerkat Manor

At Marwell Wildlife in England, the annual Halloween Festival includes some time-honored cuteness: Giving meerkats a Jack-O-Lantern to play in. (And don’t miss the sleepy little trick-or-treater at 0:25!)

Good Eefneenf!

I, Nofferatu, haff riffen frum teh grafe, firfty for fumfink I can fink my teef into!

Thlurrpf!

Edit: Mandie W. is not just the sender-inner; she goes to bat for bats, and other critters every day!
She “hangs out” at Animal Ark Rescue and all donations are very welcome!

Mandie W., all we can say is, fangks dahlink.

How to pick up a baby Red Panda in 5 easy steps

Step 1: Locate Cub. Snorf cub neck to determine if said cub is indeed the correct cub that needs a pickin’(up.)

Chester Zoo - Red Panda Baby
Step 2: Brace self with nearby log (or chair leg) for support

Chester Zoo - Red Panda Baby
Step 3:  Grip cub firmly with patented Double-Wrap-Around-Huggular-Neck-Chomp-n-Claw™ motion!

Chester Zoo - Red Panda Baby
Step 4: If cub grip loosens, perform extra snarfing action at nape of neck

Chester Zoo - Baby Red Panda
Step 5: Finally, carry cub around like you own the place!

Chester Zoo - Red Panda Baby
Oh and, try not to swing the baby to and fro, it’s bad form.

Chester Zoo - Red Panda Baby
Cuteporter Sarah A. discovered these gems by RomeoOliverPool.

May Be Too Intense for Some Viewers

This is the Lemur Leaf Frog, this is the cutest frog on the planet, probably just here visiting from the cute hall of fame. It lives in the rainforest, it can fit on the tip of your finger, it can change colors and, most of all, it can do that amazing mime illusion of an invisible wall. Check it out.

(silently presses sticky hands one at a time against imaginary flat surface, looks surprised)


Actually, as Brian G. knows, the Lemur Leaf Frog is a critically endangered frog of Central & So. American rainforests.

This Is No Mere Meerkat

Indeed, this is just one of the pictures in this collection at Buzzfeed, aptly titled “The 20 Cutest Baby Meerkat Pictures On The Entire Internet.” Get thee hence, and squee.


MEER-HANCE:

What… Is… This… Thing?

It’s just stuck here on my face, and it keeps trying to crawl into my mouth! It’s like, gross, get it offa me! Maybe if I step on it it’ll leave me alo — OWWWW!

I’m Never Gonna Let You Go! [Sing in Sloth Voice]

I’m gonna hold you in my arms foreverrrrrrrrrrr [yawn]
Gonna try and make up for the times [Oh boy I’m tie-tie]
I hurt you sooooooooooo [falls asleep]


Romantic sloth times courtesy of Laura S. Sergio Mendes genius lyrics via Songlyrics.com.

Get Back in Here!

(Mom’s voice calling across the whole neighborhood) Lenny Beauregard! Come home right now and pick up your dirty underwear like I told you!


Or was it the nut of the day ones, Robyn R.?