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Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :

...until you've experienced the attack of the baby pandas.

If you've been wondering about what's been happening with Owen and Mzee since the Indonesian tsunami, there's a blog covering their past year in Kenya.

[ September 19, 2006, 11:18 AM: Message edited by: aspectre ]

Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :

Hook's Law: No matter how charming its friendly smile, never never hand feed a crocodile.

[ December 30, 2008, 11:51 AM: Message edited by: aspectre ]

Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :

That reminds me of one of my favorite "action songs" for preschoolers:

"...at the end of the ride, the lady was inside, and the smile was on the crocodile!" [Big Grin]

Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :

Ha, that first video was soooooooo cute. All those baby pandas *love*

Also that crocodile with its mouth open and the guy running was just funny.

Posted by SoberTillNoon (Member # 6170) on :

Wow, I almost had to stop the video. That was a literally overwhelming amount of cuteness.

Posted by MightyCow (Member # 9253) on :

That has to be the world's cutest way to die - nibbled to death by baby pandas.

Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :

"Oh who's my wuvey dovey wittle munchkin..."

Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :

Insulin! Insulin! I need some insulin for this thread -- STAT!

Posted by Nighthawk (Member # 4176) on :

quote:
Originally posted by aspectre:
Crook's Law: No matter how charming its friendly smile, never never hand feed a crocodile.

Reminds of me of where I use to live: next to the lake in the back yard we had a sign that said, literally, "Do not provoke, molest or entice the alligators."

Uh... "molest"?!?

Posted by Uprooted (Member # 8353) on :

quote:
"I was shocked - the animal clearly wanted to kill me,'' Mr Mashiah, from Tel Aviv, told the Northern Territory News.

No, you're kidding--the crocodile wanted to kill you? My, that is shocking.

And those pandas really were adorable. But now I can't get the visual image out of my head of the last episode of Lost with Jin carrying a real panda trying to chew off his ears rather than that stuffed one!

Posted by The Rabbit (Member # 671) on :

quote:
"I began playing with it for a photo,'' Mr Mashiah said. "I was pointing at it when it suddenly jumped up at me - I didn't realise that crocs were so aggressive.''

[ROFL]

What planet were these guys from?

[ March 17, 2008, 05:17 PM: Message edited by: The Rabbit ]

Posted by Nighthawk (Member # 4176) on :

I imagine they don't have to worry about getting killed by a crocodile in Tel Aviv...

Posted by The Rabbit (Member # 671) on :

I've never needed to worry about getting killed by a crocodile. Not in Utah, not in Montana, not in Seattle and not even in Trinidad but I still know that the things are very aggressive and wouldn't be foolish enough to tease one for a photo op.

Seriously, who doesn't know that crocodiles are extremely dangerous?

[ March 18, 2008, 09:52 AM: Message edited by: The Rabbit ]

Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :

Tea for Two

Posted by Raia (Member # 4700) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Nighthawk:
I imagine they don't have to worry about getting killed by a crocodile in Tel Aviv...

Actually, some people had stolen a crocodile (or an alligator, I don't remember) from one of the two alligator/crocodile farms in Israel several years back, and they deposited it in the central bus station in Jerusalem, hanging out on one of the platforms, waiting for his bus. [Smile]

Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :

I missed that news story! O_O

Posted by theamazeeaz (Member # 6970) on :

quote:
Originally posted by aspectre:
Tea for Two

If you think that's cute, check out this book:

Hayes, Catherine (1951), The Ape in Our House, New York: Harper .

Posted by MEC (Member # 2968) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Nighthawk:
Reminds of me of where I use to live: next to the lake in the back yard we had a sign that said, literally, "Do not provoke, molest or entice the alligators."

Uh... "molest"?!?

Obviously it meant to interfere or bother, unless there's some kind of local problem down there.

Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :

C'est cheese with a Cheshire flavor.

Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :

Thanks for the pandas, aspectre. [ROFL]

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More sugar: Snow Dog video

Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :

Fighting like cats and dogs.....or maybe not

Posted by King of Men (Member # 6684) on :

OMG, thread necromancy!

It came... from the archives.

Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :

Well properly aged zombies are green: recycle and reuse.
The hard part is remembering odd enough keywords thatcha don't end up with 300 matches that reach back only a year or so.