No wonder it can't be buggered

October 26, 2014 12:51 PM

'Phisiologus dicit quod herinatius figuram habet porcelli lactentis. Hic deforis totus est spinosus. Sed tempore vindemiarum ingreditur in vineam, et ubi viderit uvam bonam, ascendit super vitem et exacinat uvam illam, ita ut cadant omnes racemi in terram. Deinde descendit et volutat se super illos ita ut omnes racemi figantur in spinis eius, et sic portat escam filiis suis.' -- By Obrazki nunu & Discarding Images (previously), based on this medieval bestiary.
posted by MartinWisse (8 comments total)

Since the pullquote doesn't say it in English - this is a cute stopmotion animation in Latin with English subtitles.
posted by HypotheticalWoman at 1:57 PM on October 26, 2014

There is one moment that is, unexpectedly, anything but cute and I'm not going to tell you which to make you watch and you can thank me later.
posted by hat_eater at 2:03 PM on October 26, 2014

hat_eater, I watched the whole thing and I didn't see something that was "anything but cute." Are you talking about the credits?
posted by dhens at 3:21 PM on October 26, 2014

The bestiary illustrator obviously had absolutely no idea what grape vines look like.
posted by Joe in Australia at 3:36 PM on October 26, 2014 [1 favorite]

Hedgehogs. Why can't they just share the hedge?
posted by oneswellfoop at 4:56 PM on October 26, 2014 [1 favorite]

Discarding Images yay! Thanks for posting and I too saw nothing that wasn't cute and am confused, hat_eater.
posted by benito.strauss at 7:00 PM on October 26, 2014

That was the best. I can now go to sleep happy.
posted by Mike Mongo at 8:09 PM on October 26, 2014

Are you talking about the credits?

The credits were cute! But at the 1:07 mark, the take of the hedgeden with the hedgepiglets squirming aimlessly inside... well it was definitely not my idea of cute.
posted by hat_eater at 12:23 AM on October 27, 2014