Honey, let's us preserve the moment in pictures!

November 27, 2014 9:27 AM

Put the little nipper next to....

The Parakeet!
The Massive Live Bear!
The Chicken! (And the Cigarette)
The (probably stuffed) Bitey Bird!
Those Gators!
That Other Gator!
The Crow. (And get the antlers)
The Pandographer!
The Lion! (yes, Lion)
The Possibly Rabid Chained Up Racoon!
The Menagerie!
The Duck
The Probably Stuffed Not-So-Bitey Bird
The Chimp!
The Venerable Tortoise!
The Nightmare Inducing Gnome!

posted by ecorrocio (23 comments total)

I feel bad for the little girl; parakeets have really sharp claws!
posted by surazal at 9:36 AM on November 27, 2014

We mustn't forget Krampus, it's that time of year (yeah I know it's a guy in a costume).
posted by boilermonster at 9:44 AM on November 27, 2014

I wonder where that bear photo took place. From the kid's clothing I'm guessing Siberia, and not recently.
posted by George_Spiggott at 9:58 AM on November 27, 2014

The Probably Stuffed Not-So-Bitey Bird

Which unfortunately makes it the Probably Arsenic-Laced Bird.
posted by Kabanos at 10:06 AM on November 27, 2014

That's not a duck, that's a (stuffed) loon!
posted by Tsuga at 10:07 AM on November 27, 2014 [1 favorite]

The Lion! (yes, Lion)

"Hey, let's take a picture of us putting the baby in the baby disposal!"
posted by ROU_Xenophobe at 10:12 AM on November 27, 2014 [4 favorites]

Looks like the bear photo is actually quite recent. The watermark belongs to Yulia Otto, who takes lots of photos of kids.

Great photo though!
posted by Kabanos at 10:16 AM on November 27, 2014 [2 favorites]

I love the picture of the chicken and the kid with the cigarette.
posted by mazola at 10:20 AM on November 27, 2014 [2 favorites]

The crow, with the empty chair and the antlers, it feels to me like these are all supposed to be symbolic. Like this is a photo of when he pledged membership to the lodge.
posted by RobotHero at 10:26 AM on November 27, 2014 [1 favorite]

Is the kid on the tortoise leading it on with a sausage? I'm not sure how well that would work.
posted by daisyk at 10:53 AM on November 27, 2014

This is a good post and I thank you for making it.
posted by benito.strauss at 11:10 AM on November 27, 2014

The story behind The Lion (yes, Lion): her name was Blondie, and she was the family pet of Charles Hipp, an oil businessman from Graham, Texas, who grew up in the circus. Blondie was bought as a cub, and lived with the family until she died of old age in 1968. (Link contains other amazing photos.)

In looking for it, I also ran across this other story about the filming of the movie Roar in 1971, in which a family (Including a young Melanie Griffin) lived with lions for a few years. (more amazing photos, like this one. )
posted by quin at 11:30 AM on November 27, 2014

That's not a duck, that's a (stuffed) loon!

I'm glad you beat me to it, because I was going to feel a little bit shameful in my pedantry. So, thanks!
posted by mudpuppie at 11:31 AM on November 27, 2014

In Bill Bryson's book A Walk in the Woods, about the Appalachian Trail, he notes, "There is one recorded instance of a woman smearing honey on her toddler's fingers so that the bear would lick it off for the video camera. Failing to understand this, the bear ate the baby's hand."

I have always wondered about this incident. It is as horrifically American as a B. Kliban cartoon. Did the baby survive? Did s/he grow up to hate the mother with the blazing strength of a thousand MRAs? Did the marriage survive?
posted by Countess Elena at 11:35 AM on November 27, 2014 [4 favorites]

My S.O. just compared putting a baby on a lion's back to that thing where you put a milkbone on a dog's nose.
posted by George_Spiggott at 11:37 AM on November 27, 2014 [1 favorite]

Counterpoint to the above: Snopes.
posted by Countess Elena at 11:39 AM on November 27, 2014

daisyk : Is the kid on the tortoise leading it on with a sausage? I'm not sure how well that would work.

Probably not well. Tortoises are vegetarians... mostly. Galapagos tortoises have a relationship with finches and mockingbirds who will move around the tortoise eating parasites from it. Occasionally, the tortoises will exploit this relationship by raising themselves up, letting a bird go underneath to clean its bottom shell, and then drop, squishing the bird which it will then eat. Observers have speculated this is to add protein their diets, but my theory is that some tortoises are just jerks. (including mine.)
posted by quin at 11:44 AM on November 27, 2014 [4 favorites]

Wow, tortoises are weirder than I thought!
posted by daisyk at 12:00 PM on November 27, 2014

Tortoises are vegetarians... mostly.

Well, it's not like they have much choice in the matter. Kudzu could outrun them.
posted by ROU_Xenophobe at 12:27 PM on November 27, 2014 [2 favorites]

Don't be fooled. Tortoises are deceptively fast. Fast enough to chase a dog and irritate the hell out of it.
posted by quin at 12:33 PM on November 27, 2014 [1 favorite]

So the article about the lion is interesting for lion reasons, but apparently there is a lake named "Possum Kingdom Lake." That sounds like an awesome lake.
posted by Fleeno at 5:43 PM on November 27, 2014

"Possum Kingdom Lake." That sounds like an awesome lake.

It's in North Texas...and it's okay, as far as lakes go around here. We have alot of them. The Toadies awesome Possum Kingdom explains it all.
posted by Benway at 8:01 PM on November 27, 2014

I'm definitely getting "Rincewind and the Luggage" vibes off of quin's video...
posted by Gilead at 11:10 PM on November 28, 2014