Comments on: Bambi meets Thumper IRL

Bambi meets Thumper IRL

not_on_display — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:47:51 -0800

An orphaned deer and a wild rabbit quickly become best friends. [original page, auf Deutsch]

Tanja Askani ("The Woman Who Lives with Wolves") has plenty of other wonderful photographs and paintings of animals -- wi ld, domesticated, and both toge ther.

By: jonmc

jonmc — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:51:50 -0800

Then I shot them both and had a hare and venison casserole for dinner. No offense, n_o_d, but these cute animals-of-different-species-as-pals-awwaintdatcute stories are getting old.

By: not_on_display

not_on_display — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:53:31 -0800

jonmc: Then I shot them both and had a hare and venison casserole for dinner. No offense, n_o_d, but these cute animals-of-different-species-as-pals-awwaintdatcute stories are getting old. They're new to me! ONE OF US, ONE OF US... No offense taken, jonmc.

By: Lemurrhea

Lemurrhea — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:53:33 -0800

Picture not shown: Deer accidentally stepping on and killing original wild rabbit, new one brought in by camera crew.

By: jonmc

jonmc — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:58:17 -0800

Deer accidentally stepping on and killing original wild rabbit, new one brought in by camera crew. followed by Marlon Perkins saying "We were lucky enough to capture this rare footage..."

By: Ambrosia Voyeur

Ambrosia Voyeur — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:00:48 -0800

Calling forth one of my more beloved aural parasites. I don't mind. You can give me earworms, if you wants to. (OKAY I QUOTE BAMBI SOMETIMES I'M NOT A FURRY OKAY)

By: Ambrosia Voyeur

Ambrosia Voyeur — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:01:48 -0800

oops, forgot to link said earworm. Weren't the forties musically anerable?

By: jonmc

jonmc — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:02:33 -0800

I'M NOT A FURRY OKAY *cancels xmas present order of Josie & the Pussycats outfit*

By: Ambrosia Voyeur

Ambrosia Voyeur — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:08:00 -0800

It's not canceling if you secretly keep it, jon.

By: LordSludge

LordSludge — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:09:36 -0800

Well fuck. Let me be the first to say, Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww...!

By: jonmc

jonmc — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:10:10 -0800

I don't have the legs to do it justice, AV.

By: kliuless

kliuless — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:10:12 -0800

A Parrot Petting a Kitten: so weird! ...and unnatural :P

By: not_on_display

not_on_display — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:11:31 -0800

Eight comments in, and already my diabolical plan to ruin Christmas is coming to fruition! MUU-HAHAHAHAW

By: terranova

terranova — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:21:32 -0800

Gorgeous and enchanting, thank you.

By: jammy

jammy — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:23:38 -0800

but these cute animals-of-different-species-as-pals-awwaintdatcute stories are getting old. speak for yourself - i myself loves a new example of interspecies communion - it does me a world of good, if only that it keeps me from blastin' to kingdom-come all the bastids intent on diminishing & ridiculing such pleasures p.s. Thumper rules!

By: It's Raining Florence Henderson

It's Raining Florence Henderson — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:23:59 -0800

It's okay, everyone. Don't panic. We can handle it. After a closer look, it's obvious that the rabbit only likes the deer ironically.

By: potsmokinghippieoverlord

potsmokinghippieoverlord — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:24:17 -0800

Parrot and Cat Stunt

By: jonmc

jonmc — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:28:01 -0800

After a closer look, it's obvious that the rabbit only likes the deer ironically. Does that mean the deer has hipster hare?

By: six-or-six-thirty

six-or-six-thirty — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:28:01 -0800

Personally my favorite part was the google translations. In spring (May 2005) is a leading Ricke from the car seriously injured and died shortly afterwards. A few hours later found her stroller orphan kid and give him the bottle rearing in order to save him. One day immersed in a wild rabbit and adheres near the kids on. Those are tearjerkers, right there.

By: Lemurrhea

Lemurrhea — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:31:37 -0800

I remember the last time I was immersed in a wild rabbit. Thankfully, no kids near. Much too complicated to explain.

By: not_on_display

not_on_display — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:36:16 -0800

six-or-six-thirty: Personally my favorite part was the google translations. You missed this one: "Finchen with her long legs easier to remove the thick snow cover in order to arrive at Graß and her little friend with benefits.

By: not_on_display

not_on_display — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:40:49 -0800

jonmc: ...these cute animals-of-different-species-as-pals-awwaintdatcute stories are getting old. Damnit, I forgot that you got there first.

By: The Whelk

The Whelk — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:44:27 -0800

Weren't the forties musically anerable? they ARE. All that harmony and bing-bing-bing melody. I've had days of this stuck in my head. It makes shopping for kale alot more interesting. Also, Best story of cross-species flirting: A friend was in an aviary, with this flute. In the middle of this vast noise of bird was a little garden. He played a few notes on his flute and the noise STOPPED. DEAD. Two beats. Then a huge noise in his direction, really screaming. He looks down. A Quail and a Loon are sitting in the garden, a few steps away. He plays the same notes again to them. The Quail and the Loon kinda...look at each other, and then move closer. He plays more notes, they stop, and take another step. He played the first notes. The Quail walked up to the garden rail and chirped back the notes. At the end, they where within arms reach. It was the most Disney-esque werido thing I'd seen. They really seemed to want to communicate with him. Gave me hope for our ability to understand an Alien race, but then again, we're shaky with communicating with other mammals, let alone super-intelligent spores from the Glastonbury Nebulae.

By: desjardins

desjardins — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:45:35 -0800

Has cuteoverload been alerted?

By: filthy light thief

filthy light thief — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:50:29 -0800

MetaFilter: Your favorite cute thing is dumb. -vs- MetaFilter: I do believe in Disney musicals, I do!

By: not_on_display

not_on_display — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:03:31 -0800

desjardins: Has cuteoverload been alerted? O shi... That's the last time I turn a spam from my mom into an FPP!

By: cashman

cashman — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:06:13 -0800

A Parrot Petting a Kitten: so weird! ...and unnatural :P Oh my god, what the fuck? It's like they were having some kind of weird interspecies coitus.

By: The Whelk

The Whelk — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:21:53 -0800

A Parrot Petting a Kitten: so weird! ...and unnatural :P This is what the end of humanity looks like.

By: ageispolis

ageispolis — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:53:40 -0800

That's what the beginning of humanity looks like.

By: tzikeh

tzikeh — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:57:36 -0800

I can't help it. I love this stuff. Tigers adopting (!) orphaned pigs, dogs accepting baby squirrels into their litters, gorilla with her pet kitten, abandoned fawn and giant mastiff napping together, and let us not forget the tortoise who adopted the hippo after the tsunami... there's something remarkable about it all. I don't think they're some kind of "meaning of life" examples to us all, but it's certainly something that engenders a sense of wonder and beauty about the animal kingdom in the way that watching a lion chase down and kill a zebra emphatically does not. Besides - OMG KYOOOOOT!

By: tzikeh

tzikeh — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:00:29 -0800

Besides, it's proof that evolution is real.

By: nickyskye

nickyskye — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:06:25 -0800

Totally adorable. Thanks for the oxytocin rushes. *sigh of fuzzy contentment

By: airgirl

airgirl — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:10:04 -0800

Love it! And don't forget to "Feed the Kitty"!

By: jessamyn

jessamyn — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:42:42 -0800

Animals who are Friends: flickr group, random, the blog (many dupes between links 2 and 3). Tiger and piglets totally inscrutable to me.

By: yhbc

yhbc — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:05:00 -0800

That is sooooo finchen cute. Plus, I seem to have picked up some German!

By: not_on_display

not_on_display — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:28:16 -0800

yhbc: Plus, I seem to have picked up some German! They have pharmaceuticals for that now.

By: Kronos_to_Earth

Kronos_to_Earth — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:27:03 -0800

IN THE EVENT OF JADED RESPONSE - CLICK HEART ICONS FOR EMERGENCY BACKUP AWWW ♥♥♥

By: tehloki

tehloki — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:22:52 -0800

A DEER IS FINE TOO I HAVE INSERTED SEXUAL IMAGERY INTO YOUR MIND

By: Awakened

Awakened — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 09:47:57 -0800

The construction of the snowman is particularly impressive given their mutual lack of opposable thumbs.

By: quin

quin — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 10:13:50 -0800

Well, the haters can hate all they want, it's undeniably cute. That said; this picture should be captioned as such: Deer: I want some of this Bunny: Mother-fucker, you touch my grass and I will end you. Deer: I thought we were friends Bunny: Ain't got nothin' to do with it, that grass is mine, and you are gettin' all up in my shit. Back the fuck off.

By: dejah420

dejah420 — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 11:40:16 -0800

Ah Jon...see, we've known each other for so long that I know your irascible response is just hiding your squishy, squishy love-bunny heart. Come on, you can admit it to us. We're your friends. I promise we won't laugh at your "Hang in there, Friday's coming" poster.