Flooftober III: The Floofening

October 31, 2016 10:33 AM

How well do you know your Halloween animals? Some animals have a sinister reputation this time of year. Amateurs. We got yer vortex of evil right here:

- A black kitty-cat who will probably do something unspeakable as soon as he's done playing in his sunbeam.
- Baby bats swaddled in sin.
- Fluffy burrowing owl chicks? More like fluffy burrowing-into-your-skull owl chicks.
- Teeny tiny fuzzy jumping spider of doom.
- The most terrifying wolf pack ever known to humankind.

Bonus: baby Cthulhu and hiccuping wolf pup (previously).

posted by Orange Dinosaur Slide (14 comments total)

I got as far as question 3 and decided you know what, that is not information I need to know, and maybe this is not the quiz for me.

I'll stick to the bat burrito links, thank you.
posted by phunniemee at 10:44 AM on October 31, 2016

This picture is all I could think of when watching that bat video.
posted by KirTakat at 11:08 AM on October 31, 2016 [5 favorites]

No MetaFilter thread with reference to bats is complete without Lil' Drac!
posted by Krazor at 11:12 AM on October 31, 2016 [5 favorites]

I guess I just always figured that this is the darkest time of year, and these are all children of the night.
posted by kinnakeet at 11:24 AM on October 31, 2016

My favorite "cute bat" comment came from someone who'd noted that bats' wings are really just membranes stretched between elongated fingers, so bat flight is really powered by jazz hands.
posted by DingoMutt at 11:37 AM on October 31, 2016 [14 favorites]

I gave up on question 4. I refuse to believe drinking whiskey is the wrong answer.
posted by ckape at 12:35 PM on October 31, 2016

I got halfway through the quiz and got redirected to a "claim your prize!" page.

The kitty trying to catch the sunlight made up for it, though.
posted by Mister Moofoo at 1:35 PM on October 31, 2016

Rats, sorry about that, Mister Moofoo. I didn't see that when I went through the quiz. Have contacted the mods. Here's another kitten for your troubles.
posted by Orange Dinosaur Slide at 1:52 PM on October 31, 2016 [1 favorite]

Mod note: Hrm, nixed that first link out of an abundance of caution. Carry on!
posted by cortex (staff) at 1:59 PM on October 31, 2016

Thanks cortex!
posted by Orange Dinosaur Slide at 2:00 PM on October 31, 2016

Whhoooze a cute little blood sucker?

You are!
posted by BlueHorse at 8:11 PM on October 31, 2016

For years a family of burrowing owls raised babies in the storm drain on our street. You'd walk up our driveway and out of the corner of your eye you'd catch a glimpse of several sets of yellow eyes staring at you from the drain. But when you looked directly they'd be gone. Naturally we never told anyone this ahead of time and denied everything when they asked. "You been drinking?" we'd ask. "You ever read that book It?"

Good times.
posted by fshgrl at 8:56 PM on October 31, 2016 [2 favorites]

That owl video is a nice demonstration of near and far.

Now I am NEAR!

*runs away*
Now I am FAR!

Grover would approve.
posted by fifteen schnitzengruben is my limit at 11:07 PM on October 31, 2016 [2 favorites]

I cannot see burrow owls without thinking about the Dead Milkmen: "Jumping Jesus on a pogo stick, kid, don't you know that a burrow owl lives in a hole in the ground?"

And they're really really cute.
posted by bile and syntax at 2:52 PM on November 2, 2016