KITTEN WITH HEAD STUCK IN BONGO DRUMS
April 27, 2021 6:46 AM Subscribe
DOG IN PRECARIOUS POSITION
When your emergency resembles a yoga pose.
posted by mandolin conspiracy at 9:09 AM on April 27, 2021 [3 favorites]
When your emergency resembles a yoga pose.
posted by mandolin conspiracy at 9:09 AM on April 27, 2021 [3 favorites]
That was a weird way to learn that there are wild muntjac in England.
posted by Missense Mutation at 9:45 AM on April 27, 2021 [1 favorite]
posted by Missense Mutation at 9:45 AM on April 27, 2021 [1 favorite]
Long ago I called my local (USA) fire department for help when my cat was legit stuck in a tree.
"Sir, we don't actually do that."
Oh I see. Um. What should I do?
"He's fine. You ever seen a cat skeleton in a tree?"
*click*
posted by saturday_morning at 10:25 AM on April 27, 2021 [14 favorites]
"Sir, we don't actually do that."
Oh I see. Um. What should I do?
"He's fine. You ever seen a cat skeleton in a tree?"
*click*
posted by saturday_morning at 10:25 AM on April 27, 2021 [14 favorites]
he was, in fact, fine
posted by saturday_morning at 10:27 AM on April 27, 2021 [11 favorites]
posted by saturday_morning at 10:27 AM on April 27, 2021 [11 favorites]
There are loads of wild muntjac in some parts of England. A very common animal here these days.
posted by devon at 12:18 PM on April 27, 2021 [1 favorite]
posted by devon at 12:18 PM on April 27, 2021 [1 favorite]
Among the rarer animals that needed to be rescued were 8 cows, 8 ferrets, 6 sheep, 2 goats, 2 hedgehogs, 2 lambs, a bull and a tortoise...Old Uncle Tom Cobley and all!
Animals that don't climb trees tended to be lower down the listI see what they did there.
posted by The Underpants Monster at 2:00 PM on April 27, 2021 [2 favorites]
You ever seen a cat skeleton in a tree?
That line always annoys me. You don't see bird or squirrel skeletons in trees either, even though some of them certainly die in them; that's because bodies usually fall out or are scavenged. While most cats will indeed be fine and eventually come down, it is possible for a panicked animal to get in a position it is unable or too afraid to get back down from. If it has been several days, it may indeed need rescue.
posted by tavella at 2:36 PM on April 27, 2021 [4 favorites]
That line always annoys me. You don't see bird or squirrel skeletons in trees either, even though some of them certainly die in them; that's because bodies usually fall out or are scavenged. While most cats will indeed be fine and eventually come down, it is possible for a panicked animal to get in a position it is unable or too afraid to get back down from. If it has been several days, it may indeed need rescue.
posted by tavella at 2:36 PM on April 27, 2021 [4 favorites]
Yesterday, firefighters in Newton, Mass. used a ladder truck, a lasso and a cardboard box to rescue a raccoon that had climbed to the top of a light pole between the two sides of the Massachusetts Turnpike.
posted by adamg at 8:26 PM on April 27, 2021 [1 favorite]
posted by adamg at 8:26 PM on April 27, 2021 [1 favorite]
these are wonderful! particularly enjoyed, “PERSON WITH SQUIRREL TRAPPED BEHIND WARDROBE”
posted by tamarack at 10:13 PM on April 27, 2021 [3 favorites]
posted by tamarack at 10:13 PM on April 27, 2021 [3 favorites]
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