Where the wild things are

October 23, 2007 8:28 AM

Build your wild self using a flash game from the New York zoos and aquarium and the wildlife conservation society.

Just something cute for Tuesday.

posted by FunkyHelix (18 comments total)

Eponysterical!
posted by Iridic at 8:48 AM on October 23, 2007

Hee!
posted by FunkyHelix at 8:52 AM on October 23, 2007

Apparently, I'm a bush-octopus.
posted by not_on_display at 9:08 AM on October 23, 2007

This is really fun. Too bad it's only a matter of time before the furries find it and figure out a way to make the icons yiff.
posted by Parasite Unseen at 9:13 AM on October 23, 2007

I didn't expect that this would be as fun as it is. It's adorable. Plus I can finally have the bat wings and big cat tail that I've always wanted.
posted by uncleozzy at 9:18 AM on October 23, 2007

So cute!
posted by arcticwoman at 9:19 AM on October 23, 2007

Let's see your results. :)
posted by FunkyHelix at 9:21 AM on October 23, 2007

Apparently, I'm a bush-octopus.

I believe the scientific term for that is octopussy.
posted by Parasite Unseen at 9:25 AM on October 23, 2007 [1 favorite]

Yet another avatar maker prejudiced against those of us with facial hair.
posted by Faint of Butt at 10:00 AM on October 23, 2007

Fantastic.
posted by agregoli at 10:03 AM on October 23, 2007

Wow. I'm a Siberian tiger. With butterfly wings.

True, true.
posted by gummi at 10:12 AM on October 23, 2007

The best part is the sound effects. I get a lion mane that roars! (Faint of Butt, that should solve your facial hair problem.)
posted by bassjump at 10:26 AM on October 23, 2007

The more time I spent creating my pea-ho-sha-fro-bat self, the more I wanted to ask...

Did anyone else start to wonder if J.K. Rowling got some of her ideas for creatures from that site? House-elf ears, some nice sharp teeth, maybe a pair of wings or a tail....

(And someone should tell them not to make "ho" its own syllable. I'm insulted by my own moniker. Heh.)
posted by bassjump at 10:34 AM on October 23, 2007

Here's mine. For those not in the know, I am the star of the new Saturday morning cartoon, "Baby Baphomet".
posted by hermitosis at 11:05 AM on October 23, 2007

Here's mine. I played with mine in a graphics program, because I'm a loser face with too much time on my hands.

Of note? I have another set of those teeth in my vagina.
posted by FunkyHelix at 11:17 AM on October 23, 2007

This is just avatars for furries.
posted by desjardins at 1:03 PM on October 23, 2007

I am not an animal! Wait... nevermind.
posted by sysinfo at 6:18 PM on October 23, 2007

I tried to make it look like me, but without the facial hair option it's kinda creepy. Come to think of it, with the facial hair option it woulda been creepy. I can't imagine I was ever that young.

Oh, I'm a frog-croc by the way.
posted by ZachsMind at 12:28 PM on October 24, 2007