What are yous doin' with me food dere boy?! >:

Actually kelly, PETA also campaigns against fear factor. And no, they don't only just save cute animals. They are also out to help bugs and other 'non-cute' animals.

when i was like 10 i wanted a sugarglider

They are very cute, but really hard to have as pets. If they get loose you're in trouble. They are super fast.

I have to question the intelligence of an organization whose support base is inspired by cute animals. Not that I'm against the saving of animals but if they had a platform that was more scientifically based rather than "Oh, what a cute panda. Let's not kill him." Besides, they seem a little extreme in some cases. :(

Kelly, do you think the masses want to save endangered worms? The majority could care less about "non-cute" animals, so PETA uses the cute ones to get attention. So does WSPA and the WWF (no not the wrestlers...)

Like I said, they encourage people to boycott silk because of the way the worms are treated.

Anyway of course they are extreme, most passionate people are.


For the record I don't agree with a lot of what PETA does.

Now let's get back to Jeanette talking about cute animals :)

While I do not totally agree with PETA, they do raise awareness about certain issues that I think most of us would agree on.
Like this:

Erimine in a leghold trap. Animal rights activists are trying to get those traps banned.
Poor lil ermine. :( Damn the fur industry.
Anyway, on to happier things.

Baby giant anteater.

A fossa. It is in the same family as the bintruong.

This is a baby kinkajou. It is in the same family as the raccoon.

Aye Aye. They are like funky monkies.


Epaulette Shark.

Sharks are my favorite animal, and I think these ones are really pretty.


Praying Mantis

they are just really fucking cool. I saw one by my work last year, which is weird cause it's downtown and nowhere near a park.


Baby Mara

Mara's are the biggest rodents in the world. (R.O.U.S :lol >: :nerdjoke)

Nuh uh. The capybara is the biggest rodent in the world.

And praying mantises are creepy! 8-)

Argh. The baby anteater just made me melt right in my seat. :melt

fuck, I always mix up capybaras and maras.



they look so much alike!

Awww...you wike widdle baby anteaters? :)

Newborn giant anteater. I think its the same one as above.



Baby lesser anteater.



Baby giant anteater, riding on mother's tail.

STOP IT :(

I want a summer job in a zoo.

The bearded guy compensated for the sugary cuddliness of it all, luckily.

Before you decide you want to work in a zoo, you may want to read this stories:

http://www.somethingawful.com/articles.php?a=1377
http://www.somethingawful.com/articles.php?a=1389
http://www.somethingawful.com/articles.php?a=1426

The ostrich guy is damm lucky the ostrich didn't maul him. They can kill you.
I've eaten ostrich too. Its delicious. :yum

By the way, do you know if all these things happened at the Saint Louis zoo, or were these several zoos?

Ostrich is indeed very tasty. :yum Anyway, I bet even if an unqualified person like me could temp at a zoo, they'd have me shovelling elephant shit on my first day or something. Bastards.

I'm pretty sure all the stories were from one guy. So wherever he works/worked is wherethey took place. I don't recall if it says in the stories.

Animals!
 

Echidna


Baby Ecidna


Billby


Serval (I SO WANT ONE)


Thorny Devil

I knew someone who owned a serval . but I never got to meet him :( (the serval not the guy).

why was the racoon drinking the ermine!!!!

Sugargliders are so cute but it doesnt change the fact that the male one my friend has evidently HUMPED HIS MATE TO DEATH!.

Seriously, she died FROM OVER FIEND SEX ACTIVITIES!!!!

:confused

Hedgehog


Echidna
:)

My old room mate had a sugarglider...it looked cute in the pictures, but didn't sound too fun overall. :(

We've got the chance to acquire a hedgehog...a friend has to sell his, tank and all. Anybody know whether or not it'd be a good idea to adopt a hedgehog?

personally I'd love one, but I've heard they can stink. I had a ferret though, and he stunk bad and it didn't bother me.

I suggest you read up on the care and feeding of hedgehogs before you do, to see what you're getting into. (goes for any pet really)

Awwwwwwwwwww!! :tear :)