Not Sure What Category...

[SplashingWater]

My "pet's" name is Kootznoowoo Jim. He is an Alaskan Brown Bear that was orphaned off the coast of Admiralty Island as a cub (along with his brother, Agnoo Axhi). They both ended up in Brookfield Zoo where I work. I "share the care" for Kootz by adopting him (he was just a cub then...11 years ago). Although I have never gotten the chance to wrestle him or pet him, I have touched his nose through the plexiglass viewing window and he put his paws up on the window so I could put mine up against his. He is my Bubby, Kootzie, Kootz, Jim, Jimmy, Jimbo, Billy Joe Jim Bob, ... yeah that's about it for the names. Here's some pics...
http://www.filehigh.com/serve/5545/228935.jpghttp://www.filehigh.com/serve/5545/228930.jpg http://www.filehigh.com/serve/5545/228929.jpg http://www.filehigh.com/serve/5545/228927.jpg http://www.filehigh.com/serve/5545/228926.jpg http://www.filehigh.com/serve/5545/228925.jpg

Isn't he just the cutest thing you ever saw?

[Lepus]

Bring him over to play with Ripley!

<font size="1">What?</font>

[e-tard]

he might think ripley is a toy. that would be bad.
he might think ripley is food. that would be bad too.

[Lepus]

Naaaaaaaaaah!

They would cuddle and be friends!

[e-tard]

then he'd smoosh ripley!

[Lepus]

My guess is he'd be afraid of Ripley.

No, I'm not joking.

[e-tard]

you're right. bigger animals are often more afraid of the litter ones.

[Lepus]

Especially the little yappy ones who think they are big animals...

[el capitan]

I want a bear.



How do you get a bear?

[Lepus]

I want a bear too.

Can we adopt him?

[SplashingWater]

Sure you can adopt him! He eats A LOT so it takes a lot of people to buy him food. And he would love Ripley. Because I do. And he is technically my widdow boy...so he does what I tell him to do. Does Ripley like to swim?
I saw my bear resting his head on the side of his pool yesterday when he spotted some sort of bug that accidentally walked past his nose. He looked a little like a gecko for a minute slurping that bug up.

<font color="teal">I am seriously in need of a huge bear hug.</font>

[Lepus]

Aren't bears kind of unfriendly?

I mean getting hugged by a bear would be sweet but won't he try to maul you?

What are so many cute things so mean? images/smiley_icons/icon_rolleyes.gif

[SplashingWater]

<table border="0" align="center" width="90%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td class="SmallText">Lepus wrote on Sat, 09 September 2006 13:32</td></tr><tr><td class="quote">
Aren't bears kind of unfriendly?

I mean getting hugged by a bear would be sweet but won't he try to maul you?

What are so many cute things so mean? images/smiley_icons/icon_rolleyes.gif
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Brown bears are actually quite docile. The only time they become aggressive is when you startle them or if you get between them and their cubs. You would have to be careful because, they are wild after all, but these guys were raised in the zoo. And besides, they love me. They tell me that every morning. And they tell me that brown bears are much more like Yogi and Boo Boo then like that bear from "The Yearling".
Gee it actually hurts my feelings that you said they were unfriendly. images/smiley_icons/icon_sad.gif

[Lepus]

I certainly mean no offense. I'm a huge animal lover too but I know they don't all want to cuddle with me!

[SplashingWater]

ahhh but this is my pet!
<font size="1">note: I tried typing something clever in Spanish here but 8th grade was a loooonng time ago</font>

And I was being facetious <font size="1">(gosh I love that word) </font>when I said you hurt my feelings. Trust me...I am passive-aggressive enough that if you really did hurt my feelings I wouldn't say anything at all...yet...images/smiley_icons/icon_wink.gif all right, I have to go now to remove the foot from my mouth.

[Lepus]

Okay then!

[SplashingWater]

Just an update...I spoke to Kootznoowoo today and told him about how all of you thought it would be cool to have a bear. He was most flattered. But he said that his brother Axhi was feeling a little low because no one made a fuss over him. So I figured I would post his picture in hopes some of you might make him feel as special as you did Kootz.

http://www.filehigh.com/serve/5545/230782.jpg http://www.filehigh.com/serve/5545/230781.jpg http://www.filehigh.com/serve/5545/230780.jpg http://www.filehigh.com/serve/5545/228931.jpg

His nose looks like it is a different color in some of these pics...it has a little bit of golden color on the tips that makes it look different in different light.
Just sayin' that in case you wouldn't like him because his nose was funny.

[Lepus]

Wow...they are adorable. Thanks for sharing your photos of them!

[bluej]

Awwwwwwww. I especially like the second and third pics.

[SplashingWater]

I would like to invite you all to take a look at my flickr site...My bears are in there as well as some big cats and some non-mammal pics.

http://flickr.com/photos/splashingwater/

[Lepus]

Oh! Img_1515 is awesome!

[Lepus]

Love the pics of the big cats too! Especially the tiger...love tigers!

[bluecho872]

Those are great pics, SW! Thanks for sharing! I wish we had a snow leopard at the OKC zoo... I think they are so pretty.

[Lepus]

On WLS this morning Carol O'Keefe did an hour long segment on the zoo! She talked about the bears for a long time! They even broadcast whatever the tour guide says about the bears!

Anyway, I thought of you...

[Lepus]

"You" meaning Splash...

[SplashingWater]

aww man...you mean you tried to call me and my phone was broken???? :sad:

[Lepus]

It was 4am...I didn't even think of calling to be honest.

They'll probably rerun it sometime...

So listen to WLS at 4am on Saturday mornings...

[SplashingWater]

excuses, excuses... tsk tsk tsk

[SplashingWater]

http://usera.imagecave.com/splashing_water/1.jpg

Everybody's showin off their pets...well here's mine. that is a 3 inch plexiglass type window he is standing up against.

[Lepus]

Awww....

Love his paws!

[gin]

wow..woke up after only getting two hours of sleep in the city of philly to find these great nature photos...thanks. great to wake up somewhere else. love the pictures.

[absent]

Awww....

Love his paws!


Love his CLAWS. :)

[bluej]

Awww....

Love his paws!


Love his CLAWS. :)


Ditto THAT!! :D

[Lepus]

No, they are sweet little paws and I want to kiss them...not think about how they are razor sharp and could slit my jugular open is 2 seconds flat.

[SplashingWater]

No, they are sweet little paws and I want to kiss them...not think about how they are razor sharp and could slit my jugular open is 2 seconds flat.


don't worry lep...he and his brother are very conscientious about their claws...they really only use them to grab their big blocks of ice with fish and fruit frozen in them...

And all my bears...the spectacled bear, the polar bear (just the boybear because the girlbear is denned up having her cubby) and the 2 alaskan boys were very helpful to me today when I got my poopy news. Even the snow leopards came to their window to talk to me. This is why I love the animals. They would just hug me without trying to say the right thing...just hold me. sigh...

[absent]

Since this is a not sure what catagory I'll post this pic here: Three day old baby American Bullies and their momma. I don't know the humans they live with - just a picture from a bully site.

And no they're NOT PIGS.

http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n144/Bigboltguy/11130002.jpg

[Lepus]

Awwww...want.to.cuddle.and.tickle.bellies!!!

[craphound]

awwwwwwwwwww! How did I miss seeing this??
So cuteness!

[Pixildust]

Oh my goodness! Look at that amazing, adorable litter of pups! Not sure how I missed this one either.

[SplashingWater]

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a68/splashing_water/Kids.jpg

These guys are just the newest in a disturbingly large number of adorable stuffed animals. They begged me to take their picture and post it. In fact, as you can plainly see, they sat on my laptop until I complied with their demands. Obviously, Santa did not bring me a life like I asked for. :rolleyes:

[Lepus]

Awww...they are cute...

[bluecho872]

don't encourage her, Lep

Did you not see that even she admitted her collection is "disturbingly large"?

Next thing you know, she'll be chasing the humans off the tram and instead load it up with her fuzzy, wuzzy wittle fwiends.

[Lepus]

You've got a point there...

[bluej]

they're still reallllllllly cute, though! :-*

[SplashingWater]

don't encourage her, Lep

Did you not see that even she admitted her collection is "disturbingly large"?

Next thing you know, she'll be chasing the humans off the tram and instead load it up with her fuzzy, wuzzy wittle fwiends.

ummm .......you mean I shouldn't hav...uh oh...
never mind

[craphound]

It's ok SW, you can have many stuffy aminols as you want. Even a disturbing amount. (pic)
O0

[SplashingWater]

IT'S OFFICIAL!!!!
I can finally announce the news I have had to keep secret since December 13th!!


THE NEW BABY POLAR BEAR IS HERE!!!
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a68/splashing_water/pbcub073.jpg . http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a68/splashing_water/pbcub072.jpg
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a68/splashing_water/pbcub071.jpg

There are videos from the "den cam" and more information about the event at http://www.brookfieldzoo.org/0.asp?shttplink=../pgpages/pagegen.307.aspx&nsection=2

I'M SOOOOOOO EXCITED!!!!!
yipeeyipeeyipeeyipeeyipeeyipeeyipeeyipeeyipeeiyipe e!!!

[Caffeinated]

Yay !!! How cute (and amazingly tiny). Yes I know baby things are
tiny, but a polar bear one would think would be a bit larger even
at birth than the size of a newborn puppy.

We should enter the naming contest with someone's screen name from
DA (but not tell them that's the source!). Seriously that would be fun.
We can rule out Caffeinated and Craphound, I think they'd be eliminated
pretty quickly though....Absent and Gin may not be our best choices to
submit either. hmmmm

[SplashingWater]

actually when the baby bears are born, they are the size of a stick of butter. this is the baby at 1 month. and since mom's milk is 33% fat, they grow pretty darned fast.

and I think....very possibly......being a bear born in a superbowl year with a coach with a name as cool as "lovey"...I'm just thinking maybe the kid was named even before birth

[absent]

TOO CUTE! :o

[bluej]

soooooooooooooooooooooooo cute!!! ;D :-*

[Lepus]

OH EM GEEEEE!!!!!!!!!


WANT ONE!

[SplashingWater]

Here's some new videos of the new pole-y bear. Please look at them and then get all giddy at how CUUUUUTE they are.
http://www.brookfieldzoo.org/0.asp?pageID=194&nSection=14&nLinkID=31&bolTitle=0

[bluej]

the CUTEness of it all!!!!!

[Lepus]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!! Too cute!

You must warn people!

[kcirref]

I want my own pole-y bear cub!

[SplashingWater]

Sunday evening I was driving my tram down the service road to get gas and this sweetheart was standing at the side of the road. She stood there and munched on grass, then looked up at me, then went back to munching...We sat like that for 15 minutes...I am truly the person with the best job on earth.
http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-2/1147261/doe.jpg

[absent]

Guess she's lucky she's not a slug. :o :p

[SplashingWater]

ha ha ha ha ha ha heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee ;D

[Lepus]

AHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Geez, that deer looks a little rough...hope she's okay.

[SplashingWater]

I think it is a doe who had a fawn hidden somewhere...she is so lean and her fur is rumpled the way the mother squirrel's fur is rumpled. She was eating just fine and she was alert and everything...

[Lepus]

That's good then...

[sammy]

Took this pic less than a week ago..every winter they group in front of my house and stand there as i walk up to my door..it's weird

thank god for the hot weather..it was really starting to creep me out.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v402/jgrrl49/deer.jpg

[Lepus]

Out one of the living room windows:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v106/lepus/Deer112-08-06.jpg

I'm happy to see them as long as they stay OUTSIDE!

Twice this winter a deer came crashing through someone's house. That's creepy...

[sammy]

Okay, this might be a question that'll cause all ya'll to laugh at me, but why do some have antlers and others don't...is it a male/female thing...is the one in your pic still really young? Im too lazy to look it up..

[Lepus]

Male/female thing mostly. Sometimes there are exceptions.

[SplashingWater]

:rolleyes:







adult males-antlers
females & young males = no antlers

[Lepus]

And I have no idea how old that deer is. I didn't ask her.

I am assuming she's young though.

Want her phone number?

[sammy]

hehe ewww.

[bluie]

Hey SW! Meet my friend Mars.

http://www.bluie.com/images/mars.jpg

He's one of the many squirrels that hang out in my yard. Not an ounce of fear in his body, he hops right over when I am in out.

[Lepus]

Hello Mars!

Imagine my surprise to see you posting this photo, Bluie, and not Splash!

[SplashingWater]

HE'S SOOOOOO CUTE!!!!!!!!!
Can I come to your yard someday?

I counted eleven baby squirrels running around our backyard. They just have so much to see and do and practice...
ooooa I love squirrrrrels.

[bluej]

HE'S SOOOOOO CUTE!!!!!!!!!
Can I come to your yard someday?

I counted eleven baby squirrels running around our backyard. They just have so much to see and do and practice...
ooooa I love squirrrrrels.


You are welcome to ALL of the ones in my yard!
They eat my bulbs and that irritates me...

[SplashingWater]

talcum powder in the hole before you plant them, on top of them before you put the dirt on them and then all over the soil on top of them. If it washes off put more on.

[bluej]

I'll try that this fall when I plant more. Thanks for the tip! :)
I've tried other suggestions and some work better than others, but they still eat lots...

[SplashingWater]

and you might try feeding them in a spot away from your bulbs. Black oil sunflower seeds are the tastiest to them

[bluie]

Mars and I would enjoy having you over anytime you like, Splash.

I've been feeding the squirrels peanuts but now am going to get them some sunflower seeds. Thanks for the advice!

[Lepus]

Aren't you a little young for becoming a squirrel lady, Bluie?

;)

[bluie]

I've embraced my squirreliness, it's not so bad.

[SplashingWater]

It is an honor when the squirrels accept you as their very own Squirrel Lady.

[bluie]

It is an honor. It makes me really happy when they come running across the yard to see me.

[absent]

It is an honor. It makes me really happy when they come running across the yard to see me.


All cute and rabid and foaming at the mouth. ;D

[bluie]

That thought has not escaped me.

[Lepus]

I would be very scared of a squirrel coming up to me in this area if I were not feeding it. But if you live in an area where the squirrel is around more people I'm sure it's no big deal. Since you're feeding him he's just being your bud for food.

It's like the squirrels on college campuses. They are always so friendly because everyone is feeding them. I went to school where we had one nominated for class president. He won! He was that friendly!

[SplashingWater]

are you insinuating that my squirrels only love me for the food I provide?


blasphemer.

[Lepus]

Yep...could be...

Did you hear about the coyote in the Quizno's in Chicago?

[sammy]

It was a nice coyote...how cute!

[SplashingWater]

You know, people complain that he was in Quiznos...would they rather he eat their dogs and cats? sheeeeesh :rolleyes:

[Lepus]

Have you heard anything about his condition? I heard he was hit by a car. Hope he's okay.

Why are they complaining he was in Quizno's? Where else is he supposed to go when we're destroying (or have destroyed) all his natural habitat?

Plus, Quizno's has good steak sandwiches...

[SplashingWater]

He is absolutely fine. They are taking him to a forest preserve sometime today. He was sitting in the drink cooler waiting for them to come and rescue him..he is soooooooooooooooooooooooooo cute.

[Lepus]

Oh, maybe they'll take him to a forest preserve near me!

He can join the coyotes down by the creek!

and then help them scare the freakin hell out of me when they all howl at night

[Lepus]

Geez...he looks pissed off about something! The prices for drinks perhaps?

http://www1.whdh.com/images/news_articles/389x205/070404_coyote_chicago.jpg

[Misch]

yep. those energy drinks are pricey!

[Lepus]

He's shocked and dismayed at all the sugar in them too...

[Misch]

he's trying to watch his carbs.

[Lepus]

Totally...gotta keep it lean and mean for the bitches...

[sammy]

Ha! Oh man..

[SplashingWater]

CUTE WARNING:

Aussie Polar Bear (the dad pole-y bear)

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a68/splashing_water/IMG_2307.jpg http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a68/splashing_water/IMG_2310.jpg http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a68/splashing_water/IMG_2316.jpg http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a68/splashing_water/IMG_2324.jpg

Roeki Amur Tiger

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a68/splashing_water/IMG_2340.jpg

Jim Alaskan Brown Bear
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a68/splashing_water/IMG_2279.jpg

Axhi Alaskan Brown Bear
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a68/splashing_water/IMG_2285.jpg

Mom and Baby Kangaroo
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a68/splashing_water/IMG_2254.jpg

OK that is enough for now. Go take your insulin. ;D

[Lepus]

WANT THE TIGER!

[absent]

Bus wants to come over and play with the bears.

[SplashingWater]

I have to get permission slips signed to take the bears home for the night. Does she want all the bears? I would stay away from the pole-y bear because his paws are the size of dinner plates and they weigh a bajillion pounds. But the brown bears would be good...
Have her watch this video until I can figure out how to get the bears home in my car.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLtYkFEaJ4g

[SplashingWater]

THE BABY POLE-Y BEAR COMES OUT IN THE MORNING!!! It's a boy...and tomorrow at 6:15 am he and his mom will come out of their den in front of all the news channels...hopefully the video will be posted soI can show you all!!

[Lepus]

Wheeeeeeeeeeeee!

Cuteness!

Poor little guy is going to be freaked in front of all the news cameras...

And I'm also having flashbacks from the movie Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgandy. PANDA WATCH! Err...nevermind...

[SplashingWater]

HERE HE IS!!!!!!!

http://cbs2chicago.com/video/?id=31771@wbbm.dayport.com&cid=5

[Lepus]

HE IS SO CUTE!!!!

WANT ONE!

[Nomad]

He is so CUTE!!!!

Hey, SW! I found this for you the other day!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v46/25Nomad/funny_27.jpg

I saw it and totally thought of you.

[bluej]

The bear is sooooooooooooooo cute. :)

[absent]

He is so CUTE!!!!

Hey, SW! I found this for you the other day!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v46/25Nomad/funny_27.jpg

I saw it and totally thought of you.


I think that's the squirrel that taunts my dogs. One of these days, one of those dogs is going to be that lil feller's Kryptonite.

[Lepus]

Maybe it's just the mood I'm in or maybe it's the fact that I'm sick of the squirrels teasing my dog and distracting her from going potty but I started throwing rocks at the little bastards today.

No, not to hit them. I just wanted to scare them off.

The dog is still taking a half hour to poop though because now she is chasing the rocks.

:heavy sigh:

[absent]

Bus is very casual about doing her business too. She has to wander around for 12 years before finally being in the mood to have a bowel movement. :rolleyes:

Lola goes like she's on a mission: #1... #2... #1 - mission complete.

[Lepus]

I think all bowel functions shut down once she sees a squirrel.

She can be in mid hunch, see a squirrel and then it's all over with. She's after that squirrel and the pottying is just going to have to wait.

[absent]

I would be curious to see what she'd do if she actually CAUGHT the squirrel.

[Lepus]

I don't think she'd know what to do with it.

My last dog actually caught a squirrel once and freaked out when she did.

I think the thrill is in the chase.

[Nomad]

I would be curious to see what she'd do if she actually CAUGHT the squirrel.


Um. I think she'd probably shit.


What? 8-)

[Lepus]

I think you're probably right.

Or she'd shake it to death like she did with a shrew once.

That was gross.

Big size difference between a shrew and a squirrel though...

[bluej]

Pinky would eat it.
Kirby might eat it.
Wolfie would play with it.

[Lepus]

Now that I would like to see....a Pom killing a squirrel.

Eh, maybe not...I'm just having a hard time imagining it.

A Pom with a bloody mouth...hmm...

Isn't a squirrel about as big as a Pom? :p

[SplashingWater]

you all are gross. I had collies growing up. They would have either herded it into a neat little group or carried around everywhere to protect it from harm.

[Lepus]

Aw, I love collies.

It does get annoying to get herded by them though. My piano teacher had one and that dog knocked me over so many times trying to herd me (I was 6 or 7).

[Lepus]

And had a balance problem apparently.

[Nomad]

I had a collie, too! Perfect dog for a kid.

[absent]

Pinky would eat it.
Kirby might eat it.
Wolfie would play with it.



But the squirrel is bigger than they are.

[absent]

I had a collie, too! Perfect dog for a kid.


Lassie, come home!!

[SplashingWater]

::whistles song from original tv show::

[KariMelissa]

Pinky would eat it.
Kirby might eat it.
Wolfie would play with it.



Not to be insulting to the girls... but seriously, unless it was a very mangy and tired squirrell...

i dunno, my money's on the squirrell.

[Lepus]

LOL!!!!!!!

Maybe if they all ganged up on the squirrel?

[Misch]

Now that I would like to see....a Pom killing a squirrel.

Eh, maybe not...I'm just having a hard time imagining it.

A Pom with a bloody mouth...hmm...

Isn't a squirrel about as big as a Pom? :p


My friend let her poms out & went back inside. Shortly after she heard doggie shrieking & ran outside to find a squirrel on her boy poms back riding him like a cowboy on a horse. The pom ran all over the yard & that squirrel didn't let go until my friend came charging at them screaming her head off. Man, that had to be a sight!

[absent]

Oh damn. Did the squirrel have a big cow-squirrel hat and a giant belt buckle?

[Lepus]

Damn degenerate, teenage squirrels...always starting trouble...

"Hey Squeaky! Bet you can't ride that dog!"

"Oh yeah? Watch me!"

[SplashingWater]

http://usera.imagecave.com/motorsafari/6876363_scaled_195x130.png
Whaddya rebellin' against, today?

Whaddya got?

[Lepus]

LOL!!!!!!

And then the next morning...

http://www.b0g.org/wsnm/uploads/squirrel.jpg

[Nomad]

Can the squirrel please be the DA Mascot?

[Lepus]

Which one and how do you want him used?

Or just squirrels in general?

We do talk about squirrels a lot.

A pooping squirrel would be just about perfect.

[KariMelissa]

I agree...


http://home.comcast.net/~heyitskari/da.gif


(yes, i am bored, how did you guess?)

[Lepus]

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Okay...we need shirts made...

[Lepus]

I set it as the default pic for DA on Myspace but it isn't showing up very well...dammit...

[el capitan]

i like how the squirrel's poo has nuts in it

[Lepus]

That is a nice touch...

[bluie]

I'd like to order my shirt right now please.

[absent]

That's funny!

[absent]

Maybe the squirrel got ahold of some bad nuts? :puke:

[KariMelissa]

:x I don't think so. squirrel is adorable but first of all, that is not what squirrel poop looks like and secondly, it makes squirrels look gross and poopy.
ew.




Well if it makes you feel any better, it's not even real poo, it's actually a photo of a cake!

[Nomad]

All squirrels!

Love the pic!

[Lepus]

:x I don't think so. squirrel is adorable but first of all, that is not what squirrel poop looks like and secondly, it makes squirrels look gross and poopy.
ew.


Geez! So literal!

Or wait...are you kidding?

[bluej]

cute shirt km.

[el capitan]

ok...im seriously thinking about getting a dog. i have been searching petfinder for a while now (as avery can verify) and i found this guy.... i cant get him out of my head... im seriously considering driving to KY to pick him up...am i crazy?

http://search.petfinder.com/petnote/displaypet.cgi?petid=8252715

[SplashingWater]

He's so cute I think I would drive all the way to Hawaii to pick him up.

[absent]

He's a sweet looking guy!

[Lepus]

I don't think it's crazy. It'd be a great adventure and you'd give a dog a good life!

Sounds like a great idea to me.

[el capitan]

itll only take 9.2 hours and there is a red roof inn in Lexington that is pet friendly and is only 40$ a night.


If he is still available for adoption in a couple of weeks i am going to go and get him...i am moving this week and want to have everything set up in my new house before i bring him home.

[bluej]

Stop in Detroit on your way! :)

[el capitan]

thats the plan...i want to go to trader joes...its a multi purpose trip...lol :rolleyes:

[Nomad]

Well, hell. If you're going to Detroit! Highland, IN or Michigan City, IN can also be on the way!

Seriously, a place to crash is always available to my sweets at DA! Especially if there's puppy love in the offer!

[el capitan]

hes supposedly good with cats! ;D

[Nomad]

Well that's good. We'll see how Oti handles dogs!

[bluej]

thats the plan...i want to go to trader joes...its a multi purpose trip...lol :rolleyes:


Yay!!! Trader Joe's is really close to my house. :D

[Nomad]

Not to keep you away from bluej, but doesn't trader joe's do mail order too?

[Lepus]

They do?

WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

[Lepus]

LIAR!

They do not!

[Lepus]

We'll just call Nomy "Dream Crusher" from now on...

[Nomad]

Well, I'll be. I could swear Hosey got mail order from TJ's!

[Lepus]

I don't know who Hosey is but I don't see anything involving TJ's and mail order.

In fact...http://www.traderjoes.com/action_issues.asp#OrderOnline

[bluej]

So, yeah, come visit me and we can go to TJ's!

[Lepus]

Can I buy Indiana at TJ's?

[bluej]

i don't think they carry states...

[Lepus]

Dammit...

[bluej]

but they carry LOTS of yummy stuff! and you can get whatever you like there if you come see me. ;D
no, i'm not desperate for company. why do you ask?

[SplashingWater]

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-2/1147261/Jade.jpg

This is Jade. (female Snow Leopard)

[absent]

Kitty!

[SplashingWater]

More kitty cat pictures......

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-10/1087139/IMG_2402.jpg

That isn't really a fence you see in the background...it is a special netting over the enclosure because snow leopards can leap 30 - 40 feet and so could be out of the area in one bounce. :p

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2005-10/1087139/IMG_2403.jpg

[absent]

In the bottom one the kitty doesn't look very amused.

[SplashingWater]

She is the smaller of the two...every time she got my attention the larger one came over and stood in front of her. She had just moved off when I snapped this!

[Lepus]

Nice kitties!

(Don't rip my throat out)

What? They look tempted...

[idyllia]

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2006-2/1147261/Jade.jpg

This is Jade. (female Snow Leopard)



Her tail looks so pretend in this one - like someone sewed it on!

(Nice pictures, SW!)

[bluej]

gorgeous kitties.

[SplashingWater]

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a68/splashing_water/4.jpg

[Lepus]

my heart just melted...

omg...the sweetest thing ever!

[absent]

Oh geez - that's just too much! What a great picture!

[absent]

I found this picture on a Bully site - I thought it was too cute not to share:

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y4/Miakoda15/Picture119.jpg

[Lepus]

Aww...

That stuffed animal is ugly. Hope the pup ripped the stuffing out of it.

[Nomad]

Omg, I am such a softie for baby bullys! And poleys with their tongues out!

[Lepus]

That polar bear with his tongue sticking out has given me many moments of Zen over the past couple of days.

So effin sweet!

[SplashingWater]

I'll tell him you said so, Lep. Although, he is pretty busy making sleds out of rubbermaid bin lids and sliding down the rocks...and sticks! He wrestles with branches constantly. The other day he realized that it was great fun to chase the black birds from his enclosure. Thank god for the fact that his mom, Arki, has already had 4 other cubs...she is so patient with him.

[bluej]

When I am ready to strangle someone tomorrow, I'll think of the polar bear cub... :D

[Lepus]

I envy you so much for getting to spend time with him, Splash!

[Lepus]

When I am ready to strangle someone tomorrow, I'll think of the polar bear cub... :D


Very good idea!

[SplashingWater]

I envy you so much for getting to spend time with him, Splash!

you all can come out to the zoo anytime...just let me know and I will set you up with all the necessary tickets.
there is absolutely nothing in the world better than a day at the zoo.

[Lepus]

Would love to!

I'll see how things go over the next few months!

[Nomad]

Oooo, when you go can I go with you? CanIcanIcanI?!!!

[SplashingWater]

you can go even without her. Everyday is a field trip at the zoo.

[el capitan]

so on saturday i had people over to help paint my new place....i had a bunch of food set out on the kitchen table for people to eat when they came over..

i had to run to the beer store to pick up the beverages..i left the kitchen window open cause it was a beautiful day and i wanted to lessen the paint fumes....

so when i come home i go up to the kitchen and look in and there are squirrells all over the table eating the food i bought...they ate the carrots, tortilla chips, butter tarts and oreos....they didnt even stop when i came in they just looked at me...


we need to get a screen.

[SplashingWater]

oh my heck that is way too funny!!!!!

I don't suppose any of you were in the mood to take pictures, where you?

[Lepus]

LOL!

Little bastards...

[bluej]

Little f-ers. shit! that is hilarious!

[el capitan]

no i didnt take a picture....i was too stunned

i just ended up putting all of the food that they had touched with their little squirrel mouths out the window onto the roof and watched every fucking animal in the 'hood come over and eat...

this new place is really "wild" we are pestering our landlord to get us some screens...cats are always coming in and out now...its a bit much

[Nomad]

You can get smallish to notsosmallish adjustable ones at the hardware store fuh cheap!

[SplashingWater]

He has a name now...He is Hudson (for Henry Hudson and Hudson Bay). So this is a picture that is blurry of Hudson that is furry. :rolleyes:

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2007-5/1261222/Hudson0001.jpg

[Lepus]

LOL!

Hudson is so cute!

Steal him and send him to me. He and Ripley would get along splendidly.

Ripley would make a nice snack for him.

[SplashingWater]

yeah. he already weighs 85 pounds.

[Lepus]

Eek!

[SplashingWater]

Axhi, one of my Alaskan Brown Bear 'babies' climbing down into his "basement" (the moat between their enclosure and the public...I think it must be cooler down there)

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a68/splashing_water/1Stairs.jpg
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a68/splashing_water/2Stairs.jpg http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a68/splashing_water/3Stairs.jpg http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a68/splashing_water/4Stairs.jpg

And one of Axhi in his usual early morning repose...
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a68/splashing_water/axhi.jpg

[absent]

Those are great shots!

[Lepus]

Want one!

[SplashingWater]

Here's more ZOOOoooo Babies!

http://usera.imagecave.com/splashing_water/TigerCubs.jpg


More info including some video on p2 of the piece at
http://www.brookfieldzoo.org/0.asp?shttplink=../pgpages/pagegen.366.aspx&nsection=2

[Lepus]

I loooooooooooooooooove tigers!

[absent]

They are too cute. Too bad they'd slash my throat open and play with my guts. Kind of like my first GF.

[Lepus]

Niiiiiiiice...

LOL!

[SplashingWater]

Even more ZOOOooo Babies!
http://usera.imagecave.com/splashing_water/WN-wombatFeet-.jpg

Check out the Wombats' story

http://www.brookfieldzoo.org/0.asp?shttplink=../pgpages/pagegen.366.aspx&nsection=2

[Lepus]

Umm...is that the wombat COMING OUT?

[Lepus]

Oh, he's coming out of the pouch.

Okay.

Hmm...

[SplashingWater]

Umm...is that the wombat COMING OUT?


yeah. he's gay.
AHHHHH HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HAH
I crack myself up sometimes.

[Lepus]

I thought that too while I was writing the post.

Wombats are cute but they aren't so cute in the pouch...

[SplashingWater]

The baby has emerged...Goldie is the name but they don't know what gender it is yet.

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a68/splashing_water/Wombats.jpg

more totally cool videos...

http://www.brookfieldzoo.org/0.asp?shttplink=../pgpages/pagegen.374.aspx&nsection=2

[Lepus]

They're adorable!

[SplashingWater]

Time for a baby pole-y bear update.
Hudson was 1 lb when he was born on December 14, 2006
Now he weighs somewhere around 200 lb. (that is him with his mom in both pics)
How does he do it? Steroids? Protein Powder? Nope...polar bear mom's milk is 34% fat.

I've got videos of him in the water that I will post someplace soon...I'll let you know where they end up.

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2007-8/1273541/HudsonCompare.JPG

[Lepus]

WANT ONE!

I'll feed him cheese curds. They're made of milk and are waaaay more than 34% fat!

[SplashingWater]

He kinda resembles Ripley, doesn't he? Except for the size that is...

[Lepus]

I often think Ripley resembles a polar bear.

I think it's the paws...black pads surrounded by white...

Ears are kind of similar too.

[SplashingWater]

Only difference is that Ripley hates water and you can't get Hudson out of the water.

[Lepus]

Also if Hudson sat on my chest and licked my face I'd be crushed to death.

But oh, what a way to go!

[SplashingWater]

Videos on You Tube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4Z3-uN0LYU
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4Z3-uN0LYU)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=__IjiTXGW5M

200 lbs on your chest wouldn't exactly crush you, but it might severely limit your breathing... :p

[Lepus]

Something would be broken if he sat on my chest like Ripley does. Ripley's 20lb body restricts my breathing. I can't imagine 200lbs concentrated all on my chest.

[SplashingWater]

After 2 days of all the media and administration from the zoo sitting outside the tiger exhibit the cubs finally emerged this morning all the way out into the yard.
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a68/splashing_water/IMG_3219-rt.jpg

It is what I refer to as a "touching the face of God" experience. I am the luckiest person in the world because I get to work at the zoo.

More pics are in my LJ scrapbook...go here to see them... http://pics.livejournal.com/kath5/

[Lepus]

I want one.

Please?

Does UPS ship tigers?

[SplashingWater]

do you want the little boy tiger or the little girl tiger? Actually, you should take both and the mom. I don't think you want to wet nurse a tiger cub. I'll just put them all on a leash and walk them over to you.
OR YOU COULD JUST COME HERE AND SEE THEM!!!...heh :p

[Lepus]

Yeah, hopefully someday.

That will be a great day for a lot of reasons.

[craphound]

I want one.

Please?

Does UPS ship tigers?


I thought you didn't want a pet kitty?
But who can resist a tiger, right?

[Lepus]

Right.

Kitties and tigers are totally different.

I don't think I'm allergic to tigers.

[SplashingWater]

Kitties and tigers are totally different.


but lesbians like them both because they are both pu....
oh wait.

not in good taste.


holycrap i crack myself up sometimes

[craphound]

and don't call me holy.

[SplashingWater]

well if you'd learn to use a needle and thread more often I wouldn't have to!

[Lepus]

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1228/1408933073_78523da499.jpg

I need a zoomier lens.

And to be able to control the sun.

[Lepus]

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1387/1408947949_ecfe8f1bdd.jpg

'Sup?

[Nomad]

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1228/1408933073_78523da499.jpg

I need a zoomier lens.

And to be able to control the sun.


You don't want to know this but I totally didn't even see the wee bird. I liked the shot right away and agreed on the zoomier lens. I also thought, yanno, wow, that tree has some kind of fungus or somethin.

Then I saw the wee bird.

Honest, though. I liked the shot. In fact, I still do.

:rockon:

[Lepus]

Yeah, he is hard to see. I need to do some zooming and cropping. It looks better larger but I didn't want to choke people's computers.

Actually I think it's a she bird.

She's super cute.

[SplashingWater]

If I am not mistaken it is a female ruby throat hummingbird. Very nice shot. She must be resting for her trip to Costa Rica.

[Nomad]

Show off.


;)

[KateKelly]

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1228/1408933073_78523da499.jpg

I need a zoomier lens.

And to be able to control the sun.


no, it's beautiful just like that, nice bokeh

[bluecho872]

I agree with Nomy and KK. I like the photo just the way it is!

I also really like the second shot you posted. The lone bird on the branch...very peaceful pic!

[OnAJetPlane]

Hope you don't mind, but this would be my suggestion for a crop- isolates the little gal more and we usually have plenty enough pixels to crop if we can't zoom.

http://innerspiritbytamara.com/keepers/newforlep.jpg

[OnAJetPlane]

oh and I lightened her and darkened the edges a bit to make her stand out more.

[bluecho872]

Wow! I like what you did with the cropping, OnAJetPlane! What program did you use for the lighting changes?

[OnAJetPlane]

Photoshop. (CS2)

[Lepus]

Hope you don't mind, but this would be my suggestion for a crop- isolates the little gal more and we usually have plenty enough pixels to crop if we can't zoom.

http://innerspiritbytamara.com/keepers/newforlep.jpg


Yeah, I like it. Thanks!

Thanks for the tips on lightening and darkening too!

[Lepus]

Still trying:

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1006/1414705356_e9155593d3_b.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1128/1413823197_1bf2bd8e85_b.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1035/1414702884_db2e2ddc63_b.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1258/1414701410_e4145fbc38_b.jpg

[Misch]

Those are awesome!!

[Ayn]

Still trying:

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1006/1414705356_e9155593d3_b.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1128/1413823197_1bf2bd8e85_b.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1035/1414702884_db2e2ddc63_b.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1258/1414701410_e4145fbc38_b.jpg


These are precious!!! can't wait to show Susan- she loves hummingbirds, too. Great photography, lep! (leap)

[bluecho872]

Still trying:

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1006/1414705356_e9155593d3_b.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1128/1413823197_1bf2bd8e85_b.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1035/1414702884_db2e2ddc63_b.jpg

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1258/1414701410_e4145fbc38_b.jpg


I love them all!!!! Do you just leave your tripod set up during the day or have you allotted yourself a certain time to try to get the little guys?

[Lepus]

They are the most active around 5pm. Unfortunately, the light isn't very good at that time. The feeders are mostly in shadows.

So, around 4pm I go out and wait for one to come around.

It requires patience I don't usually possess! Plus, they are only at the feeders for about 30 seconds. You snap off as many photos as possible, review them, make adjustments and then hope they come back so you can see if the adjustments improved the photos at all.

I haven't been using my tripod. I'll do that tomorrow. Or at least use the monopod.