I think I should preface this one by saying that my guess is that the dog in these photos just wanted to play with the little furry brown thing. I can’t imagine he actually wanted to eat it. He’s far too cute for that kind of behavior. ;) That said, the little furry brown thing’s mother wasn’t having any of it. The last image is classic. Check it out:
I used to think that I was superior to these little varmints, but I now think differently. There are a number of things in this here video that I will never be able to do. And that makes me realize that despite that fact that I, too, am just a squirrel trying to get a nut in this crazy world, until I can fly through the air and grab on to a pinwheely thing and then propel myself forward, I just might not ever get there. ;-)
Link: [YouTube] Thanks, Kate, for sending this in!
Hilarious? Disturbing? Ridiculous? Brilliant? I say all of the above. Give it a whirl and let me know what you think!
Link: [YouTube] via [My Cute Pet Pics!]
This week is the “next week” that I’ve been talking about for weeks now. I have been planning to join a gym and start working out for quite some time now, never really thinking that “next week” would ever arrive.
To get motivated, I have come up with the following tips and images that are hopefully going to help me get my workout on. If they work for me, they’ll definitely work for you…
Debby Cantlon, who plans to release Finnegan, this young squirrel, back into the wild, bottle-fed the infant squirrel after it was brought to her house.
When Cantlon took in the tiny creature and began caring for him, she found herself with an unlikely nurse’s aide: her pregnant Papillion, Mademoiselle Giselle.
Finnegan was resting in a nest in a cage just days before Giselle was due to deliver her puppies.
Cantlon and her husband watched as the dog dragged the squirrel’s cage twice to her own bedside before she gave birth.
Cantlon was concerned, yet ultimately decided to allow the squirrel out and the inter-species bonding began.
Finnegan rides a puppy mosh pit of sorts, burrowing in for warmth after feeding, eventually working his way beneath his new litter mates.
Two days after giving birth, mama dog Giselle allowed Finnegan to nurse; family photos and a videotape show her encouraging him to suckle alongside her litter of five pups.
Now, Finnegan mostly uses a bottle, but still snuggles with his ’siblings’ in a mosh pit of puppies, rolling atop their bodies and sinking in deeply for a nap.
Finnegan and his new litter mates, five Papillion puppies, get along together as if they were meant to.
Finnegan naps after feeding.
Finnegan makes himself at home with his new litter mates, nuzzling nose-to-nose for a nap after feeding.
Sqwerl sez, “Will yoo be my girlfrend?”
Source: Itchmo.com
This sqwerl is smart enuf to buy his date a meal — so she doesn’t get those late-nite rodentia cravings.
Source: Trebor Mansion Inn
Giddyup! Looks like this date is going well!
Source: Kontansplace.com
Is this one saying grace before meels?
Source: Snapshot.Parade.com
D’ja ever git that feeling that yer being watched?
Source: FunnyCatSite.com
Um, Snow Wite? Yoo could use a mannycure and a wax.
Source: Sugarbush Squirrel
This was either sent in by Peggy in Florida, or this is Peggy in Florida. The accompanying note can be read either way.
Whatever the case, I must say that it looks pretty darn nice over yonder in Nutty Hedges.
Link: If you can’t see the animation in your feed reader, you can find it over at [HappyToast]
A few overheard statements from some of our snuzzy animal kingdom friends:
This just goes to show how things can get just a little bit creepy when the photoshoppers of the world start playing dress up…
These are from a photoshop contest over at Worth1000.com. You can check out more funny pictures of dressed up animals here.
This is actually a rather sad scene of how tough life on the streets is these days for some little critters.
Why can’t we all just get along?
Link: [Flickr user Tad 20D] via [Cuter by the Hour]
