Phantom hugger, baby sloth, dog with crooked smile, giraffe tongue, and more.
The Phantom Hugger!
Boy Stops To Hug Stray Dogs When He Thinks That No One’s Watching
The Dodo, via Andrew Y.
A bunny day spa!
At Funny Bunny Services, Morgan Black pampers a different kind of furry pet
Toronto Star, via Andrew Y.
My nose is fine, it's the rest of me that's crooked.
Dog With Sweetest Crooked Smile Just Looking For Someone To Love
The Dodo, via NTMTOM
It was a long time in coming!
Drusillas Zoo Discover Sloth-tastic Surprise Baby!
ZooBorns, via NTMTOM
And it worked, too.
Kitten Decides to Sit on the Driveway Until She is Taken in
Love Meow, via Andrew Y.
Wow! The video of the boy stopping on the street to hug and pet stray dogs should be in the tool box of opthamologists trying to cure dry eye. Instant relief!
I could use a dog hug right about now…
I love how he started to leave and then went back for more.
The boy hugging the stray dog is very touching but maybe not the best idea, some dogs don’t like being hugged because they feel trapped. If those are really stray dogs that he doesn’t know that lovely gesture could have ended with a bite.
I think Zeke’s crooked smile is cute, I’d adopt him in a minute if I lived there and what about Sweetie what a perfect name for that adorable house panther.
Yeah; I wonder if they’re dogs that hang around a lot so he knows they are friendly. I wouldn’t be hugging random dogs (especially large ones) that I don’t know. (The end of the article suggests he hugs other stray dogs but I wonder if he really does or if he’s just familiar with these dogs.)
It looks like Zeke may have been adopted. The article was from last November, and he’s not listed as up for adoption at present.
Love the mlemming–er, giraffe. Would especially love to tousle the fuzzy topknots on its head. I don’t know what those protrusions are called.
They’re called ossicones.
https://www.oaklandzoo.org/blog/7-things-youve-always-wondered-about-giraffes
I had wondered all 7 of those things about giraffes! Thanks yet again for finding the answers, Allein!
Thanks to Allein I now know that Boris Johnson has “ossicone hair”.
Deb, I had to watch the video twice. I couldn’t stop admiring those eye lashes long enough to see the mlem first time around.
Or the fuzzy protrusions.
I can vouch for grooming rabbits. Throughout the year, I’d be gently pulling their loose top coat and undercoat and rubbing through the fur, for days. I often had enough fur to make another bun. Nail trimming, gland cleaning and ears, was always a 2 person job. My buns tolerated it because they knew they would always get a treat. And the first to be done went nuts having to wait on the others. I learned if I gave the treat early, they’d act they never got one.
What a needed service as Morgan found out. I often could have used a place to take my buns if we wanted to leave town over night. There wasn’t any service like that where I live, only for dogs and cats. After we moved out of the range of our pet sitter, I stayed home many years but I was okay with that. I wanted my buns to be taken care of properly.
Would love to be near that bunny sitter/groomer. Where is GTA?
I have had buns who were easy to groom and do nails, but my current bun is NOT one of them! And I have to admit I’m not great at the nail cutting. My bun is a mini-lop and sheds from mid-march through the end of November! In the hardest shedding months I’ve collected more than enough fur to make another bun! I’ve brought it in to school so my class can feel how soft!
I think “the GTA” means the Greater Toronto Area.
Thanks! When I googled it ALL references were to Grand Theft Auto!
Yes, she is in Scarborough which was originally a suburb east of Toronto. I live on the opposite side of Toronto, which us locals pronounce “Torono”, the final ‘t’ is silent. It’s just a lazy accent. 😀
Nothing *lazy* about it. /n/ and /t/ sounds are commonly made with the tongue tip in the same relationship to the alveolar ridge (the bump just behind your top front teeth), and it’s efficient (not lazy) to not shift the tongue to the same place twice in succession. It’s the same process that turns “want to” into “wanna,” “twenty” into “twenny,” and in some accents of English, “winter” into “winner,” etc.
As a dialect specialist, I advise against using words that imply moral judgment (such as “lazy”) to describe what are simply differences among various accents and dialects of world languages. *Vive la différence!* (Here endeth the lesson.)
Thank you for the lesson– it really is interesting. I actually pride myself about ‘being efficient’ so I am happy to read my accent is a product of efficiency!
Giraffe and his tongue reminds me of baby heffalumps and their trunks. They’re both trying to figure out what does this appendage do, lol. Great idea in theory for kid hugging dogs but maybe not the best practice. I too was concerned about how the dogs would react but maybe they know him. So sweet the sloth surprise, and what a adorable face doggo with the crooked smile. Kitten knew what he wanted and wasn’t leaving till he got it, very smart!
Sweetie the kitten certainly knew where to go for help! What a gorgeous little kitkat.