Penguins have demands, tamarins have babies, dog has the communion bread, and cat servants needed for science.
And if our demands aren’t met, we’ll WAAALK, WAAALK, WAAALK!
Penguins Refuse to Eat Cheaper Fish After Aquarium Cut Cost
Vice, via NTMTOM
When do I get MY mustache, Mom?
An Emperor Tamarin Baby Boom: Racine Zoo Welcomes Two More Newborns!
ZooBorns, via NTMTOM
But get your cat’s permission first.
If You’re Owned by a Cat, Scientists Want to Hear From You
Gizmodo, via NTMTOM
Smol kitten is smol.
Kitten Scooped Up from the Middle of a Sidewalk Snuggles in His Person’s Hand
Love Meow, via NTMTOM
And finally: Give Us This Day Our Daily Br — NOT YOU
Good thing all dogs go to heaven, Arne.
Omg communion dog has me laughing like a hyena. *Yoink.*
I love how no one at the altar even notices, and the congregation apparently wasn’t planning to say anything. (I’ll be honest, I might go sit through a church service if it included this kind of entertainment.)
I want video of the moment the altar team spotted the empty platter.
Can we hear the congregation laughing? I think we can.
Me too. Between that video, and a roundup of British TV clips from yesterday, I’m never going to settle down to work today.
Filet-o-fish story is adorable but also scary. When human institutions become caregivers for critters, we can’t do it on the cheap.
Good on the penguins for being choosy eaters. I’m the same way, guys.
Its the nostalgia, but I love a filet o’fish, hold the cheese. Had no idea until recently that you can have them add onions, tomato and lettuce to them for extra flavor and crunch.
Now the penguins have received the Alexandra Petri treatment: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/07/09/japan-penguins-cheap-food-satire/
I guess it’s trendy to use a baguette but maybe those little wafers are less tempting. How did the dog even suss out that bread would be available for the taking, I wonder.
The (Methodist) church I went to as a kid used fresh bread from a local bakery. (And grape juice, because theoretically, Methodists don’t drink alcohol. My parents apparently didn’t get the message.) It was the best part of church. Also when I was a kid they would just cut the loaf in half and the pastor would tear off pieces as he handed them out (later they switched to cutting it into small cubes ahead of time). I’m pretty sure he gave the kids a bigger piece.
Some pastors never want to serve wine in case someone is an alcoholic, they don’t want to offer any temptation.
Of course now its trendy to have non-gluten options.
🤣 “Now offering… non-alcoholic, gluten free, keto friendly, vegan and paleo body and blood of Christ”.
This sent me off on a tangent, and Today I Learned: Most gluten-free matzoh is not Kosher for Passover.
But there’s something like what, seven kosher locusts? Hey, John the Baptist wasn’t exactly in a hot Door Dash zone to order kosher.
Talk about a food desert.
I love the tamarin’s little curly mustachios! So cute.💙 Such prolific parents are good luck to the zoo.
Bread stealing dog is such a brazen sneak, I wonder if she’s done it before?
Penguins deserve the non-slimy fish! There’s got to be some other kind of cheap fish?
Somehow, I don’t think researchers will have trouble finding people who are “owned” by 2 cats!😉
I signed right up for the UC Davis cat keepers’ survey. It’s suggests there is an actual thing called cat socialization classes! Has anyone ever heard of these? My boys are such terrified cats around anyone but me by myself (I am furniture, ladder, and large food provider). I would love to get them more comfortable around other people’s and other people’s pets.
I did the survey too. And I had never heard of socialization classes for cats either. Probably best for kittens IMHO, so they learn early not to fear the carrier or car.
My cousin loved to tell the story of how as a teen he was helping out during communion service where he held a plate with the loaf of bread. The congregation members were supposed to come up, break off a piece and dip it in the cup.
Well, one lady came up, picked up the loaf, took a big bite out of it, chewed, and then placed the bread back on the plate. Then walked off like this was normal.
Stunned, he looked at the pastor who nonchalantly whispered, “Turn the loaf around.”
I can see why he loves telling this story. More cry-laughing here!
Love the penguins refusing the cheap fish. Amazed at the loving dedication of the people who rescued the senior dog lying in a container on the street, unable to walk. They gave him months of therapy and a loving home with other dogs and he became able to walk.
Bread stealing dog is funny, even funnier is everyone’s non-reaction.
Smol kitten Rocco is beyond sweet.
Corsario walking again (sniff sniff) and adorable baby tamarins–the perfect end to a wild day.