Links: Good Things Come to Those Who Wait

Baby elephant

And finally: Fur Facts

So how much of a chinchilla is just for?Andrew Y. brings the science.

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23 thoughts on “Links: Good Things Come to Those Who Wait

  1. allein 🐾 February 4, 2025 / 9:02 am

    Baby heffalumps always amaze me. How can something that weighs, on average, at least 200 pounds, still seem so tiny?

    • DEBG February 4, 2025 / 11:25 am

      It’s the theory of relativity. Put a thing next to a larger version of the thing for maximum cuteness. Put a big thing next to a huge thing, and the cuteness goes up exponentially.

      Every time I get an email update from Sheldrick Trust, I want to move to Kenya and become an elephant keeper in their nursery.

      • allein 🐾 February 4, 2025 / 11:29 am

        That sounds pretty good these days…

      • 6rabbits. February 4, 2025 / 12:24 pm

        Same here! Except I know I would die in the heat. But…it may be worth it!

  2. Alice Shortcake February 4, 2025 / 9:05 am

    It would never occur to me to measure fur depth with a wooden ruler, but now I’ve seen it done I might try it with bears.

    • Georgiana February 4, 2025 / 9:12 am

      Oh no Alice I don’t think measuring a bear’s fur with a wooden ruler is a safe pastime.

      • allein 🐾 February 4, 2025 / 9:19 am

        What if the bear is in your crawl space?

        • Kar February 4, 2025 / 10:38 am

          I love how that thing is the size of two huge men, can probably kill you with a swipe of his paw and everyone’s like:

          Don’t you hurt him!!

        • 6rabbits. February 4, 2025 / 12:41 pm

          I would be seriously concerned if I had a crawlspace so large a bear could fit in!😳

      • Blue Footed Booby February 4, 2025 / 9:37 am

        It’ll dovetail nicely with my bison selfie hobby.

        • Kar February 4, 2025 / 10:29 am

          You are on a poster in the National Park Service break-room.

          And now I have the Bee Gees in my head.

          • DEBG February 4, 2025 / 11:27 am

            This thread is getting out of control. I love it.

      • Alice Shortcake February 4, 2025 / 10:42 am

        I think I’d be fairly safe with this outrageously bogus insurance fraud bear!

        • 6rabbits. February 4, 2025 / 12:31 pm

          Good grief!! What some people will do to get money they don’t deserve🙄

  3. Georgiana February 4, 2025 / 9:15 am

    I love the amazing trust between Nana the cat and Toby the golden and the kittens are dangerously adorable!

    • 6rabbits. February 4, 2025 / 12:49 pm

      2:43 love this! Should be a photo👍🏼

    • DEBG February 4, 2025 / 10:45 pm

      That cuddle puddle made me so happy!

  4. DEBG February 4, 2025 / 11:26 am

    I love those chinchillas so much. Would love to cuddle them and scritch those big ears.

    Glad the bear was removed safely. I wonder if it dreamed about the fires.

    • Kar February 4, 2025 / 3:44 pm

      I would so love a chinchilla coat.

      One bit of an engineering issue though.

  5. 6rabbits. February 4, 2025 / 12:38 pm

    Why are baby heffalumps eyes so red?
    It doesn’t look like he can reach as far up as he needs to nurse?
    He looks so small, but 200# is Not Small. Sweet baby💙

  6. AJ February 4, 2025 / 2:42 pm

    Baby heffalumps, sigh, be still my heart. They have got to be one of the cutest but gangliest babies out there. They always look like they’re trying figure out what all the appendages do.

  7. diane in los angeles February 5, 2025 / 12:06 am

    My friend lives in Altadena (her house survived the fires, miraculously), and that bear has visited her house occasionally, requiring upgrades to the fencing, gates, and trash containers. Still, she and all of her neighbors were truly thrilled that *their bear* was safe after the fires.

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