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Category: Organisms
Posted on: June 2, 2009 3:05 PM, by PZ Myers
One of those other godless, unfeeling scientists dared me to post this cuddly video of frolicking furry animals.
I'm only doing it to lull you all into a false sense of security. One minute you put your guard down in the presence of all the furry warm cuteness, then wham! Out comes the chitin and slime and the tentacles and the cold staring eyes oh god oh god the eyes the implacable glare. Then where will your puppies and kittens be, hey?
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Posted by: Pierre | June 2, 2009 3:19 PM
What? Cthulu is coming? Finally!
Posted by: Glen Davidson
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June 2, 2009 3:21 PM
Thou shalt not have fur and teeth before me. Fluffiness is there to test thine loyalty. Cthulhu.
At least teach the controversy of whether or not fur is sin.
Glen D
http://tinyurl.com/6mb592
Posted by: Desert Son, OM
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June 2, 2009 3:28 PM
Out comes the chitin and slime and the tentacles and the cold staring eyes oh god oh god the eyes the implacable glare. Then where will your puppies and kittens be, hey?
I . . . ä ?
No kings,
Robert
P.S. I am aswoon with the cute.
Posted by: John Vreeland | June 2, 2009 3:28 PM
Actually it's "One minute you put your guard down in the presence of all the furry warm cuteness, then wham! Out comes the wild animal with the teeth and claws to remind you that there is a difference between domestication and habituation."
Posted by: Sven DiMilo | June 2, 2009 3:28 PM
bring it on, man
Posted by: Desert Son, OM
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June 2, 2009 3:31 PM
Wow.
Block quote fail.
*hangs head in shame, sullenly kicks small stone
No kings,
Robert
Posted by: PZ Myers
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June 2, 2009 3:32 PM
Yeah, Sven, but I know you're one of us. You probably have to remind yourself to blink every once in a while, don't you? And the frequent showers...not just for hygiene, but to keep the membranes moist, right?
Posted by: Sili
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June 2, 2009 3:36 PM
After this, I do not care if I'm eatet last. The cutetity will comfort me in my hour of need.
Iääääääwwwwww
Posted by: Simon | June 2, 2009 3:36 PM
Grow up as naturally as possible....with a dog!? =)
Posted by: Simon | June 2, 2009 3:38 PM
Grow up as naturally as possible....with a dog!? =)
Posted by: Simon | June 2, 2009 3:40 PM
Grow up as naturally as possible....with a dog!? =)
Posted by: Carlie | June 2, 2009 3:41 PM
Speaking of the Old Ones, have you seen the news that squid can see with other organs besides their eyes?????
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-06/uow-sn060109.php
Posted by: Sven DiMilo | June 2, 2009 3:41 PM
eyedrops too.
Posted by: Cuttlefish, OM | June 2, 2009 3:43 PM
Four legs cute, eight legs cuter.
Stripes or tentacles?
Pharyngulites, make your choice!
Posted by: Sven DiMilo | June 2, 2009 3:44 PM
By the way, I'd like to congratulate the entire Pharyngulista commentariate on this seminal collective achievement.
Posted by: Felix | June 2, 2009 3:48 PM
Iä, iä, remember when they said 'and this congregation shall not pass before the stars are right'? Wait a few more months they said. Wait a few more years they said. HP dead. REH dead. Lin Carter dead. L. SdC dead. Brian Lumley looking a bit old.
I'm not buying it anymore. I'm going for teh kyoot now.
Posted by: Brownian, Most Vicious & Petty of Pharyngulites
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June 2, 2009 3:52 PM
Carlie wrote:
Pfft. That's nothing. I've been thinking with an organ other than my brain for decades now.
Posted by: Emmet, OM
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June 2, 2009 3:55 PM
We'd better all get over there and spam the hell out of it before you post another 997 YouTube links ;o)
Posted by: Sven DiMilo | June 2, 2009 3:56 PM
one has to do what one has to do.
Posted by: Carlie | June 2, 2009 3:57 PM
Brownian: Touché .
Posted by: Lily | June 2, 2009 4:06 PM
but i like the tentacles and slime!
Posted by: daveau
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June 2, 2009 4:07 PM
As you gaze upon the furry cuteness, don't forget to listen for that squishing sound behind you.
Posted by: 'Tis Himself, Quel Dommage
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June 2, 2009 4:17 PM
I, for one, welcome our feline overlords.
Hey, get your slimy tentacles off m..........
Posted by: llamacheese
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June 2, 2009 4:19 PM
Offtopic, but has anyone checked out this crazy bill proposed to the US Senate by that nut-job creationist Ron Paul?
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c111:H.R.539:
It forbids federal courts from being able to decide ANYTHING on the topic of freedom of religion!
[Federal Courts cannot decide on](A) any claim involving the laws, regulations, or policies of any State or unit of local government relating to the free exercise or establishment of religion;"
Because State courts ONLY make decisions based on state constitutions, this basically ends any religious freedoms granted in the US constitution!
Posted by: llamacheese
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June 2, 2009 4:22 PM
Offtopic, but has anyone checked out this crazy bill proposed to the US Senate by that nut-job creationist Ron Paul?
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c111:H.R.539:
It forbids federal courts from being able to decide ANYTHING on the topic of freedom of religion!
[Federal Courts cannot decide on](A) any claim involving the laws, regulations, or policies of any State or unit of local government relating to the free exercise or establishment of religion;"
Because State courts ONLY make decisions based on state constitutions, this basically ends any religious freedoms granted in the US constitution!
Posted by: Denis Alexander | June 2, 2009 4:27 PM
"I don't like to humanize animals, that's why we put the tiger with a dog" What?!
Posted by: Drujay | June 2, 2009 4:40 PM
Aww. Those godless animals.
Posted by: The Tim Channel
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June 2, 2009 4:43 PM
Poe's Law variant for your consideration that perhaps a few audio/video geeks may find amusing:
http://backyardtheater.com/forums/index.php?topic=3807.msg31998#msg31998
Enjoy.
Posted by: marcus
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June 2, 2009 5:08 PM
@Carlie Don't "touche" Brownian. We know where his hands have been.
Posted by: Cthulhu | June 2, 2009 5:18 PM
@1
Nope. Still sleeping or trying at least. You buggers make it hard.
Cuuuute vid though.
Posted by: Carlie | June 2, 2009 5:38 PM
Don't "touche" Brownian. We know where his hands have been.
So I shouldn't be so touché-feelé?
Posted by: triplepoint | June 2, 2009 5:38 PM
10 legs, food.
Posted by: Alverant | June 2, 2009 5:44 PM
This kind of adoption shows that even a dog knows more about family values than the GnOP.
Posted by: cyan
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June 2, 2009 5:57 PM
To many people, their god or gods are that which they think either grant pleasure or cause pain, the reason for the pain-causing part being unknowable by mere humans; but they think that there must be some "good": god-ultimate reason.
Too many people who care for other animals act in ways that are not the best for that animal, but instead in a manner that allows them to feel powerful over that animal (maybe to compensate for feeling not very powerful themselves?)
The amount of thinking of which other animals are capable is a continuum, admittedly none to the extent of human ability, but still there.
So, to the animals with some thinking abilities in those human-power-thump-thump-chest situations, there is a god: the human in whose control their pain or not-pain is. Too bad that their human controller is acting out the way they think their god-of-humans acts: whimsically, whatever him/her feels like at the time, with disregard to the subject's well-being.
Do you spot the disconnect in human reasoning for the god-actions? - Ultimate good vs whatever is expedient at the time
Yeah, me too.
How about acting instead, at each moment, as if it were you whenever you encounter any being.
Whenever I see an adult mammal, what flashes immediately is the naive, sweet little guy s/he was and then all that s/he has endured to still keep living, and then see that they are still those sweet little ones now with baggage. Aren't we all.
Posted by: Christopher | June 2, 2009 6:23 PM
Cthulu Fhthgn
Posted by: David G. | June 2, 2009 6:29 PM
"Out comes the chitin and slime and the tentacles and the cold staring eyes oh god oh god the eyes the implacable glare."
~PZ Myers
I will carry this quote with me for the rest of my days, probably sharing it every time I cite your work.
Posted by: Rob Jase | June 2, 2009 7:43 PM
I must point out that both Shub-Niggurath and Tsathoggua are notably fuzzy too.
Puppies, kittens or people - everything tastes like chicken to the G.O.O.
Posted by: Yellow Dog | June 2, 2009 7:46 PM
Brownian OM @ #17, you owe me a new keyboard.
Posted by: Sven DiMilo | June 2, 2009 7:51 PM
fear The Implacable Glare
Posted by: A. willow | June 2, 2009 8:05 PM
I used to live just down the road from the Tierpark where that tiger lives.I remember the first tiger cub who was brought up that way,when he was mostly full grown,his dachshund "mother" would still fuss around him,and run through his legs.
Later on they had female twins,and there was one day when I was the person who discovered their enclosure's door was open!A 13 year old faced with two juvenile tigresses,it's one of my favourite stories.And they are quite successful at breeding Siberian tigers there.Goo to see they're still going strong.
Anyway,back to the tentacles and chitin.
Posted by: CatBallou
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June 3, 2009 1:03 AM
Simon says:
Well someone has to lick the tiger cub all over. Are you volunteering?
Posted by: aarrgghh | June 3, 2009 1:27 AM
alverant @33:
actually the gop enjoys frolicking with fur-covered young'uns as much as anybody else. maybe even a little too much.
Posted by: GlenInBrooklyn | June 3, 2009 5:24 AM
This has "awww" written all over it.
Posted by: Happy Tentacles
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June 3, 2009 7:57 AM
Chitin ... slime ... tentacles ... cold staring eyes ... For some of us, that sounds like an average day. Enjoyable, though.
Posted by: Geoffrey M. Golia | June 3, 2009 10:00 AM
(I can't believe I'm using my first Pharyngula comment ever for this, but ...)
One time I played with a baby tiger. It was probably the most fun I've ever had in my life, & it only lasted, like, a few minutes. But it was totally awesome. Sorry to shamelessly brag, but, gosh, you know ...
Posted by: Geoffrey M. Golia | June 3, 2009 10:02 AM
(I can't believe I'm using my first Pharyngula comment ever for this, but ...)
One time I played with a baby tiger. It was probably the most fun I've ever had in my life, & it only lasted, like, a few minutes. But it was totally awesome. Sorry to shamelessly brag, but, gosh, you know ...
Posted by: watertiger | June 3, 2009 11:32 AM
KNEEL DOWN BEFORE THE GREAT GOD TIGER KITTEH!
Posted by: Nominal Egg | June 3, 2009 12:35 PM
"When the cub's a little larger, the zoo hopes to find an adoptive tiger mum to take over"
So the dog doesn't get eaten.
Posted by: Phoenix Woman | June 3, 2009 6:31 PM
Cuteness weaponized, ladies and gentlemen. PurrrrRRRrrrrRRRrrrrr.
Posted by: Yellow Dog | June 3, 2009 7:15 PM
Fair warning: I'm stealing this.
Posted by: Claire | June 4, 2009 8:39 AM
my mighty heart...