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Two circus elephants are reunited after 22 years apart.
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particle409 posted:Two circus elephants are reunited after 22 years apart.  Awwwww. Elephants are kind of amazing. If a group of them on the move happens to find the remains of a dead elephant, they gather around it and hold a sort of little memorial service, quietly rumbling to each other, picking up bones and passing them from trunk to trunk. Sometimes they'll cover the body with branches or dirt. They're the only non-human animals known to hold a kind of funeral, and they've even been known to do this for dead humans (or in one case a woman they found sleeping, who kept very still when she woke because she was a bit scared of the freaking huge elephants). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elephant_cognition#Death_ritual Which is sort of sad but also makes me feel sort of good about how kind they are.
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Smoking Crow posted:Monks are cool guys. I visited a monastery near my hometown and there was one monk that would just gently caress with you the entire time. Like he would lie and the rest of the monks would lie with him until he tells you that he was joking for the last three hours. I visited a monastery in college and my professor mentioned that one time he took a wrong turn and found a hidden baseball diamond out in the woods where the monks sneak off to play games when there are no guests 
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Jan 9, 2014 02:58
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 Sleeping otters hold hands so the currents don't drive them apart.
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Jan 9, 2014 07:36
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What is this beautiful and retarded animal? Google Image search brings up some Japanese pages.
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Leper Residue posted:What is this beautiful and retarded animal? Google Image search brings up some Japanese pages. Most likely a Lowland Tapir
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Jan 9, 2014 07:58
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Leper Residue posted:What is this beautiful and retarded animal? Google Image search brings up some Japanese pages. That right there is a tapir. A lowland tapir, to be more specific.   Edit: gently caress, beaten again. Whatever, I got pictures 
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Jan 9, 2014 08:14
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Oh My God I love tapirs.   
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Jan 9, 2014 08:23
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A quick PSA: This thread has saved me from so many lovely days I've lost count. Thanks, everyone. And now, some music. Here's two guys from a German power metal band Gamma Ray doing a live acoustic take on one of their songs. Don't worry, the original song notwithstanding there's nothing even remotely metal about this clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9HKsvHgs8Q I'm posting it here because, well, it's just such a feel-good video. The guys are obviously having such a good time it's infectious, and especially the singer Kai Hansen just seems like such an incredibly jolly guy. I'm not sure I've ever seen a video or picture of him where he wasn't smiling from ear to ear. Nordick has a new favorite as of 08:55 on Jan 9, 2014 |
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Jan 9, 2014 08:53
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I went to the nearby mall today with a friend, the pet store there will let you hold, play with, and walk the puppies if you're over 18 and put the barest effort into acting like you're planning to buy. We spent some time today with this beautiful gal, a 2-month old Siberian Husky with heterochromia. It was her first day out on display and she was very gentle and inquisitive. Combine that with her stunning good looks I don't doubt she'll be snapped up real quick by some rich family.   (also, puppy smell, best smell)
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Jan 9, 2014 09:54
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"Good night, Mrs. Calabash, wherever you are." 
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particle409 posted:Two circus elephants are reunited after 22 years apart. You can't leave this here without the equally  video.
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Nordick posted:A quick PSA: This thread has saved me from so many lovely days I've lost count. Thanks, everyone. The original https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fBxxh--aEng The thing to remember about metal, thrash, dance and pop is it's all music. And all music follows the same set-up of pattern/timing regardless of what it is, otherwise it becomes discordant noise to our ears. So something like this becomes a melodic ballad. A choir can sing Slayer. An orchestra can play video game music. But that doesn't make it any less awesome when something like this comes along. One of my all-time favourites... Christopher Tin's intro makes it that much better. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hs0p-8K7DSU acejackson42 has a new favorite as of 11:25 on Jan 9, 2014 |
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Jan 9, 2014 11:16
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Baby owl loves dog! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJlyMFCX9CA
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Sweet, sweet kitty. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TtBA4YU-W3k 
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acejackson42 posted:The thing to remember about metal, thrash, dance and pop is it's all music. And all music follows the same set-up of pattern/timing regardless of what it is, otherwise it becomes discordant noise to our ears. So something like this becomes a melodic ballad. A choir can sing Slayer. An orchestra can play video game music. Reminds me of this great violin/cello cover of Iron Maiden's Fear Of The Dark.
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necessary voodoo posted:You can't leave this here without the equally She don't have to wear a chain anymore.  I'm not crying. I just got something in my eye.
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acejackson42 posted:
Along those lines, here's a nice smooth jazz version of the Dark World theme from The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
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Snowglobe of Doom posted:Baby owl loves dog! There's something about a dog just trying to nap that is irresistible. 
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This is the Numbat. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyROxT2daAg&t=51s I've taken the liberty of skipping ahead to the best part.
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Jan 9, 2014 23:49
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My cat likes to plank sometimes.
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kinmik posted:As selfless and uplifting as donating blood and organs are, can we not have another mulitpage derail about who can and can't give blood and who has? I like stories like Helicity's, though. OH MY GOD. What animal is this? It's so loving cute I just wanna rub it's weird nose aaaa.
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Jan 10, 2014 04:22
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It's a baby tapir! The spots turn into its adult colouring as it grows older.
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Sociopastry posted:OH MY GOD. What animal is this? It's so loving cute I just wanna rub it's weird nose aaaa. Doctor Bishop posted:That right there is a tapir. Lotta people not knowin' tapirs itt. They're one of the best animals, look 'em up.
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Baby polar bear at the Toronto Zoo takes his first steps: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkfEChXa2V0
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Regy Rusty posted:Lotta people not knowin' tapirs itt. They're one of the best animals, look 'em up. It's true! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJm6nDnR2SE
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Phlegmish posted:Reminds me of this great violin/cello cover of Iron Maiden's Fear Of The Dark. Holy crap, that's beautiful. Thanks for this.
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Sweetest thing so far in 2014.
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So a friend of mine from high school decided to post this. The first post is also him, in case you don't get it. (I removed the names and youtube link).
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Ok, so it touches the ground, and is it also prehensile? Cause holy poo poo that part wasn't cute. It was hilarious.
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Dusseldorf posted this in the schadenfreude thread. Dusseldorf is incorrect.
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THANK YOU.
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Is that dog a Maremma? If so, then those alpacas have nothing in the world to be afraid of. Anecdotal evidence of their awesomeness in an otherwise hilarously awful thread: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3090725&userid=119745#post357543608 Pookah has a new favorite as of 13:05 on Jan 10, 2014 |
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Pookah posted:Is that dog a Maremma? If so, then those alpacas have nothing in the world to be afraid of. Holy poo poo, from the Wiki article on Maremma Sheepdogs: quote:Recently in Warrnambool, Australia, the world's first trial utilized a Maremma to guard the dwindling penguin population of Middle Island. This project won the 2010 Australian Government Coastcare Award. While using Maremma to guard an endangered species is rare, Maremma along with other breeds of livestock guarding dogs are appreciated by environmentalists because they make it possible for livestock to coexist with predators such as wolves and coyotes, reducing their predation by 70% to 80% or more. National park authorities in Italy, the United States and Canada have promoted use of the Maremma Sheepdog, as well as other types of LGDs, to minimize conflict between endangered predator species and ranchers.
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Pookah posted:Is that dog a Maremma? If so, then those alpacas have nothing in the world to be afraid of. Course, this also serves as proof of why the average person shouldn't own a Maremma because they are a dog that will chew through the loving wall so they can go herd.
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Fiend Computer posted:So a friend of mine from high school decided to post this. The first post is also him, in case you don't get it. Hahaha, took me a minute to get this, but goddamn.
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