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Gorilla Salad posted:Emus are embarrassingly stupid creatures. this is so ridiculous why am I laughing so much davidspackage posted:Oh my God, they're like shrieking ladies pulling up their dresses near a mouse. your cat will stare at it and then walk away and lie down while you wonder why you spend twenty dollars on this stupid rolling ball when a five dollar laser pointer will literally tire your cat to death and both of you will love every moment of it. Leper Residue has a new favorite as of 09:36 on Mar 23, 2015 |
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Gorilla Salad posted:Emus are embarrassingly stupid creatures. They really are stupid, as in stop your car if they're running beside it because they'll run in front of it and you both will die stupid. This is pretty much a snake reaction that you see going on here. They're trying to make sure the snake doesn't go after eggs / leaves them alone. As an added #emufact you can see what has made them famous for sticking their heads in the sand to avoid trouble. They don't actually stick heads in sand as the common trope would have you believe but lower their bodies to the ground while still watching what is going on. Because of the distance people were seeing them at while this happened plus heat shimmers it just appeared that way to people. 
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Mar 23, 2015 09:44
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Electric Hobo posted:My cat's a Maine Coon, so he's huge, walks on a leash, fetches thrown balls and makes a lot of noise when someone rings the doorbell. It's almost like having an rear end in a top hat dog. One of my childhood cats was either half or 3/4ths Maine Coon and she was the hugest sweetheart  I wish we'd had a digital camera at the time. Also a living cliche; she literally followed my mother home one day. Walked right in, used the litter box, ate out of the food bowl, then thumped down in the hallway like she'd always been there. Never left. I'll go digging around later tomorrow and see if I can find any pictures of her.
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Mar 23, 2015 10:07
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Malachite_Dragon posted:she literally followed my mother home one day. Walked right in, used the litter box, ate out of the food bowl, then thumped down in the hallway like she'd always been there. Never left. Fantastic.
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Mar 23, 2015 10:42
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Malachite_Dragon posted:Walked right in, used the litter box, ate out of the food bowl, then thumped down in the hallway like she'd always been there. Never left. I'll go digging around later tomorrow and see if I can find any pictures of her. This is almost how we got Oliver Dog when I was a kid. Mom opened the side door to call in the cat and a little wiener dog ran in, got on the couch, and stayed for 15 years.
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Mar 23, 2015 13:23
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SplitSoul posted:Fierce military tacticians, though. This used to be the greatest use of the battle template on wikipedia, but wikipedia editors hate fun. 
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Mar 23, 2015 14:41
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Fascinating bird, I had never heard of it. Also, it seems very similar to the south american "ema", even in the name. I wonder if they are related. The ema is also know for sticking her head in the sand when in danger. The ema:  
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Mar 23, 2015 14:54
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That's a rhea (or like you said, in Portuguese, a ema). They are both ratites, and likely related in the distant past. Also included in that group are ostriches, cassowaries, and kiwi birds. To think that a 300 lb, 6ft ostrich could be related to a kiwi is crazy.
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Mar 23, 2015 15:26
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This was in the related videos of the emu one. They really are stupid creatures, but also they are basically Chocobo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A84DSgU6mQY
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Mar 23, 2015 15:51
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Hakkesshu posted:This was in the related videos of the emu one. They really are stupid creatures, but also they are basically Chocobo Also big fans of the LOTR films apparently. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4J1yOGJ9wI
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Mar 23, 2015 15:57
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Elias_Maluco posted:Fascinating bird, I had never heard of it. I drive past a commercial emu farm on my way to work every day in Florida. They're apparently pretty good eating.
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Mar 23, 2015 16:26
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Repost from the gif thread:
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Ratites also include the giant extinct moa of New Zealand and the elephant birds of Madagascar, and technically, probably, the tinamous of central and south america, which are little fat ground birds that can still fly: There's also a growing amount of evidence that the family tree looks something like this:  which is pretty interesting because it means that ratites became flightless and adapted into fairly similar-looking giant herbivores/omnivores on four or five separate occasions on multiple continents/islands. There's a good article on it in two parts here, if anyone's interested.
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Mar 23, 2015 17:23
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Azhais posted:Repost from the gif thread: Neither one of my cats has any kind of reaction to their reflection in the mirror. Because of this, I feel like I'm missing out on one of the perks of cat ownership.
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Mar 23, 2015 20:19
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 I really wanted to get this little guy.
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Mar 24, 2015 00:14
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He got a big head!
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Mar 24, 2015 01:12
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Apparently there was some sort of mutiversal incursion in Earth Prime's White House today. 
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Mar 24, 2015 01:28
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Mister Mind posted:Apparently there was some sort of mutiversal incursion in Earth Prime's White House today. 
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Mar 24, 2015 02:20
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Mar 24, 2015 02:24
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I'm sure he's on it. 
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Mar 24, 2015 02:48
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Mar 24, 2015 02:56
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Mar 24, 2015 03:18
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ACES CURE PLANES posted:
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Mar 24, 2015 04:06
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Hakkesshu posted:This was in the related videos of the emu one. They really are stupid creatures, but also they are basically Chocobo http://youtubedoubler.com/eSkI
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Mar 24, 2015 04:38
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ohmygod this is amazing. The way it was lined up, the "Yahoo!" was right after the slow zoom on the one, right as it takes off. Perfect. 
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Mar 24, 2015 05:20
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Happy cow! http://i.imgur.com/AqLvXJh.webm
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Mar 24, 2015 05:24
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 More foxes than your body has room for
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Mar 24, 2015 05:28
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Rabbit Hill posted:Neither one of my cats has any kind of reaction to their reflection in the mirror. Because of this, I feel like I'm missing out on one of the perks of cat ownership. The first time my cat Pearl (when she was new) saw her reflection in the mirror on the inside of my wardrobe door (it wasn't visible when the door was closed), she stared at it, bristled all over, and then FLUNG herself at it in full attack mode. She hit it paws and nose first and bounced off and I had to comfort her while falling about laughing. I explained to her that Parallel Universe Pearl couldn't get at us, she was behind very thick glass, but it was very brave of her to fight so hard to defend our home. She accepted this and relaxed, but she always kept a wary eye on Parallel Universe Pearl when the wardrobe was open from then on, just in case she tried something.
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Mar 24, 2015 06:21
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Some fun schadenfreude reposting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6w2UxDdhZPk A golden retriever who just doesn't quite have the hang of catching food.
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Mar 24, 2015 13:07
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Rabbit Hill posted:Neither one of my cats has any kind of reaction to their reflection in the mirror. Because of this, I feel like I'm missing out on one of the perks of cat ownership. I had 5 cats in my life and none of then had any reaction to mirrors, and I always tried to interest then on it 
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Transmogrifier posted:Some fun schadenfreude reposting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6w2UxDdhZPk I could watch this video forever 
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Transmogrifier posted:Some fun schadenfreude reposting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6w2UxDdhZPk We had a labrador like that. I've owned dogs for forty years and not one ever had to be taught how to catch food. They're dogs, it's food, it's coming in at face height, chomp. Easy. Even if you don't get it the first time, the concept comes naturally, right? But not this dog. It would bounce off his head, fall on the ground and then he'd eat it. Every time. We were initially worried he had vision problems. But he would chase balls okay. Wouldn't catch them of course, just sit there looking blankly at you with his tongue hanging out the side of his mouth while you bounced tennis balls gently between his eyes. Then look all surprised when a ball suddenly materialised at his feet. Tennis ball? Where did that come from? I took him to the vet to get him checked out and did the tossing food for him to get her opinion. The vet thought it was so funny she could barely stand. Her diagnosis: his eyes were fine, he was just really stupid.
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Transmogrifier posted:Some fun schadenfreude reposting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6w2UxDdhZPk Not to be that guy, but they shouldn't feed their dog so much fat and sugar. 
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Zeroisanumber posted:Not to be that guy, but they shouldn't feed their dog so much fat and sugar. Fortunately it looks like he'd never get to eat it anyway.
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Plus I kinda doubt it was all in one day.
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Zeroisanumber posted:Not to be that guy, but they shouldn't feed their dog so much fat and sugar. The guy wrote in the comments section that he lets the dog eat a teeny bit but takes the rest back and gives him a dog treat or something.
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Elias_Maluco posted:I had 5 cats in my life and none of then had any reaction to mirrors, and I always tried to interest then on it Same. I've owned cats and lived with other people who had cats, and I'd never seen it before. Until last week, when I woke up to my girlfriend's cat batting at herself in the mirror on the closet sliding door. Apparently my girlfriend had never seen her do it either, and she's had her for ~6 years.
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Elias_Maluco posted:I had 5 cats in my life and none of then had any reaction to mirrors, and I always tried to interest then on it My cat ignores mirrors, laser pens, and has no reaction to catnip. If it weren't for the fact she's very easily spooked I'd get no entertainment out of her at all.
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Bobby Digital posted:Same. I've owned cats and lived with other people who had cats, and I'd never seen it before. "Six years... for six long years have I studied you, my nemesis... your every move, every twitch, have been my unrelenting tutors... you have been more intimate to me than a lover; your body no more a mystery to me than my own. And now, after my years of study... I STRIKE!!!  "
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Elias_Maluco posted:I had 5 cats in my life and none of then had any reaction to mirrors, and I always tried to interest then on it How can you have 5 cats and not learn the golden cat rule, if you want them to be interested they never ever will be See also: Purpose made cat beds as opposed to the empty box it came in.
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