Sproing!

August 31, 2012 5:43 AM

A kangaroo and a lemur playing tag (or at the very least, chasing each other adorably). [slyt]
posted by quin (14 comments total)

Thanks quin for the first smiles and chuckles of the day. The people filming that have a website too, www.exoticexperience.net. Among the many things they do, sell horsehair jewelry. Horsehair jewelry? Who knew?

Your link prompted me to explore that YouTube channel, 4u2roos. The deer bends it like Bekham with the lemur and roo running interference.

The names of the characters involved.

Huh, the odd things one sees on the net first thing in the morning. A roo having fantasy sex | kangaroo sucks his toes with lemur pals | Deer gives lemur a bath | Deer gets tag teamed by lemurs.

Just so much fun there!
posted by nickyskye at 6:36 AM on August 31, 2012

At :43, when the lemur pops straight up, I SQEEEd. At work.
posted by notsnot at 7:16 AM on August 31, 2012 [3 favorites]

The kangaroo is totally going "mom, he's BOTHERING me!!!"

Dig that crazy play house they got. All my kid has is a cardboard box.
posted by stormpooper at 7:18 AM on August 31, 2012

I was going to post this myself, but I might leave it here.
Two hamsters, one wheel.
posted by Mezentian at 7:30 AM on August 31, 2012 [14 favorites]

I like the way the kangaroo keeps stopping and looking at the camera with pleading eyes. It's like it has been thrown into a suburban-decorated arena and forced into gladiatorial combat with a lemur who still dreams of making it big and getting to Rome and a deer who has given up all hope.

Chilling. Chilling and adorable, but chilling.
posted by GenjiandProust at 8:19 AM on August 31, 2012 [2 favorites]

I WANT TO GO TO THERE

And it just happens the whole menagerie is right down the road from me in Orlando!
posted by photoslob at 8:22 AM on August 31, 2012 [1 favorite]

I note that the export of lemurs from Madagascar and wallabies from Australia are both illegal. These are protected animals that probably shouldn't be in some private zoo run by people with probably little to no training.
posted by FrereKhan at 9:01 AM on August 31, 2012 [8 favorites]

That muntjac looks like it wants nothing to do with either of them.
posted by the_artificer at 9:12 AM on August 31, 2012

Yeah, I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that this is not AZA accredited.
posted by ChuraChura at 9:51 AM on August 31, 2012 [1 favorite]

Was that Joey the Lemur?
posted by Oriole Adams at 10:02 AM on August 31, 2012 [1 favorite]

A private zoo? That's someone's back yard. And not a very big one.
posted by Brocktoon at 10:07 AM on August 31, 2012 [2 favorites]

"Being chased by a kangaroo isn't normal- but on fermented baobab fruit it is. Fermented baobab fruit: NOT EVEN ONCE"

or

"Using this kangaroo and this lemur, I will demonstrate the tactical advantage provided by the Spitfire's narrower turn radius, compared to the Me109 and similar German fighters of the same period."

or

Your Arms Too Short To Box With Lemur
posted by TheWhiteSkull at 10:08 AM on August 31, 2012

The ring-tailed lemur is not having any of this nonsense! (also, this makes me sad, these animals shouldn't be living in someone's back yard.)
posted by vespabelle at 10:21 AM on August 31, 2012 [2 favorites]

How to catch a kangaroo
posted by homunculus at 1:44 PM on August 31, 2012