Bambi meets Thumper IRL
December 1, 2008 3:47 PM Subscribe
An orphaned deer and a wild rabbit quickly become best friends. [original page, auf Deutsch]
Tanja Askani ("The Woman Who Lives with Wolves") has plenty of other wonderful photographs and paintings of animals -- wild, domesticated, and both together.
Tanja Askani ("The Woman Who Lives with Wolves") has plenty of other wonderful photographs and paintings of animals -- wild, domesticated, and both together.
jonmc: Then I shot them both and had a hare and venison casserole for dinner. No offense, n_o_d, but these cute animals-of-different-species-as-pals-awwaintdatcute stories are getting old.
They're new to me! ONE OF US, ONE OF US... No offense taken, jonmc.
posted by not_on_display at 3:53 PM on December 1, 2008
They're new to me! ONE OF US, ONE OF US... No offense taken, jonmc.
posted by not_on_display at 3:53 PM on December 1, 2008
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Deer accidentally stepping on and killing original wild rabbit, new one brought in by camera crew.
posted by Lemurrhea at 3:53 PM on December 1, 2008
Deer accidentally stepping on and killing original wild rabbit, new one brought in by camera crew.
posted by Lemurrhea at 3:53 PM on December 1, 2008
Deer accidentally stepping on and killing original wild rabbit, new one brought in by camera crew.
followed by Marlon Perkins saying "We were lucky enough to capture this rare footage..."
posted by jonmc at 3:58 PM on December 1, 2008 [1 favorite]
followed by Marlon Perkins saying "We were lucky enough to capture this rare footage..."
posted by jonmc at 3:58 PM on December 1, 2008 [1 favorite]
Calling forth one of my more beloved aural parasites. I don't mind. You can give me earworms, if you wants to.
(OKAY I QUOTE BAMBI SOMETIMES I'M NOT A FURRY OKAY)
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 4:00 PM on December 1, 2008 [1 favorite]
(OKAY I QUOTE BAMBI SOMETIMES I'M NOT A FURRY OKAY)
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 4:00 PM on December 1, 2008 [1 favorite]
oops, forgot to link said earworm. Weren't the forties musically anerable?
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 4:01 PM on December 1, 2008
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 4:01 PM on December 1, 2008
I'M NOT A FURRY OKAY
*cancels xmas present order of Josie & the Pussycats outfit*
posted by jonmc at 4:02 PM on December 1, 2008
*cancels xmas present order of Josie & the Pussycats outfit*
posted by jonmc at 4:02 PM on December 1, 2008
It's not canceling if you secretly keep it, jon.
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 4:08 PM on December 1, 2008 [2 favorites]
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 4:08 PM on December 1, 2008 [2 favorites]
Well fuck. Let me be the first to say, Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww...!
posted by LordSludge at 4:09 PM on December 1, 2008 [2 favorites]
posted by LordSludge at 4:09 PM on December 1, 2008 [2 favorites]
A Parrot Petting a Kitten: so weird! ...and unnatural :P
posted by kliuless at 4:10 PM on December 1, 2008 [9 favorites]
posted by kliuless at 4:10 PM on December 1, 2008 [9 favorites]
Eight comments in, and already my diabolical plan to ruin Christmas is coming to fruition! MUU-HAHAHAHAW
posted by not_on_display at 4:11 PM on December 1, 2008
posted by not_on_display at 4:11 PM on December 1, 2008
Gorgeous and enchanting, thank you.
posted by terranova at 4:21 PM on December 1, 2008 [1 favorite]
posted by terranova at 4:21 PM on December 1, 2008 [1 favorite]
but these cute animals-of-different-species-as-pals-awwaintdatcute stories are getting old.
speak for yourself - i myself loves a new example of interspecies communion - it does me a world of good, if only that it keeps me from blastin' to kingdom-come all the bastids intent on diminishing & ridiculing such pleasures
p.s. Thumper rules!
posted by jammy at 4:23 PM on December 1, 2008 [4 favorites]
speak for yourself - i myself loves a new example of interspecies communion - it does me a world of good, if only that it keeps me from blastin' to kingdom-come all the bastids intent on diminishing & ridiculing such pleasures
p.s. Thumper rules!
posted by jammy at 4:23 PM on December 1, 2008 [4 favorites]
It's okay, everyone. Don't panic. We can handle it. After a closer look, it's obvious that the rabbit only likes the deer ironically.
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 4:23 PM on December 1, 2008 [5 favorites]
posted by It's Raining Florence Henderson at 4:23 PM on December 1, 2008 [5 favorites]
After a closer look, it's obvious that the rabbit only likes the deer ironically.
Does that mean the deer has hipster hare?
posted by jonmc at 4:28 PM on December 1, 2008
Does that mean the deer has hipster hare?
posted by jonmc at 4:28 PM on December 1, 2008
Personally my favorite part was the google translations.
In spring (May 2005) is a leading Ricke from the car seriously injured and died shortly afterwards. A few hours later found her stroller orphan kid and give him the bottle rearing in order to save him.
One day immersed in a wild rabbit and adheres near the kids on.
Those are tearjerkers, right there.
posted by six-or-six-thirty at 4:28 PM on December 1, 2008 [3 favorites]
In spring (May 2005) is a leading Ricke from the car seriously injured and died shortly afterwards. A few hours later found her stroller orphan kid and give him the bottle rearing in order to save him.
One day immersed in a wild rabbit and adheres near the kids on.
Those are tearjerkers, right there.
posted by six-or-six-thirty at 4:28 PM on December 1, 2008 [3 favorites]
I remember the last time I was immersed in a wild rabbit. Thankfully, no kids near.
Much too complicated to explain.
posted by Lemurrhea at 4:31 PM on December 1, 2008 [1 favorite]
Much too complicated to explain.
posted by Lemurrhea at 4:31 PM on December 1, 2008 [1 favorite]
six-or-six-thirty: Personally my favorite part was the google translations.
You missed this one: "Finchen with her long legs easier to remove the thick snow cover in order to arrive at Graß and her little friend with benefits.
posted by not_on_display at 4:36 PM on December 1, 2008 [4 favorites]
You missed this one: "Finchen with her long legs easier to remove the thick snow cover in order to arrive at Graß and her little friend with benefits.
posted by not_on_display at 4:36 PM on December 1, 2008 [4 favorites]
jonmc: ...these cute animals-of-different-species-as-pals-awwaintdatcute stories are getting old.
Damnit, I forgot that you got there first.
posted by not_on_display at 4:40 PM on December 1, 2008
Damnit, I forgot that you got there first.
posted by not_on_display at 4:40 PM on December 1, 2008
Weren't the forties musically anerable?
they ARE. All that harmony and bing-bing-bing melody. I've had days of this stuck in my head. It makes shopping for kale alot more interesting.
Also, Best story of cross-species flirting: A friend was in an aviary, with this flute. In the middle of this vast noise of bird was a little garden. He played a few notes on his flute and the noise STOPPED. DEAD. Two beats. Then a huge noise in his direction, really screaming. He looks down. A Quail and a Loon are sitting in the garden, a few steps away. He plays the same notes again to them. The Quail and the Loon kinda...look at each other, and then move closer. He plays more notes, they stop, and take another step. He played the first notes. The Quail walked up to the garden rail and chirped back the notes. At the end, they where within arms reach. It was the most Disney-esque werido thing I'd seen. They really seemed to want to communicate with him.
Gave me hope for our ability to understand an Alien race, but then again, we're shaky with communicating with other mammals, let alone super-intelligent spores from the Glastonbury Nebulae.
posted by The Whelk at 4:44 PM on December 1, 2008 [4 favorites]
they ARE. All that harmony and bing-bing-bing melody. I've had days of this stuck in my head. It makes shopping for kale alot more interesting.
Also, Best story of cross-species flirting: A friend was in an aviary, with this flute. In the middle of this vast noise of bird was a little garden. He played a few notes on his flute and the noise STOPPED. DEAD. Two beats. Then a huge noise in his direction, really screaming. He looks down. A Quail and a Loon are sitting in the garden, a few steps away. He plays the same notes again to them. The Quail and the Loon kinda...look at each other, and then move closer. He plays more notes, they stop, and take another step. He played the first notes. The Quail walked up to the garden rail and chirped back the notes. At the end, they where within arms reach. It was the most Disney-esque werido thing I'd seen. They really seemed to want to communicate with him.
Gave me hope for our ability to understand an Alien race, but then again, we're shaky with communicating with other mammals, let alone super-intelligent spores from the Glastonbury Nebulae.
posted by The Whelk at 4:44 PM on December 1, 2008 [4 favorites]
Has cuteoverload been alerted?
posted by desjardins at 4:45 PM on December 1, 2008
posted by desjardins at 4:45 PM on December 1, 2008
MetaFilter: Your favorite cute thing is dumb.
-vs-
MetaFilter: I do believe in Disney musicals, I do!
posted by filthy light thief at 4:50 PM on December 1, 2008 [2 favorites]
-vs-
MetaFilter: I do believe in Disney musicals, I do!
posted by filthy light thief at 4:50 PM on December 1, 2008 [2 favorites]
desjardins: Has cuteoverload been alerted?
O shi... That's the last time I turn a spam from my mom into an FPP!
posted by not_on_display at 5:03 PM on December 1, 2008
O shi... That's the last time I turn a spam from my mom into an FPP!
posted by not_on_display at 5:03 PM on December 1, 2008
A Parrot Petting a Kitten: so weird! ...and unnatural :P
Oh my god, what the fuck? It's like they were having some kind of weird interspecies coitus.
posted by cashman at 5:06 PM on December 1, 2008 [2 favorites]
A Parrot Petting a Kitten: so weird! ...and unnatural :P
This is what the end of humanity looks like.
posted by The Whelk at 5:21 PM on December 1, 2008
This is what the end of humanity looks like.
posted by The Whelk at 5:21 PM on December 1, 2008
That's what the beginning of humanity looks like.
posted by ageispolis at 5:53 PM on December 1, 2008 [1 favorite]
posted by ageispolis at 5:53 PM on December 1, 2008 [1 favorite]
I can't help it. I love this stuff. Tigers adopting (!) orphaned pigs, dogs accepting baby squirrels into their litters, gorilla with her pet kitten, abandoned fawn and giant mastiff napping together, and let us not forget the tortoise who adopted the hippo after the tsunami... there's something remarkable about it all. I don't think they're some kind of "meaning of life" examples to us all, but it's certainly something that engenders a sense of wonder and beauty about the animal kingdom in the way that watching a lion chase down and kill a zebra emphatically does not.
Besides - OMG KYOOOOOT!
posted by tzikeh at 5:57 PM on December 1, 2008 [3 favorites]
Besides - OMG KYOOOOOT!
posted by tzikeh at 5:57 PM on December 1, 2008 [3 favorites]
Totally adorable. Thanks for the oxytocin rushes. *sigh of fuzzy contentment
posted by nickyskye at 7:06 PM on December 1, 2008 [1 favorite]
posted by nickyskye at 7:06 PM on December 1, 2008 [1 favorite]
Love it! And don't forget to "Feed the Kitty"!
posted by airgirl at 7:10 PM on December 1, 2008 [3 favorites]
posted by airgirl at 7:10 PM on December 1, 2008 [3 favorites]
Animals who are Friends: flickr group, random, the blog (many dupes between links 2 and 3). Tiger and piglets totally inscrutable to me.
posted by jessamyn at 7:42 PM on December 1, 2008 [2 favorites]
posted by jessamyn at 7:42 PM on December 1, 2008 [2 favorites]
That is sooooo finchen cute.
Plus, I seem to have picked up some German!
posted by yhbc at 9:05 PM on December 1, 2008 [1 favorite]
Plus, I seem to have picked up some German!
posted by yhbc at 9:05 PM on December 1, 2008 [1 favorite]
yhbc: Plus, I seem to have picked up some German!
They have pharmaceuticals for that now.
posted by not_on_display at 9:28 PM on December 1, 2008 [2 favorites]
They have pharmaceuticals for that now.
posted by not_on_display at 9:28 PM on December 1, 2008 [2 favorites]
IN THE EVENT OF JADED RESPONSE - CLICK HEART ICONS FOR EMERGENCY BACKUP AWWW ♥♥♥
posted by Kronos_to_Earth at 10:27 PM on December 1, 2008 [1 favorite]
posted by Kronos_to_Earth at 10:27 PM on December 1, 2008 [1 favorite]
A DEER IS FINE TOO
I HAVE INSERTED SEXUAL IMAGERY INTO YOUR MIND
posted by tehloki at 11:22 PM on December 1, 2008 [1 favorite]
I HAVE INSERTED SEXUAL IMAGERY INTO YOUR MIND
posted by tehloki at 11:22 PM on December 1, 2008 [1 favorite]
The construction of the snowman is particularly impressive given their mutual lack of opposable thumbs.
posted by Awakened at 9:47 AM on December 2, 2008
posted by Awakened at 9:47 AM on December 2, 2008
Well, the haters can hate all they want, it's undeniably cute.
That said; this picture should be captioned as such:
Deer: I want some of this
Bunny: Mother-fucker, you touch my grass and I will end you.
Deer: I thought we were friends
Bunny: Ain't got nothin' to do with it, that grass is mine, and you are gettin' all up in my shit. Back the fuck off.
posted by quin at 10:13 AM on December 2, 2008 [2 favorites]
That said; this picture should be captioned as such:
Deer: I want some of this
Bunny: Mother-fucker, you touch my grass and I will end you.
Deer: I thought we were friends
Bunny: Ain't got nothin' to do with it, that grass is mine, and you are gettin' all up in my shit. Back the fuck off.
posted by quin at 10:13 AM on December 2, 2008 [2 favorites]
Ah Jon...see, we've known each other for so long that I know your irascible response is just hiding your squishy, squishy love-bunny heart. Come on, you can admit it to us. We're your friends. I promise we won't laugh at your "Hang in there, Friday's coming" poster.
posted by dejah420 at 11:40 AM on December 2, 2008
posted by dejah420 at 11:40 AM on December 2, 2008
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