chinchilla

On first glance, a chinchilla looks like a result of genetic research. They appear to be part mouse, part rabbit, and part squirrel. Touching a chinchilla's soft fur brings home the understanding of why the fur of these animals was prized by the ancient Chinchas. Their fur is some of the softest of all pets.
Chinchillas were originally found on the slopes of the Andes in South America. They were named after the Chincha tribe who hunted them for their exquisite fur and for their meat. Their fur eventually became the royal clothing of the ancient Incas, and commoners were forbidden to wear it. The name "chinchilla" was not given to the animals until the Spaniards came and discovered the animals that the Chinchas had so prized.
Chinchillas: The perfect pets for modern people kuro5hin.org

What is a chinchilla?
...Over the past couple of years or so debate has begun to emerge on whether or not members of the caviomorph sub order or rodentia are really rodents or not. Genetic testing has begun to indicate that they may indeed not be rodents at all. There are some people that think that they should be classified along with rabbits and hares. However due to differences between them and lagomorphs (the scientific name for rabbit order) many have proposes making a new order of animals, called caviomorphia for caviomorph animals such as chinchillas , guinea pigs , degus etc.
Chinchillas are nocturnal... [but] are very intelligent and can and will adapt their sleeping patterns to you. When you are away they sleep and when you get home they always seem to wake up at that time as they want to play.They love running around and playing and hopping just about anywhere.
The chinchilla pictures page contains an image of almost every kind of chinchilla.
Chinchillas make a variety of sounds depending on their moods. Go over to the sounds page to download a file with 3 different ones. The first one babies.wav is the sound babies make when happy. The second madbaby.wav is the sound they make when annoyed. The third one playful.wav is of a playful adult who wants attention.
http://www.geocities.com/~octodont/chininfo.html

cat cam

aw. http://nowcali.com/ now cali live cat cam.
cali is grey (calico - therefore female?) and choco is black.
setting is ~ a shelf in an entertainment center.
considered postdating to 2007 to have at the top, maybe just for a while. because oh.that upsidownface.

cow gets to live

When good things happen to good cows.. - SALMON, Idaho (Reuters) - A cow that escaped last week from a Montana slaughterhouse, leading workers and police on a six-hour chase, will be spared following a wave of popular support, officials said on Tuesday.
Del Morris, manager of Mickey's Packing Plant in Great Falls, said he decided to let the cow live the instant he saw it cross the Missouri River through Great Falls.
Town residents will now decide through a telephone poll whether the cow will remain a resident of Montana, where it will live out its life on pastureland surrounding the packing plant, or be shipped to an animal sanctuary in Seattle.
Morris said the heifer he calls Molly and her escape effort attained celebrity status with television and news organizations requesting interviews and calls pouring in from across the country and overseas.
"I've been around cattle all my life and it's just totally amazing," Morris said, adding that it is a rare cow that escapes slaughter. "I watched her do things that are just not possible for a cow."

squirrelees

How To Have A Ton Of Fun Raising Baby Squirrels. Husband and wife document their adventures raising these little spazz-monsters with many photos and some Flash movies. - Squirrels-For-You.com MetaFilter

also, another story -adding 1/29- squirrel with puppy littermates


oh another upsidownsleepe

jiliss

thatt es viry sadd 2 bi jilis af 1 leetil dag, spishly att Cresmis tam. shem an yew.

avatars

Online Gamers Unmasked The BBC presents an amazing portfolio by photojournalist Robbie Cooper, otherwise known as "the Walker Evans of online gaming." The concept is simple: a series of portraits of hard-core gamers placed alongside images of their avatars. Along with writer Tracy Spaight, Cooper also hosts Alterego.Net, an exploration of online gaming communities in words and pictures. http://picks.yahoo.com/

not strictu senso

The Sun’ll Come Out To Maro wizards.com ...I swear on all that I hold dear I had nothing to do with this. Well, other than design Maro in the first place. (Go see my column “There's Always Two Maro” if you're interested to know more about that.)
..Brian: So what do you think? Me: You had me at Maro.
..Some of you might be asking why Maro? How does one make a cycle of Maros..? ...the ever-shifting quality of the Maros...Such is the case with Kagemaro, First to Suffer (the black Maro). Yes, this is today's preview card. (I'm almost there.) Called Blaro in design, short for Black Maro (along with Waro, Uaro, Raro and Graro), Kagemaro was designed as a Maro with one simple twist. When he wasn't helping you beat down your opponent, he could help handle crowd control. (You know, kind of like a bouncer.)
One last quick aside before I show you the card. The development team (once again, with no prompting from me) wanted all the cards to reference the original Maro. They couldn't be creature type Maro and they needed to be spirits for story sake. (Oh yeah, and Maro isn't a Maro; it's an elemental formerly a nature spirit). And they couldn't be called Maro because they weren't actually Maros (living embodiments of a forest's essence). What if the word “maro” was worked into the name of each card? It had a nice Japanese feel. (It turns out that it was used as a modifier for names in Japan in the eleventh and twelfth centuries to imply nobility.)
..may you have positive associations with the name Maro.
--Mark Rosewater -Head Magic Designer
actually came across and am saving back here in early May 2006.

coo kie

Cute Overload
Permalink to this bunny eating cookie
The Rules of Cuteness
today via http://picks.yahoo.com

hands

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pandacam

giant panda cub at national zoo

hippapotamosses

I want a hippopotamus for xmas
only a hippopotamus will do
no crocodiles or rhinoceruses
I only like hippopotamuses
- and hippopotamuses like me too~!

sloth

go back to look at more photos of millie the sloth and learn about sloths, how slow are they... relatedanimals

go back to look at more photos of millie the sloth and learn about sloths, how slow are they...

also remember: www.notproud.com/sloth/

su hungree and sad an starfing

Su thiy bat mi thatt 1 ottomatic cat fidir. Su Kivin putts thatt fud en thatt fidir. Thin hi clussis thi tap and hi terns thi nobb an ses “Thar I sit itt su thatt wel pap upin en abbot tin minnis.”

I wat ass lang as I cin, an thin I stert pawweng att it and bigging it. Upin! Upin! Upin! UPIN!!!! I paw at thatt nobb 2 mik itt tern. UPIN UPIN UPIN UPIN.

tarsier

a tarsier - in a 19th C engraving - the vi book cover image, from O'Reilly - laser-cut on to a Powerbook.
rw: Laptop etched w/custom image (Make-1pg w/pix)

red squirrel

Last stand for red squirrels vs grey invaders (UkTel)

moos

www.savemouse.com

nyago

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A sweet little boy tabby cat born in Japan on 25 May, Nyago's favorite activity is sleeping and his cherished possession is his super-soft, cloud-like cushion. He is very easy-going. In the little time when he's not napping, he casually looks for friends to lie around with.

talk talk

kiss off

I take 1 1 1 cause you left me and2 2 2 for my family and3 3 3 for my heartache and4 4 4 for my headaches and5 5 5 for my lonely and6 6 6 for my sorrow and7 7 for no tomorrow and8 8 I forget what 8 was for and9 9 9 for a lost God and10 10 10 10 for everythingEverything everything everything

loves

cat & horse in love hugs & naps