May 25, 2007: Growing panda cub

Undertoad · 05-25-2007, 07:05 AM

Skysidhe sends along this page from the WWF of a panda cub evolution. It's irresistible! I've chosen 5 out of their 18 shots that go from newborn to three months.

LabRat · 05-25-2007, 07:56 AM

Yeeesssssss.

THIS is what Fridays are all about, baby. That last one broke my cuteometer.

manu · 05-25-2007, 08:07 AM

cute indeed, but it seems that it also has nasty claws

Kitsune · 05-25-2007, 08:51 AM

Cute. ...until it scares the hell out of mom.

monster · 05-25-2007, 09:26 AM

I don't do cute, but aaaaaaw.

First one to post a recipe is in trouble. Unless it's for bamboo shoot puree for the ickle panda.

Spexxvet · 05-25-2007, 09:38 AM

So cute! What's the age of consent for pandas?

Shawnee123 · 05-25-2007, 09:42 AM

18, of course. In Panda years. You do the math.

Cutest. thing. ever.

LabRat · 05-25-2007, 09:50 AM

OMG Kitsune, I watched that 3 times in a row, and laughed harder each time!! Thanks!

lizzymahoney · 05-25-2007, 11:14 AM

What a lovely baby! Good thing she only has one baby at a time. Else how would she tell them apart. (yeah, smell, I know...)

I imagine the claws come in handy for eating all that bamboo.

Trilby · 05-25-2007, 11:27 AM

Colbert says they're Godless Killing Machines. In this case, a Cute Godless Killing Machine.

HungLikeJesus · 05-25-2007, 12:11 PM

I liked this comment on the WWF site:

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Sironimus Pratt wrote @ May 18th, 2007 at 4:48 pm We must protect these beautiful creatures for future generations. They are too valuable.
In all my travels I have never seen an animal so useful to the human race. In 1983 I traveled in to Xianxiang, China as part of a class on industrial development in China. I loved it so much that I petitioned for a work Visa, so that I could roam the countryside performing odd jobs and meeting the locals. My greatest joys came when I was connected with a Northern China man that guarded the habitat of the Panda from environmentally unconscious poachers. After a 7 month internship the man revealed that the brutal and senseless sport killings had dropped dramatically in previous years, and that the organization actually had more cub projects than it could afford to take care of. I propositioned that perhaps if I would donate a sum equivalent to about $2300 US dollars, I would be allowed to take a Panda for myself. I was overwhelmed. I would be the first white man allowed to hunt the great Panda in over 6 years. I set to my task and eventually found a gargantuan girl lallygagging about in a tree. I had carried along my 30-06 purchased for $30 in Zhengzhou that I had previously trued. Don’t worry I have top notch workmanship skills and killed the beast in a very humane fashion. She was dead before she hit the ground. I perfect heart shot. To my dismay I realized she had a cub. After returning with the good news of the hunt and the bad news of the cub, I donated the scrapper to Mr. Cho’s care center. I had to honor his mother so I gutted her and shared the meat with a nearby village. The flavor was the most exquisite meat I’d ever tasted. It melted on the pallet like fine sushi or Kobe beef might. The locals all took pieces of the bones as in China this is considered good luck. In order to thank me for the gift I’d bestowed on their land an elderly woman fashioned the skin in to tunic of sorts. I still have this today although I must confess I don’t really wear it as the head is intact and looks like a rather barbaric warrior costume not to mention its weight. Occasionally I I will don it at a dinner function, and a good time is had by most. We must be environmentally conscious if we are to preserve this magnificent beast. We must offset what we kill, and use the entire carcass if this animal is to survive.
Fortunately the modern hunter is also the greatest environmentalist. Things are looking up or my friend THE PANDA BEAR.

Sundae · 05-25-2007, 05:13 PM

HLJ that really made me laugh. Even better, one of the posters referred to pandas not being imbread [sic]. Now that really made me laugh

HungLikeJesus · 05-25-2007, 05:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Sundae Girl

HLJ that really made me laugh. Even better, one of the posters referred to pandas not being imbread [sic]. Now that really made me laugh

The image of the tunic with the head attached made me think of the Xmas scene in Better Off Dead.

Yznhymr · 05-26-2007, 12:45 AM

The Memphis Zoo has two adult Pandas, Ya Ya (girl) and Le Le (boy). Three days ago it was announced Ya Ya will give birth in about two weeks. How exciting! The website here has a web cam and other info.

Shawnee123 · 05-25-2007, 12:22 PM

I don't know, it's like god said to himself (on whatever day he was making critters) "self, what can I do to make the most cute animal ever. What characteristics should it have? Cute face? Check. Plump, fuzzy body? Check. Eyeliner? Check. I think I will call it "panda."

05-25-2007, 07:05 AM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	May 25, 2007: Growing panda cub Skysidhe sends along this page from the WWF of a panda cub evolution. It's irresistible! I've chosen 5 out of their 18 shots that go from newborn to three months.

05-25-2007, 07:56 AM	#2
LabRat twatfaced two legged bumhole Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 3,143	Yeeesssssss. THIS is what Fridays are all about, baby. That last one broke my cuteometer. __________________ Strength does not come from how much weight you can lift, or how many miles you can run. It comes from knowing that you set a goal, and rose to the challenge. Strength comes from within.

05-25-2007, 09:26 AM	#5
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	I don't do cute, but aaaaaaw. First one to post a recipe is in trouble. Unless it's for bamboo shoot puree for the ickle panda. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

05-25-2007, 09:38 AM	#6
Spexxvet Makes some feel uncomfortable Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,346	So cute! What's the age of consent for pandas? __________________ "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce

05-25-2007, 09:42 AM	#7
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	18, of course. In Panda years. You do the math. Cutest. thing. ever. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

05-25-2007, 08:07 AM	#3
manu Writer of Writings Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 14	cute indeed, but it seems that it also has nasty claws

05-25-2007, 08:51 AM	#4
Kitsune still eats dirt Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 3,031	Cute. ...until it scares the hell out of mom.

05-25-2007, 09:50 AM	#8
LabRat twatfaced two legged bumhole Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 3,143	OMG Kitsune, I watched that 3 times in a row, and laughed harder each time!! Thanks! __________________ Strength does not come from how much weight you can lift, or how many miles you can run. It comes from knowing that you set a goal, and rose to the challenge. Strength comes from within.

05-25-2007, 11:14 AM	#9
lizzymahoney Major Inhabitant Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 124	What a lovely baby! Good thing she only has one baby at a time. Else how would she tell them apart. (yeah, smell, I know...) I imagine the claws come in handy for eating all that bamboo.

05-25-2007, 11:27 AM	#10
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	Colbert says they're Godless Killing Machines. In this case, a Cute Godless Killing Machine. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

05-25-2007, 05:13 PM	#12
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	HLJ that really made me laugh. Even better, one of the posters referred to pandas not being imbread [sic]. Now that really made me laugh __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

05-26-2007, 12:45 AM	#14
Yznhymr the crowd goes wild! Join Date: May 2007 Location: USA Posts: 663	The Memphis Zoo has two adult Pandas, Ya Ya (girl) and Le Le (boy). Three days ago it was announced Ya Ya will give birth in about two weeks. How exciting! The website here has a web cam and other info. __________________ "The pride system tends to intensify the self-hate against which it is supposed to be a defense, since any failure to live up to one's tyrannical shoulds or of the world to honor one's claims leads to feelings of worthlessness." Bernard J. Paris, Ph.D.

05-25-2007, 12:22 PM	#15
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	I don't know, it's like god said to himself (on whatever day he was making critters) "self, what can I do to make the most cute animal ever. What characteristics should it have? Cute face? Check. Plump, fuzzy body? Check. Eyeliner? Check. I think I will call it "panda." __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

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