3/19/2003: Threatening baboons

Undertoad · 03-19-2003, 11:33 AM

Happy Wednesday! This trio of Gelada baboons, sent along by Nic Name (no kiddin'! Hi Nic!), is kinda threatening for a Friday image and also I have a deep overflow of animal shots right now. The image first appeared in National Geographic where it has become a prize-winning shot for photographer Nick Nichols.

It deserves it, cos it's a great one! I'm severely tempted to print a copy and take it to my next dental hygeine appointment.

elSicomoro · 03-19-2003, 11:38 AM

Oh my God...are those members of my father's family?

wolf · 03-19-2003, 01:59 PM

Ooooooh .... I thought it was going to be an animal cruelty pic, you know, someone standing over the baboons preparing to whack them with a big stick or something ...

I now see that it's the Baboons themselves who are doing the threatening.

Cool pic.

(I don't think they are members of your sperm donor's family, Syc. They are too high on the food chain, aren't they?)

elSicomoro · 03-19-2003, 02:02 PM

Nah, this is about right. Anything lower might make me a vegetable.

wolf · 03-19-2003, 02:13 PM

Good thing the 23 chromosones from the egg were stronger ...

(if they weren't you wouldn't be posting here, after all. )

xoxoxoBruce · 03-19-2003, 03:46 PM

Reminds me of Alien,with the mouth within a mouth. How do we know their not smiling?

wolf · 03-19-2003, 03:59 PM

Cuz their eyes don't crinkle up happily in the corners ...

Skunks · 03-19-2003, 05:03 PM

The leftmost one has some wicked nipples/claws.

Torrere · 03-19-2003, 09:07 PM

The way in which they issue threats is to curl up their lip. It is scary.

I can't do it, though I've tried.

juju · 03-19-2003, 09:10 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Undertoad
sent along by Nic Name (no kiddin'! Hi Nic!)

Was there any text in the e-mail, or was it blank with an attachment?

elSicomoro · 03-19-2003, 09:26 PM

*laughs*

Damn, that was good, juju.

Nic, if you're reading this, please quit being a bitch and come back. Come on...you know you want to. God only knows what you've been doing with your free time recently.

Undertoad · 03-19-2003, 09:46 PM

He included the original caption.

elSicomoro · 03-19-2003, 09:49 PM

Thank you, Ari Fleischer.

Here Nic Nic Nic Nic Nic Nic...

Drydock · 03-20-2003, 01:47 AM

What is it with those Buseys and their winsome gums?

And · 03-20-2003, 08:19 AM

The babs remind me more of lipless zombies I've seen in certain horror flicks... It's right creepy... but then again I love horror flicks.

03-19-2003, 11:33 AM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	3/19/2003: Threatening baboons Happy Wednesday! This trio of Gelada baboons, sent along by Nic Name (no kiddin'! Hi Nic!), is kinda threatening for a Friday image and also I have a deep overflow of animal shots right now. The image first appeared in National Geographic where it has become a prize-winning shot for photographer Nick Nichols. It deserves it, cos it's a great one! I'm severely tempted to print a copy and take it to my next dental hygeine appointment.

03-19-2003, 01:59 PM	#3
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Ooooooh .... I thought it was going to be an animal cruelty pic, you know, someone standing over the baboons preparing to whack them with a big stick or something ... I now see that it's the Baboons themselves who are doing the threatening. Cool pic. (I don't think they are members of your sperm donor's family, Syc. They are too high on the food chain, aren't they?) __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

03-19-2003, 02:13 PM	#5
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Good thing the 23 chromosones from the egg were stronger ... (if they weren't you wouldn't be posting here, after all. ) __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

03-19-2003, 03:59 PM	#7
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Cuz their eyes don't crinkle up happily in the corners ... __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

03-20-2003, 01:47 AM	#14
Drydock Lead Subordinate Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 15	Its not very nice but... What is it with those Buseys and their winsome gums?

03-19-2003, 11:38 AM	#2
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	Oh my God...are those members of my father's family?

03-19-2003, 02:02 PM	#4
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	Nah, this is about right. Anything lower might make me a vegetable.

03-19-2003, 03:46 PM	#6
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Reminds me of Alien,with the mouth within a mouth. How do we know their not smiling?

03-19-2003, 05:03 PM	#8
Skunks I thought I changed this. Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: western nowhere, ny Posts: 412	The leftmost one has some wicked nipples/claws.

03-19-2003, 09:07 PM	#9
Torrere a real smartass Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Kirkland, WA Posts: 1,121	The way in which they issue threats is to curl up their lip. It is scary. I can't do it, though I've tried.

03-19-2003, 09:26 PM	#11
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	laughs Damn, that was good, juju. Nic, if you're reading this, please quit being a bitch and come back. Come on...you know you want to. God only knows what you've been doing with your free time recently.

03-19-2003, 09:46 PM	#12
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	He included the original caption.

03-19-2003, 09:49 PM	#13
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	Thank you, Ari Fleischer. Here Nic Nic Nic Nic Nic Nic...

03-20-2003, 08:19 AM	#15
And Conjunction Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Conjunction Junction Posts: 168	The babs remind me more of lipless zombies I've seen in certain horror flicks... It's right creepy... but then again I love horror flicks. __________________ -And, Word Wrangler and Keeper of the Cuttlefish.

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