arguably Australia's cutest marsupial...
they love to be held...
...and stroked...
"wombat in a hat"
... and the babies are very cute too
WISHING Y'ALL A VERY FURRY WEEKEND INDEED!
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Attack of the Furry Entertainers!
Showing posts with label furry fridays. Show all posts
Showing posts with label furry fridays. Show all posts
Saturday, November 26, 2011
Wombats
arguably Australia's cutest marsupial...
they love to be held...
...and stroked...
"wombat in a hat"
... and the babies are very cute too
WISHING Y'ALL A VERY FURRY WEEKEND INDEED!
Saturday, November 12, 2011
Macaws
Ordinary blue and yellow macaws...
With green severe macaws
Hyacinth macaws, the largest parrots in the world...
Wishing a raucous weekend to you all..!
Saturday, October 22, 2011
Hummingbirds
Psychedelic
Colourful ...
... and cute
With precision beaks that suck nectar from flowers...
... they fly amazingly; but look just as good perching.
WISHING Y'ALL A CHIRPY WEEKEND!
Saturday, August 20, 2011
Loaches
LOACHES were always my favourite fishes in the community tank; more for personality than looks.
This is a sucker loach. The cleaner of the deep. Like most loaches they live on algae, come out at night and are highly territorial, lurking moodily in any cave you care to construct out of slate or bogwood and thoroughly enjoying being out of view! If anything or anyone dares disturb them they can shift themselves with truly astonishing rapidity.
I used to have a Borneo sucker or hillstream loach. This fish lives in ultra shallow water and likes a stream of air against the glass. They're agile enough to be able to swim directly down the flow of bubbles, which replicates the splashing mountain streams they inhabit in real life. Nubia, our Borneo, used to sleep upside down on a piece of slate. Whenever I wanted a good look at her, I'd just pick up the slate and she'd stay stubbornly anchored.
Unlike ordinary loaches, which hold on to rocks or the glass with their mouths, the Borneo has a sucker almost the entire length of its body. Meaning that it can withstand extremely strong currents in the wild.
Easily the fastest swimmers in the community fish tank; it once took the fuming pet shop lady a full 20 minutes to catch the last hillstream loach between two nets!
My favourite loach of all is the reclusive kuhli. This strikingly stripey eel-like creature is only 4"/10cm long in adulthood. Rarely to be seen during daylight hours, they burrow under the gravel, only to emerge by the pale light of the moon (or your moon-effect nightlight).
The kuhli loach's expression reminds me of a certain member of my family who I once, at the tender age of 12, likened to "an old hornet" in an official document!
Kuhli loaches don't live long. They are very sensitive to water quality and only survive in well-tended, established tanks. My two both died... yet the Old Hornet lives on!
WISHING A FANTASTICAL WEEKEND TO ALL THE FAMILY!
Saturday, August 13, 2011
Tiny Tits
Bluetits are the most beautiful garden birds in Britain...
and are known as far away as China
where the agile fluttering featheries are called the
"the blue mountain bird"
Wishing y'all a very
CHIRPY WEEKEND!
Saturday, August 06, 2011
Roborovski Entertainment Circus
TINY HANDTAME ROBOROVSKI HAMSTERS
Here is Butter the white faced roborovski hammy. Look how tiny the (fully grown) hamster is compared to the hand:~
This one's called Lily, very cute, more of a struggler. Look how quick she pings on the wheel:
ROBO DUST BATH
Open secret: hamsters love taking dust baths:
ROBO SWIMMING
no they don't look like they're "enjoying it" but they do look cute and very tiny nonetheless...
WISHING Y'ALL A VERY FURRY WEEKEND INDEED...
Saturday, July 30, 2011
African Pygymy Mice
THESE are the smallest mice in the world: look how one is too tiny even to make the wheel spin [at first]...
As long as a roborovski hamster, but oh so much thinner:~~~~~~~
KEITH FLOYD on the docks in Hong Kong. "Mealy-mouthed water taxi owners are asking $100 each to film here where any person can walk freely..." he says and lets them reprimand away in Chinese in the background...
Saturday, July 23, 2011
A Furry Day
THUMB-SIZED ENTERTAINERS
look at that deep ruffly fur:
the tiny hammies do everything together:
WISHING Y'ALL A FURRY WEEKEND!
THESE ARE 3 NATURE VIDEOS WITH MUSIC
... transcendent, inspirational ...
I was actually looking for the music, but you might prefer the vids........
UNION JACK: RED HERRING
(total coincidence) this was posted up by Trisch Li, manic lady, as featured in my sidebar...! (why do our paths cross so often Trisch? and you died before I ever could meet you)
ATLANTIC OCEAN: WATERFALL
and here are 2 more vids by Orbital
HALCYON ON AND ON
this one shows the whole world... and elephants' feet...
BELFAST
not a nature vid at all i'm afraid...
and last but not least here's a video accompanying
PAUL VAN DYK MIX of HUMATE: LOVE SIMULATION, as posted the other day. an alltime classic.....
Saturday, July 16, 2011
Meerkats
PS Don't miss my miseryguts post from earlier today...
Saturday, July 09, 2011
Shetland Donkies
... little trotter donkies ...
FURRY FRIDAY ON SATURDAY
... officially known as Shetland Ponies ...
... these are the tiniest trotters in the United Kingdom ...
... noted for their distinctive manes ...
... these little trotters are tiny enough to become household pets ...
... in times of old Shetlands worked as pit-ponies, dragging multi-tonne weights, so a grown man is no problem ...
... usually, however, they prefer lighter loads ...
WISHING Y'ALL A CHEERFUL TROTTER WEEKEND
... AND DON'T FORGET TO VIEW TODAY'S OTHER TWO POSTS; BETTY FORD AND WATCH THE BIRDIE ...
★★★★★★★★★★★★
more singing by the greatest voice in the world
Friday, July 01, 2011
Fuzzy Donkies in the Snow
IT'S REALLY HOT THIS END...
... so to cool y'all off, here's some fuzzy donkies in the snow...
WISHING Y'ALL A CHEERY WEEKEND
IF IT CANNOT BE CHEERY ...
THEN MAY IT BE TOLERABLE!
Saturday, June 11, 2011
Hello Hammy Hamster!
TALES OF THE RIVERBANK: FIRST PAST THE POST
This is the very last Tales of the Riverbank I can get, so I hope y'all like it...
HAMMY HAMSTER GOES ORGANIC
HAMMY HAMSTER GOES ORGANIC: OUTTAKES
wishing y'all
a very furry
weekend
indeed!
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Bugerlugs, here are some proposed Hammynames. Not sure about Samantha and Mary, but I think any the other ones would suit any furry pinger down to the ground:~~~~~~~
Chrystobel, Samantha, Mary, Poppy
Morph, Diamorph, Bea, Indica, Sativa, Ephedra, Coca, Meow
Manic, Schizz, Munchausen, Delirium
Perkins, Durry, Trotter, Scrabbler, Jugstable, Ping, Scuttle, Scratcher, Earwasher, Tonkie, Swine
Saturday, May 28, 2011
HARES!
Hares are much larger than rabbits.
Longer limbs give them a far faster "bound".
And unlike rabbits they have never been domesticated...
Not even the really cute Arctic Hare!European Hares.
Arctic Hares.
PS: I've found a rehab where you're even allowed pinging hamsters in a tank!
Saturday, May 21, 2011
White Tigers
FURRY FRIDAY ON SATURDAY
White tigers aren't albinos; they're a naturally occurring variation from the ordinary orange and black coloration....
White tigers are usually slightly bigger than orange tigers
They're very well camouflaged against one another
Aren't the cubs cute..?This tiger isn't white, but it looks very entertaining playing with a bear
WISHING Y'ALL A FURRY WEEKEND!!
Saturday, April 16, 2011
Tubby Entertainers
I'm a golden hamster...
I pack my pouches
I'm a tubby entertainer
I love nibbling things in my nest
After a big day pinging, I sleep like a tiny baby...WISHING Y'ALL A TUBBY-FURRY WEEKEND!
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