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02 October 2005

Remember the Japanese cute animal blog?
Still cute.

post by: Edible Energy at: 20:26 | 25 comments

wow, what's with the huge space?

posted by Edible Energy 02 October | 20:28

uhhh, marmosets?
Otters.

posted by Wolfdog 02 October | 20:45

Yup,otters. And I don't think that's a wombat either.

posted by jrossi4r 02 October | 21:01

double oops.

posted by Edible Energy 02 October | 21:02

The pic with the grown up otters making a donut around the baby is just great.

posted by puddinghead 02 October | 21:06

Still cute though!

posted by jrossi4r 02 October | 21:06

But nothing is as cute as the I Love You Kitten.

posted by Marxchivist 02 October | 21:15

The Japanese know their cute. (If you read that aloud, people would completely misunderstand it.)

posted by BoringPostcards 02 October | 21:54

This is a yoga position I haven't learned yet:

≡ Click to see image ≡

posted by mudpuppie 02 October | 22:05

what's that stance called?

posted by Edible Energy 02 October | 22:07

What's that animal called?

posted by puddinghead 02 October | 22:46

I believe that's a lemur, puddinghead.

posted by deborah 02 October | 23:10

a ring-tailed lemur from Madagascar?

posted by MightyNez 02 October | 23:23

I was afraid of that, so very afraid. That lemur(I can barely write the words) is in the "Budweiser" stance. Quick, someone, get him a brew before this goes any further!

*shudders*

posted by puddinghead 02 October | 23:25

≡ Click to see image ≡
I didn't see any otters called marmosets, but the cat-cow was disturbing, but less disturbing than the "POTUS" handling corn...

posted by MightyNez 02 October | 23:53

When it clicks, it becomes huge.

Or so babel fish tells me.

posted by nickdanger 03 October | 00:09

Are you getting "marmosets" from an online translation??　I'm not seeing anything like that in Japanese.

posted by MightyNez 03 October | 00:23

No 'marmoset' from babel fish, although this is rather cryptic:

Secret mechanic wow Soviet baby 2

Oh hilarity.

/click, huge.

posted by nickdanger 03 October | 00:40

I see "baby otters" -- kawauso no aka-chan (baby)...

posted by MightyNez 03 October | 00:44

I think 'marmoset' was just a guess, MightyNez.

Come to think of it, I'm not altogether sure what a marmoset actually *is.*

posted by nickdanger 03 October | 10:17

≡ Click to see image ≡

posted by Hugh Janus 03 October | 10:53

a marmoset is a little monkey --> ≡ Click to see image ≡
(the ~~Soviet~~baby version)

and just for reference, here's a marmot: ≡ Click to see image ≡

posted by MightyNez 03 October | 11:46

So, if they fought, which one would win?

Obviously the monkey has advantages in opposable thumbs and disarming cuteness, but in a home game the marmot could easily capitalize on its adaptation to a high alititude environment while the marmoset would be left gasping.

Hmmm. Place your bets.

posted by nickdanger 03 October | 11:52

My God, Hugh Janus, it's the Rabbit of Caerbannog, isn't it? Unless someone has a Holy Hand Grenade, we're screwed. The wabbit wins.

posted by puddinghead 03 October | 12:25

ahhhh. I was thinking of a marmot, which I think I've only seen in the big lebowski. Anyways, cute little buggers, them otters are!
≡ Click to see image ≡

posted by Edible Energy 03 October | 12:31

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