TGIF! presents...The Slowass Sloth

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TGIF! presents...The Honey Badger!!

Thanks, Nicko! Hilarious...and there are more in this series. Come on, honey badger, you stupid little bitch! YOU ROCK!

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Snub-nosed monkey.

Barely two. Look at that face...thanks, National Geographic.

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I like to listen to the sounds of the gibbon.

My brother sent me this link a month ago. I was playing it just now for my goddaughter in Cali. I like to listen to the sounds of the gibbon.

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Happy Birthday, Ava (and a dose of Yoshi & Kiko)!

My good buddy Nick - and wife, Angela - celebrated Ava's birthday this past Saturday by getting the child garbed in her Halloween duds. Above, Ava's trying on Kiko's (one of the two pugs) Yoda ears. Hmmmm....no likey.

Much better. She's a duck. See it? Click on READ MORE! To see how pugs Kiko and Yoshi's faired with their costumes. トリックあるいは楽しみ!

Kiko.

Yoshi.

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Travis the chimp should still be alive!

That mauling of a lady by Travis the chimp recently - should have never happened.

1. Chimps belong in zoos or sanctuaries OR in the wild. Not as pets. I'm right and anyone who disagrees is wrong. Many think they shouldn't even be caged in zoos but that's a whole nuther debate.

2. Animals are unpredictable. Your cat could scratch the shit out of your face while you sleep for no particular reason. I know people who've experienced this. A chimp is 5x stronger than a grown man. Think about it.

3. Travis had a rap sheet. He bit someone in 1993. He caused a traffic disturbance in 2003. The owner was told that Travis is a problem chimp. Usually an animal over 50lbs. has to have a special license/restriction - something. That was waived in Travis' case - even with his rap sheet.

Travis. Look at that som'bitch! It's a freakin' sumo wrestler...and 5x stronger than a man?? No thanks.

4. I feel for the victim. It's horrible, but when she stepped into the chimp's "space" she took that risk. See #2.

5. The owner should know better. Like a vehicle on the road, the owner is ultimately responsible for her animal's behavior, as difficult of a task as that may seem. The owner should be sued. I hope she enjoys a world she can SEE because her friend surely won't have that luxury anymore.

6. I feel for Travis the most - the biggest victim. And he was stabbed and shot to death.

UPDATE: Cheetah the Chimp, 75, from the Tarzan movies was still alive as of April 2007.

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Koala survives 60-mph impact, 7 miles in grille.

CANBERRA, Australia - A koala that cheated death after being hit by a car at about 60 mph and dragged with his head jammed through the vehicle grille for about 7 miles is being dubbed Australia's luckiest marsupial.

The eight-year-old male koala, named "Ely 'Lucky' Grills" by rescuers, was struck by an unwitting motorist north of Brisbane and found only when the car stopped after being flagged down by another vehicle. "To have him survive and virtually unscathed is quite miraculous," Australian Wildlife Hospital spokeswoman Carolyn Beaton told Reuters on Tuesday.

Lucky was probably doped up on eucalyptus leaves and never felt a thing. (By the way, this is NOT Lucky. This Koala wasn't as fortunate.)

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