May 22, 2003

Nature!


Not to make myself look like any more of a dork than I already am, but I fucking love nature programs.

Last night PBS had a nature program about ancient species who were mentioned in the bible and still living in the holy land. I now want a Hyrax to live at my house. Look at these fucking things! They used to be as big as fucking Oxen!

Posted by Sonya at May 22, 2003 02:23 PM
Comments

I want to BE a hyrax... when I grow up of course.

Posted by: sammus at May 22, 2003 02:53 PM

So I looked at that picture and was all like, what? A furry creature? What kind of alien is that?

Yeah, so I guess I read your post incorrectly. Apparently being in the Bible does not also mean that the creatures were space aliens worthy of county fair art.

But it should.

Posted by: Ida at May 22, 2003 03:11 PM

Man, that thing looks like a giant mouse itchin' to sock somebody in the throat! I guess you'd have to develop that kind of attitude if your cousins were elephants and manatees.

I can just imagine the scenario. A bunch of animals are at recess on the savanna, and a smart-ass baboon comes up to a hyrax and says, "Hey Dassie, yo' mama was a sea-cow!" -- THWACK! Kung-fu throat-punch from one of those clawed rear feet.

Posted by: THE COMTE at May 22, 2003 03:12 PM

Well, Sonya, their habits of using latrines and eating a variety of vegetative material make them easy to keep.

Posted by: Mol at May 22, 2003 03:15 PM

comte, darling, I'm taking away your 'talking about throat punching' privileges.

Posted by: sjet at May 22, 2003 03:50 PM

I would like to retract my previous statement, I would NOT like to be a Hyrax when i grow up... I'm not sure how fond i'd be of the bare scent gland in the middle of my back. And, i'm not quite sure what a 'serval' or 'civet' is but being hunted by leopards, pythons (not to mention large birds) and relying on simply biting and running for defense as i forage for herbage throughout the night dosen't sound too fun either.... it would be really nice to have a swahili name at some point though.

Posted by: sammus at May 22, 2003 04:19 PM

Okay, but you have to admit that little thing looks MEAN!

Posted by: THE COMTE at May 22, 2003 04:34 PM

Isn't the Hyrax that Dr. Seuss character that's all worried about logging?

Posted by: bryant at May 22, 2003 05:25 PM

Bryant-
No.
-Josh

Posted by: Josh at May 22, 2003 05:32 PM

That was supposed to be funny, by the way.

Posted by: Josh at May 22, 2003 05:33 PM

Rather than... you know, like, mean.

Posted by: Josh at May 22, 2003 05:34 PM

Pas de problem.

I just get my Dr. Suess and my old testament mixed up now and then.

(Yertle the Turtle's the one about the Israelites, right?)

Posted by: bryant at May 22, 2003 09:14 PM

That was the Lorax, I think.

Posted by: UnderwearNinja at May 23, 2003 09:05 AM

no, the lorax is what makes your vocal chords vibrate.

Posted by: benlau at May 23, 2003 09:31 AM

No, Lorax (tm) is what you use to bleach your vocal chords.

Either that or it's the middle part of an insect...

Posted by: THE COMTE at May 23, 2003 03:45 PM