Because almost everyone loves animals

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Otus appears to have a nice nature/personality

yea, he is a well behaving cat.

 

[MikeRocor]

The guy with an upside down picture of his dog on his profile, on a Linux forum non the less, doesn't want to feel weird..

I know it's a stretch. And the dog really -was- upside down in that picture, though I liked the remark that someone made that it's what she looks like in the washing machine.

 

[Cyberbleuet]

My doodle

 

[kibasnowpaw]

My doodle

Whish one of them or did you mean doodle's :-b

 

[Cyberbleuet]

Whish one of them or did you mean doodle's :-b

The big one is golden doodle and small Chinese dog.

 

[KGIII]

It took me way too long to see the 2nd dog. I was REALLY confused.

 

[MikeRocor]

My doodle

He's cute. What sort of doodle is he?

FWIW, I learned recently that a "mastidoodle" has mastiff and poodle ancestry and no mastadon blood whatsoever... that would be a "mastadoodle", with an 'a' in the middle instead of an 'i'.

 

[KGIII]

FWIW, I learned recently that a "mastidoodle" has mastiff and poodle ancestry and no mastadon blood whatsoever...

I'm going to assume that's a joke. I mean, yeah... They've been extinct for a long time. Like, they existed until about 10,000 BCE. They're gone. They don't even have any descendants.

 

[Condobloke]

It took me way too long to see the 2nd dog.

I thought.....this is a 'where's wally" post.....

 

[Sherri is a Cat]

It took me way too long to see the 2nd dog. I was REALLY confused.

I thought it was a joke I wasn't here for. Then I thought maybe I'm blind. Then I noticed an odd looking pillow...

 

[Sherri is a Cat]

.....it's what she looks like in the washing machine.

You put you're dog in the washing machine???

 

[MikeRocor]

It took me way too long to see the 2nd dog. I was REALLY confused.

Without your endorsement of the "second dog theory", I would never have discerned the second dog as being a non-pillow.

 

[MikeRocor]

You put you're dog in the washing machine???

The "double coated" breeds are notoriously hard to get really clean... but no, I don't put them in the washing machine. Nor do I actually tumble dry them (even with low heat) line dry them nor microwave them, though these things make great conversation starters.

The round avatar with the upside down Corgi face in it -does- look a little like looking into a front-loader. And shrinkage from machine washing and tumble drying would be a neat way to explain the short Corgi legs.

 

[MikeRocor]

I'm going to assume that's a joke. I mean, yeah... They've been extinct for a long time. Like, they existed until about 10,000 BCE. They're gone. They don't even have any descendants.

Wasn't there some talk a while back about trying to bring back the mastodon by splicing some of its DNA into elephant DNA or vice versa?

I feel like if they wanted a hypoallergenic mastodon, maybe they could throw in some poodle DNA and let the pet elephant market decide if it succeeds or fails. No doubt the American Elephant Club would consider a poodle-like coat a disqualifying fault, but the pet market wouldn't care about such things.

(Yes, joking. And it looks like its "mastodon" rather than "mastadon", so "mastodoodle".)

 

[wizardfromoz]

I thought.....this is a 'where's wally" post.....

In US, it's "Where's Waldo?" I believe.

Just "translating", lol.

I wouldn't have spotted the 2nd dog.

 

[Sherri is a Cat]

The "double coated" breeds are notoriously hard to get really clean... but no, I don't put them in the washing machine. Nor do I actually tumble dry them (even with low heat) line dry them nor microwave them, though these things make great conversation starters.

The round avatar with the upside down Corgi face in it -does- look a little like looking into a front-loader. And shrinkage from machine washing and tumble drying would be a neat way to explain the short Corgi legs.

This is hilarious! I needed a good laugh this morning, thank you!

 

[KGIII]

Wasn't there some talk a while back about trying to bring back the mastodon by splicing some of its DNA into elephant DNA or vice versa?

We do have some aDNA from the permafrost and all that, but I'm not qualified to really opine on the matter. I don't think the elephant is even remotely related to them. That means I'm not sure how successful that would be, but there are experts on the matter who are more versed than I am. As far as I know, the species has no living relatives.

I suppose one could work backwards from there to find a common ancestor, but that is way outside of my wheelhouse. Biology has changed so much since I was in school. DNA was a thing, but it hadn't even been used in a court case. These days, the taxonomic order (domain, kingdom, phylum, class, etc) isn't really considered all that useful since we've done DNA sampling.

See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxonomic_rank#Significance_and_problems

And, as for the second dog, the only reason I saw the extra dog was the two comments. One asked about the other dog. That wouldn't have made me look back, but then they responded about the second dog. That's when I went back to look at the image.

I looked. I scrolled down to make sure of what I'd read. I looked again. I scrolled again. It took several tries, with the final try taking a good 15 seconds to notice it.

I'm reminded of the old memes. "Once you see it..." Or, perhaps, "What has been seen can not be unseen."

It doesn't help that I'm partially colorblind.

 

[kibasnowpaw]

Wasn't there some talk a while back about trying to bring back the mastodon by splicing some of its DNA into elephant DNA or vice versa?

idk how true it is but yes

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[Rocketing-warp9]

I am in a very Chicken mood at the moment, so here's a picture of a chicken jumping on my mother's head. (and yes, this really happened)
She was a good one, I tell ya all. It stinks that my mind is almost always cloudy.