5 posts tagged “cute animals”

i came upstairs this morning and geoff broke the news of knut's death threat to me. wow. the cover of vanity fair and now this! he really is a celebrity!

more knut facts and updates i learned today:
- he has a 15 person security detail
- he wasn't sick he was just TEETHING! how cute is that??? even his maladies are cute! this is him nursing his sore tooth before he went on a few days of cage rest.

he's feeling better now and playing with his squeaky toys again- AWWWWWWWWWWWW!

- another fact: he and his trainer -- who should do nothing but speak to the press because he has the best quotes ever-- aren't always this chummy:

in fact, the trainer says sometimes he just wants to "hurl (knut) against a wall"

but then again, "what can I do? He's a little baby and wants attention."

The article continues:

"Dörflein said he tries to teach Knut manners when he becomes too aggressive because he is hungry or overtired. 'I take him by the scruff of his neck and shake him a bit, then he's better. He feels all right again after that and tries to apologize by coming up very close and being peaceful and giving me that friendly look.' "

then they cuddle more:

it's so like vinnie and i. once he "accidentally" savagely bit me. i was trying to give winnie some meds and he got all macho big brother on me. we didn't talk for days. i was crying because i was so mad and hurt he would bite me. then, finally he tried to apologize by coming up very close and being peaceful and giving me that friendly look. i guess i'm a sucker for that peaceful, friendly look too....

knut is sick!!! i continue to be amused by his handlers quotes.

"At the moment he is resting on his blanket and sleeping," is only not funny next to the quote, "the little one is not a machine."

such a crazy phenomenon because on one hand, it's odd that everyone is still so captivated by this guy that we need regular updates on what he is doing while ill and when -- or dear God, WHEN- he will be back. When he gets old will we lose interest? can this possibly last much longer? recent pictures show he's clearly getting older....will people start to find a way to say "he's not cute or not nice?"

on the other hand, i was totally upset when i heard he was sick, so how can i criticise? oh knut. get well soon, ok, buddy?

in the lacy-ellis household, we've found the phrase "copy cat" is one cliche that holds true. in fact, we have our suspicions that vinnie was the original inspiration for it. he'll walk in a room, see how winnie is laying, push her off that chair and lay in the exact same pose. ditto for stealing toys she's playing with and laps she's sitting in.

so we're used to the whole sibling jealously thing. see here the fallout when winnie was named cat of the year, not boo or vinnie.

apparently this also exists in the pierce-fortner household. this is detroit's reaction to all the attention sophie has been getting after her debut on this blog.

we tried to reach detroit for comment, but all he had to say was, "she's NOT just fluffy!" and then he hung up on us.

says his mom: "he's such a sore loser!"

This is how the conversation went last week in the lacy-ellis household:

sarah: What makes knut SO adorable???
geoff: Hasn't anyone ever seen a polar bear before? what's the big deal?

apparently there are answers to these questions. according to knut's keeper, he is so adorable because he has a short nose, round head and big paws. oh, ok. And people are going nuts because "there is no one who can say he's not cute. there is no one who can say he's not nice." thanks. got it.

What's that? less matter of fact answers to rhetorical questions and more cute photos? i couldn't agree more...

i could look at this absurdly adorable polar bear ALL DAY LONG. how can he be so great??? if you are ever blue go to this slide show STAT.