Class, please note:
1. tiniest eye slit, sooooo tie-tie
2. Upright miniscule ear nobbule
3. Up-turned paw pads
4. 'Tocks, splayed
5. More upright paw pad action
6. Overall lumpular shape
THAT, my friends, is how it's DONE. Take notes, Kaisa K.
[Panning across globe] Let's check in on the China Wolong Giant Panda Protection and Research Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province, where surviving pandas and workers are doing well. 5 workers were lost and 3 pandas remain missing after the quake...
Look at these guys, they're all falling over themselfs and stuff.
Thanks for the update, Monica :) Full story at ChinaView.
Let's check in on Wilbär the polar bear. from the Stuttgart Zoo and Botanical Garden. For some reason, Wilbär is shown chilling in a basket like he's about to be delivered via stork.
Then, you gotta see his lil' swim photos—so prosh. He's all freezing his 'tocks off and stuff.
Monica, thank you for alerting us to the basket and bathing action.
I usually max out at three times in a row. Maaaaaaaaaaybe four. This guy must have a grasshopper up his nose.
Let's not forget the ORIGINAL hilaious panda sneeze video either. Encore!
Whole lotta snorfin' goin' on RuthElisa K.!
After that devastating earthquake, that's some good news, People. News via CNN.
This can only mean more snow rolling in preparation for the Olympics.
Su playing in the snow, originally uploaded by kjdrill.
Su really loves snow!, originally uploaded by kjdrill.
Yoga Master, originally uploaded by kjdrill.
Hilarious Su Lin, originally uploaded by kjdrill.
Rolling around in the snow, originally uploaded by kjdrill.
That's one happy panda!!, originally uploaded by kjdrill.
CNN has this lil' Thai bear falling asleep. Check out his smooshed schnozzle action NOT TO MENTION the best in eye capsulage.
Excellent submishe, Janny, Rebecca S. and Kate S.
Is it because they walk like Japanese schoolgirls!?
Is it because they squeak incessantly and demand milks?
Is it because they HAVE PENETRATING BEADY EYES!?
Watch this video (on the NPR site) and find out.
Video by NPR's David Gilkey, submitted by Faris H. ;)
The geniuseses over at the Nuremberg Zoo have packed their Pic-of-the-Day archive chock full of Flocke-tastic morsels. Some gems are below...
Check out the wallpaperes too -- they're POTENT!
She's the new Knut, right Kristabelle?
Thanks to our new "bears!" category, we can successfully chunk these guys in their new category beep booop beeep
Here's how the Maine Bear Monitoring went this year:
1. eye capsules? check? OK, put 'em back in their den!
2. 110% prosh? Check!
OK, I think we're done here, Lynette! [Hands clapping in 'done' motion] Way to go Crown of Maine.com!
Wow, almost 500 comments on the 'Pa-sickie" video! You People are nuuuuuuuuuuuts!
[Patting you on the back] It's gonna be OK. We're all gonna be OK.
MSNBC did a story on Flocke 'n' Knut, your fave Polar Bear book-ends. Photo by Joerg Koch. Gracias to Sender-Inner Kristyn L.
Flocke made her public debut today at the Nuremberg Zoo. She jumped right on in (Check out entire vid on CNN...)
Welcome to the outside world, Flockie. Great update!
It's that time of year again, when young bearages and their Moms come out of their sleepy, Wintery dens for a good flop.
EXCELLENT find, Specklet!
Bear Weigher Guy: "We got another one, he's about 9 pounds, blue eyes, cute as a button."
(The Boston Globe says there is a bear census going on and this new little guy was just added.)
Very nice find, Bobbeh A. :D
She's teeething!
She's teeething!
RUN AWAY! (Before you get chomped)
For ALL Flocke news and glimpses of her eye capsules, check out this site. (English-language version)
Detlev R., the January photo archives on Flocke might kill Peeps. Thanks a lot.
Ma'am your Behbeh might fall off. Please get a car seat.
You're a 'bear'? Tell that to the Judge Ma'am.
Lori W., that bebeh has perfectly rounded 'tocks.
This just in; teeny ears and even teenier eyes alert!
Paws, on the other hand are growing our of control.
Mmmm, milktastic mcNappersons... Zzzzzz
Thank you for the up-to-the-minute cuteporting, Jennifer M. More on the new baby polar bear here. Warning, brush up on your German 101 first.
I guess she's not going by the name "Knut Numero Dos", but "Flocke" or Snowflake.
Ahhnnnnggghh. Tongueitude.
Dorothee B., her eyes look like little tildes. ~ ~
This lil' "Knut Dos" is going to be hand-reared in the Nuremberg Zoo after it was feared Momma might chomp on him. [sad head tilt]
Check out the movie here.
Oh My Deer, nice submeeshons.
Holy Rumble in the Jungle, People, check this baby brown bear action.
That one behbeh bear is all—"I KNOW my ears look dee-lee-shous, many have tried to eat them before AND FAILED HI-YAH KARATE CHOP"
Nice work, Ron N. Niiiiiiiiice.
OK, it's a little hard to tell just what you're looking at here, lemme see if I can explain [looking over glasses, adjusting lab coat]
From left to right, two front paws, outstrayched. The the head, turned to the side with tiny teef showing. A tail overlaps the head area, followed by back feets and 'tockular area. [re-adjusts glasses]
Right, Roxanne S.?
How often do you get to see bear 'tocks AND paw pads? At CuteOverload, we SERVE 'EM UP! (Not to mention the tailio Iglesias.)
Ehn! David Bean, EXCELLENT Bronx Zoo action!
Day 1! [What animal could this be?]
Still day 1! [Please note faintest of smiles]
Day 2!
Day 2 agin!
Day 7... [Dark circles, coming into focus around eyes!]
Day 25!!!11OMG!!1
Day 25, encore!
Another photo from day 25...
![Getting strong noooow! [Rocky music]](http://mfrost.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/06/14/25day4_2.jpg "Getting strong noooow! [Rocky music]")
Day 30...
Day 35!
s'more Day 35...
Day 85!
Day 90!
And finally, Day 120. ahn [head tilt]
Emily S., you are toooooo much. This looks like Butterball the Panda—is it? Do tell!
WHERE MAH PEEPS AT!???
Hmm? Whaa?
...Oh. Sorries.
As the cliché goes, we've been up to our eyeballs in alligators. (Hmm, maybe shoulda used that as the photo? Dunno. Can't think yet.) Wasn't what you'd call a relaxing weekend. Updates a-comin' though. This one's from the San Francisco Chronicle again... gotta love 'em. Photo of Mei Xiang snapped by Ron Edmonds (AP).
Knut, the International Subearstar, is steppin' it up a notch with this one. Crimminy, People.
Sender-inner Brinke thinks this is the best Knut photo yet. I am cautiously optimistic, but I'm wondering what you think. And I'm talkin' to you Annie Leibowitz.
Brinke G., Danke!
Yer hair gits all matted and you have sleep in your eye capsules, and yer SUPER HUNGRY
BLEEEEHHH [claws flex]
Merci, Discovery Channel and Submitter Kory J.!
Best Week Ever is running another Knut clip. We cant git enough of this little dude.
Thanks for the shout out, BWE ;)
One of our favorites; the second member of the Hour of Power (The Daily Show + The Colbert Reporrrr), Stephen Colbert, is reporting a mini threat down. The topic? KNUT the Polar bear!
TOATES!
aroooooogah
aroooooogah
whoop whoop whoop
Panda 'Tocks Alert, People!
Yahoo and Reuters are reportin' that Knut the polar bear has something to say. (Please check out his "wazzup Bitches" [snicker] paw pads pose below)
And, that tongue ain't goin' back in, People.
The gut? priceless.
Katt, this is a totally potent submishe...
In fact, don't just name this panda, name ALL EIGHTEEN BEBEH pan-pan cubs in a Name a Giant Panda contest put on by the Research and Conservation Center for Giant Pandas. ChinaDaily.com.cn is collecting name submissions until February 5.
May I suggest: "'Tock 'Tock"? (Will you puh-lease check out bebeh panda #13 below)
Pandafix, THE place to snort panda photos, told us about this breaking panda news. [bowing head in thanks] Oh, and Pandafix is the only place on teh InterWebs with a category called "Panda Lovemaking." And you thought I was weird.
Check out the sweetness that is "Mei Lan" the prize bebeh panda of the Atlanta Zoo. She's learning valuable lessons, right in front of your eyes!
Lesson 1. How to eat bamboo. Snorgle first, then place in chompers like Columbo.
Lesson 2. For best results during media visits, pretend it's your 1986 school pic and post with a "log".
3. Life's cruel lesson: [Say in Casey Kasem radio voice] "Keep your feet on the ground, and keep reaching for those stars"
Ehn! (Also, please note complete lack of 'tocks)
and Lesson 4: Try and focus your eyeballs. This isn't the Chihuahua exhibit.
Way to be a sender-inner, Erin G. ;)
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