Animals

[billy.pilgrim]

Cats are safer.

They steal baby's breath.

VERIFY: Do cats 'suck the breath' out of babies and suffocate them?

WHAT? Is this seriously true, that cats will sniff milk on a baby's breath and in turn suffocate the baby?

The answer: NO....

I believe billy.pilgrim over some "expert".

I always do

[billy.pilgrim]

I'm pretty sure an "ankle biter" is a small kid. Like a "crumb snatcher" or "carpet crawler." A small dog that bites ankles is called a "football."

That's what we have always called them.

[Vrede too]

VERIFY: Do cats 'suck the breath' out of babies and suffocate them?
While the claim that a cat will purposefully suffocate your baby is false, the VERIFY team did find one incident in the United Kingdom in 2000 where a six week old baby died after the family cat fell asleep on his face. Still - Dr. Johnson says that situation is incredibly rare.

What does Dr. Johnson know?
A pussy damn near smothered me one ti.....
wait, never mind. TMI!

[neoplacebo]

VERIFY: Do cats 'suck the breath' out of babies and suffocate them?
While the claim that a cat will purposefully suffocate your baby is false, the VERIFY team did find one incident in the United Kingdom in 2000 where a six week old baby died after the family cat fell asleep on his face. Still - Dr. Johnson says that situation is incredibly rare.

What does Dr. Johnson know?
A pussy damn near smothered me one ti.....
wait, never mind. TMI!

Damn, that happened to you, too? I was lucky to have the tap out signal honored or I'd be a goner.

[Ulysses]

VERIFY: Do cats 'suck the breath' out of babies and suffocate them?
While the claim that a cat will purposefully suffocate your baby is false, the VERIFY team did find one incident in the United Kingdom in 2000 where a six week old baby died after the family cat fell asleep on his face. Still - Dr. Johnson says that situation is incredibly rare.

What does Dr. Johnson know?
A pussy damn near smothered me one ti.....
wait, never mind. TMI!

Damn, that happened to you, too? I was lucky to have the tap out signal honored or I'd be a goner.

Appears to have caused some serious brain damage, though.

[Vrede too]

Damn, that happened to you, too? I was lucky to have the tap out signal honored or I'd be a goner.

Appears to have caused some serious brain damage, though.

If one is conscious and able to tap out no brain damage is occurring. What caused yours?

[Leo Lyons]

Damn, that happened to you, too? I was lucky to have the tap out signal honored or I'd be a goner.

If one is conscious and able to tap out no brain damage is occurring.

One doesn't tap out so easily when that flying leg-lock is applied.
Fresh air does become a premium though.

Appears to have caused some serious brain damage, though.

Hmmm... I don't believe we've had the pleasure Ulysses ...
Judging by your reply, you haven't either; either that or you're speaking from
experience because you failed to come up for air.
Life's a bitch, ain't it?
(p.s. don't knock it if you ain't tried it. If you like, I'll post some juicy video links you
can check out for easy to follow instructions; let me know.)

[Ulysses]

Louse got your tongue?

The tongue-eating louse does exactly what its name suggests

OK, probably only a problem if you're a guppy... for now...

It's the stuff of nightmares, or science fiction: a parasite that wants to get inside an animal's mouth, where it attacks — and replaces — the tongue. That's the incredibly specific, terribly icky job of the tongue-eating louse.

Luckily for humans, the isopod doesn't affect people. But the Atlantic croaker and other fish are less fortunate, as a recent Facebook posting by the Galveston Island State Park in Texas shows.

"This parasite detaches the fish's tongue, attaches itself to the fish's mouth, and becomes its tongue," the wildlife agency said, expounding on a photo showing the isopod curled inside a croaker's mouth. "The parasite then feeds on the fish's mucus. It also happens to be the only known case where a parasite functionally replaces a host's organ."

Several commenters on the post said that for years now, they've seen the tongue-eating louse on fish in nearby Gulf of Mexico waters.

Seems to put a new twist on the old admonition, "Cat got your tongue?" ...

[O Really]

VERIFY: Do cats 'suck the breath' out of babies and suffocate them?
While the claim that a cat will purposefully suffocate your baby is false, the VERIFY team did find one incident in the United Kingdom in 2000 where a six week old baby died after the family cat fell asleep on his face. Still - Dr. Johnson says that situation is incredibly rare.

What does Dr. Johnson know?
A pussy damn near smothered me one ti.....
wait, never mind. TMI!

Damn, that happened to you, too? I was lucky to have the tap out signal honored or I'd be a goner.

In Oregon, there is apparently similar risk from a beaver. Particularly after they grow out winter hair.

[Ulysses]

[neoplacebo]

VERIFY: Do cats 'suck the breath' out of babies and suffocate them?
While the claim that a cat will purposefully suffocate your baby is false, the VERIFY team did find one incident in the United Kingdom in 2000 where a six week old baby died after the family cat fell asleep on his face. Still - Dr. Johnson says that situation is incredibly rare.

What does Dr. Johnson know?
A pussy damn near smothered me one ti.....
wait, never mind. TMI!

Damn, that happened to you, too? I was lucky to have the tap out signal honored or I'd be a goner.

In Oregon, there is apparently similar risk from a beaver. Particularly after they grow out winter hair.

Speaking of winter hair, I may search for my mistletoe belt, freshen it up for the upcoming season.

[Vrede too]

I'm okay with the risque and kinky in general, but associating a young boy with what Leo Lyons, neoplacebo and O Really are discussing is too creepy for me. Ick.

Speaking of winter hair, I may search for my mistletoe belt, freshen it up for the upcoming season.

[Vrede too]

I wonder how many nearby wild animals I've been clueless about.

Watch: Oblivious hikers startle Yellowstone wolf pack

If these hikers ever see the video and recognize themselves, they'll probably want to die. That was a less than once in a lifetime event.

[O Really]

I'm okay with the risque and kinky in general, but associating a young boy with what Leo Lyons, neoplacebo and O Really are discussing is too creepy for me. Ick.

Been done long ago. Line from the actual show: June: "You were a little rough on the Beaver last night, Ward"

[Vrede too]

Not the same, IMO.

[neoplacebo]

I'm okay with the risque and kinky in general, but associating a young boy with what Leo Lyons, neoplacebo and O Really are discussing is too creepy for me. Ick.

Been done long ago. Line from the actual show: June: "You were a little rough on the Beaver last night, Ward"

My favorite beaver thing was in The Naked Gun movie when Leslie Nielsen said to Priscilla Presley while she was up on a ladder "nice beaver" and she said "thanks, I just had it stuffed."

[Ulysses]

Seems perfectly innocent:

[Vrede too]

Eat you heart out, CA and HI. NC has surfing deer:

Watch large buck ‘riding the waves’ in ocean off NC beach. ‘It was an amazing sight’ (video)



Deerabunga!

[GoCubsGo]

Eat you heart out, CA and HI. NC has surfing deer:

Watch large buck ‘riding the waves’ in ocean off NC beach. ‘It was an amazing sight’ (video)



Deerabunga!

Standing in the surf getting hit by waves is riding the waves?

Low standards.

[Ulysses]

Standing in the surf getting hit by waves is riding the waves?

Low standards.

Not to mention the relatively puny wave action.

Here's a respectable surfing wave: