- Woo: Those birds must be sad not to have such sensitive paws.
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[0485] Through The Eyes Of A Raccoon
└ posted on Monday, 27 May 2013, by Novil
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Red: (thinks) That raccoon must be sad not to have my incredible vocal projection and rhetorical delivery… *ahem* I’M RED THE ROBIN! GET OUT OF HERE! THIS IS MY TERRITORY! ALL OTHER ROBINS ARE WIMPS! (thinks) See? A finely nuanced message every time. Oh, and I fly pretty well too!
Sandra: “Hey Woo, lookie lookie!”
Woo: “What?”
Sandra: *waggling her thumbs* “Oppo-sa-ble thumbs! Oppo-sa-ble thumbs! Fully functional oppo-sa-ble thumbs!” *grinning*
Woo: “Yeah yeah go ahead brag all you want. Just wait until those dolphins grow opposable thumbs too and see what happened.”
Woah… What does he mean by sensitive? What does he use all that sensitivity for? (and while looking at couple making out)
@ AckAckAck:
Dolphins? Must… resist…. quoting…. Douglas Adams…
Also, I think it’s great to see the difference between Woo and most of the human people. He doesn’t say “I wish I could have beautiful wings like that bird and fly”, he is fully proud of his paws and their possibilities. In some ways, it’s like saying: “I’m fully happy with what I have and my potentials, and I’d never change it with anything else in the world”.
I really appreciate this sort of “species-related self-asteem”.
Sandra: “….”
Woo: “These birds are also going to be sad when I catch one of them.”
Careful woo… you might ruffle their feathers and end up in a Hitchcock flick!
Do you mean “Those birds must be sad that they have such sensitive paws?” I don’t understand the sentence otherwise. I’m thinking along the lines of them holding their legs and talons close to them so it looks like they are protecting them because they are sensitive.
Ted wrote:
Not likely. Birds have very bony feet. They lack the nice soft pads that a raccoon has, and Woo obviously feels superior.
*JOKE SPOILER*
It runs a dual purpose as a joke, that Woo fails to see the benefits of what the birds have… and mocks humanity for always being a ‘grass is greener’ crowd.
-Hope that helps!
@ AckAckAck:
so long and thanks for all the fish…
happy day-after towel day!
Ted wrote:
Raccoons have really sensitive paws, more sensitive than human fingertips, and he’s quite proud of it.
And why would they? Plus, I can understand having claws and all that, but I never really knew that Birds couldn’t feel with their feet and wings. If that’s true, then that’s interesting to know. If it isn’t, then Woo is an idiot. XD
@ Ted:
The sense of touch is extremely important to raccoons.
See the BBC video Touchy Subject
I used to feed the raccoons in my backyard. There were a couple of young raccoons that would take food out of my hand. They were always feeling my hand with their paws, even when I didn’t have food in it. They were always entertaining. Sadly they no longer come around much since I got a dog.
Sadly they are illegal as pets where I live.
But they have wings. What do you say now, Woo?
Woo has funny ways of expressing jealousy, doesn`t he?
Birds may not have paws, but their wings are awfully sensitive. If you have a shy, skittish pet bird, the last place it would ever let you touch is its wings.
(Plus, birds’ sex organs are hidden inside the back just underneath the wings, so if a bird does let you pet its wings, it may be having totally different feelings about the petting from what you expect…)
You know…I never thought about it like that.
But most of the time, the birds are fine. Here’s what their chirps are translated into english:
“I HAVE A BONER! I HAVE A BONER! I HAVE A BONER!” “I MADE A NEST! I MADE A NEST! I MADE A NEST!” “I’M HORNY! I’M HORNY! I’M HORNY!”, “FOOD FOOD FOOD FOOD FOOD FOOD FOOD FOOD FOOD!!!” etc.
Birds are terrible for conversation.
@ Volt:
I’m guessing ‘om nom nom.’
@ Marbles:
True enough. There’s also “GTFO! GTFO! GETTAWAI FRUM MAH BAYBEHZ!!” Though I like to think that some’s diction is better… and that corvids are mostly chill.
Cinnamoon wrote:
AKA lack of ambition and/or imagination…