Animals That Should Have Their Own Picture Books - Part... Something Or Other

No. It is not a hoax. I know it looks like it's sticking out its tongue at you. I know it looks like an Anime sidekick. But I'm afraid that it's all too real. It's an octopus of the genus Grimpoteuthis. We'll call him grimpy for short. We'll give him a complex and anti-social attitudes. We'll paint him purple and call him Grimace. He will, in short, be a hit.

Thanks to Boing Boing for the link.

Animals That Should Have Their Own Picture Books, Part ... somethin'

Here is my nightly schedule Monday - Thursday during the week.

11:00 - Watch Daily Show
11:30 - Watch Colbert Report
12:00 - Post blogs for next day

Well recently said schedule paid off when Colbert approved of the German animal activist who wanted to see a baby polar bear offed because his mother rejected him. Colbert fears bears, yet even he was cowed before the scampering of this little guy.

The sensationalist aspects of the story do make me wonder how credible it really is. Is the fellow calling for cubby's death a reliable source or just a single nutter? When any paper talks about a group en masse, be librarians "everywhere" objecting to Lucky or animal rights activists in general, you have cause to be suspicious.

Regardless, you could probably make a children's book out of the original story in and of itself. Take one adorable animal:



Check.

Add in tragedy, i.e. rejected by his own mother.
Voila, instant children's book.

The trick here is to keep Hollywood's hands off this story. I don't wanna have to deal with a film in which an adorable baby polar bear is threatened by evil animal activists. No thank you, sir.

Thanks to J.L. Bell for the link and idea.

Animals That Should Have Their Own Picture Books - Part... Something Or Other

Nice one today. Check out this headline: Ornithologist finds bird last seen 139 years ago. Sweet, huh? It gets better. "Because it was so rare, scientists had long debated whether it represented a true species or was an aberrant individual of a more common species." Now it's turned up at a wastewater treatment plant in Thailand


What a sweetheart. Give that bird a book. It could be like The True Story of Stellina, but with a broader focus.

Thanks to J.L. Bell at Oz and Ends for the link.

Quote: "Russian Fishermen Catch Squeaking Alien and Eat It"

Look, I understand the temptation. Humans are wired in such a way that if they catch something they think is an alien, the only natural thing to do is to try and gulp it down. I understand it. Just... try a little harder to resist the urge, guys.

Chalk this one under the potential picture book list.

Thanks to Neil Gaiman for the link.