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Hello, Fluffsters! Yes, I’m back. At least temporarily. After Fluffy wrote about Hairless Cats for a “fluffy animals” series, I realized I’d reached the limits…
So today’s post is short, but at least it’s written by me.
I saw these fine fluffy fellows yesterday morning, and so I took a picture. Aren’t they cute?
Three Cute Rabbits
Happy Sunday!
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Hello, Fluffsters… The Webmaster still hasn’t shown up, and so I guess I’m going to need to take drastic measures and write a post about something she’ll dislike.
That’s right, hairless cats.
Now, you probably don’t normally think of them as fluffy, but you se-
Wait… So I’m not allowed to delete posts, but you are?
Yup. My blog, my rules. That was a lousy topic. But I’m too busy to write a new post right now, so I’m afraid I’m going to need to leave it like this.
Happy Saturday, Fluffsters!
…Yeah. You’d think that if she showed up, she could at least do something useful. Oh well. Happy Saturday!
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Ok, so there’s still no sign of the Webmaster.
Although I love the attention, if she keeps not showing up without warning, I might just stop writing these- it’s not as though I like the whole website, or anything.
Today, though, I will continue to create the fluff. I guess I will be able to once more capture Quality Fluff on this page.
This website, alas, does not actually own any photos of unicorns. But I do have experience with the equivalent creatures on my home world.
1) Yes, unicorns are fluffy. They are so fluffy, in fact, that unicorn fur is able to be spun and then woven into fabric.
2) Unicorn fur is really comfortable. It is, of course, waterproof and protects the skin from the sun. It is also both lightweight and basically climate controlled. In the summer, it seems like a cool fabric. In the winter, however, it is able to completely block out the wind and the cold. It is the best type of fur for warm clothing and for clothing during the warm months.
3) It has innate protective abilities. And not just against weather elements. Unicorn-fur fabric is both really strong and innately protective against magic. Any magic user that can afford them uses Unicorn Cloth as coverings when they work magic.
4) Unicorns are simple, but difficult, to catch. Fortunately for our world and magic users, both men and women can approach unicorns. The simplicity is that you simply need to find the unicorn’s home bunk and bring a diamond. Unicorns eat diamond, and so you need to bring a prime specimen. Once you find the Unicorn Home (which is usually fairly easy to find,) you present the diamond. If it is large enough and stunning enough, the unicorn will approach and trade its fur for the diamond. (By trading its fur, the unicorn basically just sheds its top coat. No harm is done to the unicorn.) It’s a painless process for the unicorn to give its fur.
5) Many wizards must make their own unicorn cloth to become Grand Masters. At least, that is how legend goes. Nobody who is not a wizard actually knows what goes on at the academy. According to urban legend, advanced magic users must complete a series of trials to be considered Grand Masters of the Magical Arts. Unicorns are very picky about what diamonds they accept- diamond-made are preferred. Any wizard who wants to be a Grand Master, then, needs to confront a dragon in order to get the diamond. Or have a lot of money. If a wizard can make his or her own Unicorn Cloth, the assumption is that the wizard has done enough to be considered a Grand Master.
There are a few instances when it’s not enough. The wizard does need to receive the fur directly from the unicorn, you see. But that sort of step-around usually doesn’t happen.
There you go! I hope you enjoyed the peak into life on my home world. Happy Weekend!
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Really? Three days in a row that The Webmaster hasn’t written a post? Well, I can’t pass this up.
Unfortunately, my stock of unexpectedly fluffy animals is about dry. I guess this means I’ll need to go with more conventionally fluffy animals:
Yes, cows. I might have done something on a platypus, but there aren’t any photos of them on this website.
So cows.
1) They can be very furry. The one photo this website has is of a particularly furry calf. It’s rather charming, actually.
Isn’t the cow cute?
This is apparently a Highland Cow.
Highland cows are native to some of the colder regions of your world. They have fluff, though, and therefore qualify as a fluffy animal.
2) Cows give whipped cream. After a process, of course, which involves shaking the cow a lot before milking it.*
3) Similarly, if you freeze a cow before milking it, you get ice cream. If you shake the frozen cow, you get a milkshake.**
*Please don’t actually shake your cow before milking it.
**Please don’t do these either.
4) If you can lift a cow daily from the time it is born you will be able to lift a cow. That is the truth. It might be a miniature cow. It might be a stuffed cow. But if you lift it, you can lift it.
5) Cows are fairly boring. Especially when they charge at you. Have you seen how sharp their horns can be? They can bore a hole right through you!
And so, Fluffsters, I hope you have a wonderful day.
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Huh. It looks like the Webmaster still isn’t writing the post. I guess I’ll take over again.
I guess this does give me a bit of an opportunity to continue the odd-animal portion of her fluffy animals series. So…
I think that everyone will even agree with me that these animals are fluffy.
Isn’t he cute?
So, here we go.
1) Skunks are fluffy. I think nobody can deny this. They’ve got long fur, and it looks nice, thick, and soft. I think Peeves might be jealous. The fur helps them survive the winter months in comfort. The dark in their fur helps them blend in at night, while the white helps them not become roadkill. Or so I understand.
2) Even with their distinctive markings, skunks still confuse people. I know that there are people who think skunks are a type of cat. Furthermore, some cats think skunks are a type of cat. I heard about a cat that once was very interested in a skunk… Clearly not the brightest of all cats.
3) Wild dogs only need to be sprayed by a skunk once. Afterwords, the animal will steer clear of all skunks in the future. I know that some folks complain about domesticated dogs not learning. There’s a simple reason for that- domesticated dogs still get fed after getting sprayed. In the wild, the stench prevents the canine from catching anything. So not only does the dog smell bad, it also goes hungry until the scent wears off. Aren’t skunks amazing?
4) If their scent is removed, skunks make great pets. I’m not too surprised. A picture demonstrates why- skunks just look so cheerful with people.
I wonder where he wants to go…
Doesn’t the little one up there look a bit puppyish or catlike?
5) Skunks show up in more full-length Disney movies than duck-billed platypuses. According to what I was able to find. Finally, a mark in favor of the universally disliked skunks!
Happy Wednesday, Fluffsters!
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Do I believe my eyes? Have I actually started a new post before the Webmaster? Fantastic!
Well, Fluffsters, happy Tuesday! I hope you’re having an excellent week. Due to the Webmaster’s absence, probably due to her continuing vacation, I will be infiltrating her post today. And so, here’s a post about:
Yes, you read that correctly.
Now, granted, porcupines are not the traditional “fluffy animal.” I think that’s a pity. From what I have read, they are quite charming animals, really!
Look at the porcupine eating a carrot. Isn’t that darling?
Ok, so if you pet them it’s a problem. But here are some reasons why they are awesome:
1) Their fluff is dangerous. How cool is that? They can prance along, humming gently to themselves, looking adorable, and have an automatic defense system built in! Sweet, huh? It just proves that fluff doesn’t have to be useless.
(No, I’m not trying to prove a point to the Webmaster… What makes you say that?)
2) They live in trees. Seriously. Porcupines live in trees. I don’t know if I can repeat that often enough. Who would have expected that? So, not only do they have spiky fluff (unlike many mammals), they also live in trees. It’s as though they went out of their way to protect themselves. Point two for fluff not being useless! (But who’s keeping track?)
3) They’re happy critters. Of course, if your fluff is dangerous, and you live in a blinkin’ tree, what do you have to be upset about?
4) Porcupines are fun in any form. Especially real life, but also in crochet form. I mean, isn’t that amusing? (And aren’t they clearly fluffy?)
5) Carrots are a porcupine’s best friend. That get eaten, and then are gone. So clearly they are not best friends forever, but they still look so cheerful together!
6) Despite their terrifying fluff, porcupines are (mostly) harmless. After all, they are not carnivores. That’s right, your little kitties are possible more dangerous than a pet porcupine. You never hear or read about people feeding mice to their pet porcupines, do you? Clearly, then, they are significantly less deadly to small rodents.
And so, Fluffsters, I wish you a joyous Tuesday.
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Hello, Fluffsters! And welcome back to today’s edition of Fluffy Animals!
Oh goody. I’m soo thrilled.
Oh, good! I’m glad somebody is.
Why do I even try sarcasm. Why do I even try?
Today’s Fluffy Animal post is…
Yes, what kind of blog about fluff would this be if I didn’t have a post devoted to man’s worst enemy, the cat?
… Worst enemy? Really?
…Yes?
I mean, think about it. You see articles and books on how to tell if your cat is trying to kill you. You don’t see that sort of thing with dogs.
But I digress.
1) They are cute. Especially when younger. After all, the only problem with kittens is that they eventually turn into cats.
Cute kitten!
2) They are useful for rodent control. Of course, if you love rodents, this is another problem. You wouldn’t want your kitten to kill a Marmot, would you?
3) Intelligence of conversation decreases as a kitten gets closer. XKCD says so, and they wouldn’t lie to us, right?
So, there you go! Happy Monday.
Seriously? That’s it?
It’s after midnight my time as I’m writing this, and I’m getting up too early my time tomorrow, which is when this is going to be posted. So, yes. I’m not responsible-
-Boy is that ever true-
-for the rest of this post. You can write more, I suppose…
All right, I will!
After all, you left out some of the best parts.
1) They are awesome carnivores. Unlike dogs, they don’t eat carrots. At least, normal cats don’t.
2) They come in all sorts of shapes and sizes. I kid you not. There are huge cats, medium sized cats, and very small cats.
3) Some cats are celebrities. Take Grumpy Cat, for example. I’m sure you’ve heard of him her. (Can you really believe that Grumpy Cat is female? That just seems very odd. She looks like she should be male.) Or Nyan Cat.
4) Some “wildcats” are extremely cute. In fact, I’m not sure whether Ocelots and Horpadies might actually share some sort of purpose in life- being really cute and deadly at the same time.
And that is a much more reasonable fluff post- don’t you agree? I fully realize that I left many details about cats uncovered, but I think it’s still significantly better than how the Webmaster was originally going to leave it.
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Hello, Fluffsters!
So, I’m still on vacation. And I still found internet! Yay!
Today is Sunday, so I’m going to start another new series: Animals. More to the point, fluffy animals. (Lizards are right out. So are hairless cats. Eww.)
So today, I’m going to be talking a bit about…
Marmots are really cute. They’re a small rodent, and they’re all over the place in Rocky Mountain National Park. (At least, I think they’re marmots.)
I got a few photos.
Marmot on a Rock
So, I can’t quite get my camera to cooperate and focus on the nearby things. Sorry about that. The rocks and grass in the background are quite lovely though, aren’t they?
This fella was big.
This picture turned out better!
But anyways. Here’s a bit of information about marmots.
1) My first introduction to them was through fiction. Wolf-Speaker by Tamora Pierce is still one of my favorite books. It’s number 2 in a quartet of books, so you can’t just start with it. (The first one is Wild Magic. Have I mentioned I like fantasy?)
You know, I think you may have gone a week without mentioning that fact! How remarkable!
Hmpf.
And the quartet is something like the 2nd or 3rd quartet of books in this particular universe, but I think you can probably start with it anyways. But yeah, there’s a marmot in that book. I don’t quite remember her name, but I do remember wondering whether marmots were even real.
2) They are fairly cute. They’re small, furry, and dark colored. I was unable to get too close to any marmot, but they were adorable from a distance.
They were especially cute when they would run around. They seemed to just boing along.
3) Marmots have a shorter wikipedia article than unicorns do. It’s true. Look at the article about marmots, then look at the article on unicorns. There’s clearly a difference in length. So what is this? Discrimination against real animals? Dscrimination against rodents? Anti-discrimination against fictional animals…?
4) Groundhogs are a subspecies of marmot. Fact. Thus sayeth the wikipedia, and so it must therefore be true, right?
So, what information do you know about marmots? Or do you have any fluffy animals you’d like me to highlight?
Happy Sunday!
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I’ve mentioned I have small dogs, right?
Yes. Repeatedly.
Good. Well, given that they’re the fluffiest thing I have (and that includes my various skeins of furry yarn!) so they should be mentioned fairly regularly on this blog.
Anyways. I was thinking about how interesting small fuzzy animals are.
What’s so interesting about them? It’s not as though they talk to you or anything.
Well, that in part depends upon how you define “talk”. With my younger dog, for example, she will definitely try to communicate with you. Especially if you try woofing or howling at her. It’s actually really cute! Most of the time.
But that isn’t even what I was thinking about. I was rather thinking about how the whole system works. A favorite webcomic of mine, Doghouse Diaries, sums it up perfectly. We take care of our pets, hypothetically, in return for… what?
My answer? One of the sweetest little things that can’t actually talk. (Unless you have a parrot. Or another type of mimicking bird.)
I mean, just think about it. I’m using my dog as an example, but you can use almost any other type of mammalian pet. And maybe birds, but that varies. (Fish and amphibians, alas, don’t quite fit the bill.)
We take care of the dogs. We give them food, water, toys, and shelter. (Not necessarily in that order.) And in return we get companionship. And hopefully loyalty, but that can vary by pet. I understand that most cats are trying to kill you, after all. And my older dog is quite persnickety- he isn’t overly loyal to most people. Just my Dad.
But my younger dog, on the other hand? She’s one of the sweetest things. She likes to cuddle, and she stares at me, and others, in an adoring, trusting way.
She wasn’t always like that. We got her as a rescue. It took her at least a few months to really develop comfort. She would freak out at some of the most trivial things. (For example, we live in a neighborhood that does an annual Christmas light-up event. One of the streets had carousel horse cutouts as a street decoration. The little dog wouldn’t go near those things.) She also never flopped onto her back when she was a lot younger.
These days? She is incredibly comfortable. She actually comes when called (mostly) and flops onto her back, legs sticking up in the air. And she likes to be held.
That’s another odd thing. Why is it that holding a fluffy creature is so enjoyable? Dogs. They love to be petted. And we like petting them. It’s a perfect win-win situation. But why is that? I personally don’t know, but I love it. I can pet my 8-year-old puppy, and she and I both love it. It’s marvelous, isn’t it?
Well, I’ve been rambling a fair bit. I’m actually a bit surprised Fluffy hasn’t interrupted me…
That’s because you’re actually talking about reasonable fluff. I had a fluffy pet too, remember. So what you were saying I actually agree with.
Oh. Um, thanks!
Don’t get used to it.
Don’t worry, I won’t.
But anyways, happy Saturday! I hope you have a great weekend!
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I love where I live. The city wildlife is amazing.
City… wildlife. Can you explain this, possibly?
Sure! Alright, so I don’t particularly like the skunks, miscellaneous coyotes, opossums, or raccoons. But there are some really cute kitties-
Cats. How wild.
I wasn’t finished! There are some kitties. But we especially have some interesting wild birds. We occasionally get the rare owl, hawk or other raptors. And sparrows. But many places get those.
No, where I am right now, we get Peafowl. Wild peafowl
…Ah.
Yeah! I even got a few photos of some of them today. They were just meandering around the street, saying “neener neener.” So I decided to boost their egos by photographing them.
Pretty Peacock! And look at those chicks!
Cute Peafowl family
Aren’t they pretty? And that’s a significantly less rare sight than seagulls where I went to college.
Let me guess. There’s a story behind that one, too.
Not much of one. Basically, I went to school at a college that was very in-state. Quite land-locked. And one day a miscellaneous seagull spontaneously generated.
The white speck is a seagull. It must have spontaneously generated.
So, how about you, Fluffsters? Any favorite city-wildlife? (Happy Friday, by the way!)