www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lnePfJaZww

(with thanks to Fergus…)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=FakIHtOQDrQ

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emailer writes:
“A friend of mine, while a bit drunk, ran into Christopher Walken in Manhattan. He stopped the actor, and told him how much he loves his movies and how cool he is. Then he asked Christopher Walken to say a line from one of his movies. Walken looked at him, stony-faced.  The drunk insisted.  So Walken said, “OK, a line from one of my movies.  Let me see. How about…’Go fuck yourself’.”

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* If you’re wondering what on earth we mean by that, the reason Christopher Walken gives  for not buying vine-ripened tomatoes is this – “I DON’T. Buy the tomatoes with. The stems. On them. They don’t. Degrade. They go. Down the sink. And into the WATER. Then. They get lodged in the throats of little. OTTERS.”

www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnYq-cAKtS8

“This tree climbing otter isn’t playing around – she’s just being a stroppy teenager, experts revealed today.

Wildlife experts said it was “very unusual” to see the creatures scrambling up branches. And staff at the Slimbridge Wetland Centre in Gloucestershire said Mo the otter may have been “flexing her teenage muscles”.

Slimbridge spokeswoman Sally Munro said: “It’s the otter equivalent of stomping upstairs to your room and slamming the door.”

The centre’s mammal manager, John Crooks, said: “This is certainly very unusual behaviour for an otter, but I think maybe she is going through some kind of teenage rebellion.”

The Sun

(thanks to: sgtpeppersstoneyhardcoreband for the tip-off)

Apparently its good for their health - Otter keeper Alex Pinnell said: “They use their sense of smell first and once they realise there’s food inside they use their paws – which are really sensitive – to play with the pumpkins and forage for the meat inside with their claws. It’s a great enrichment activity for them.”

There’s only one thing cuter than otters digging into pumpkins, and that’s lion cubs:

You can see the lions eating pumpkins at London Zoo. The keepers are hiding the food around the lion’s enclosure so the cubs hunt for it. Head Keeper Tracey Lee said: “The cubs are really mischievous animals and I’m sure they loved having something new to investigate.”

FYI: Lemurs are known as the “ghosts of Madagascar”

London lions go Boo at the Zoo

Whipsnade otters go Boo at the Zoo

From the Otter Family Album