The Tiniest Woolly Mammoth
Fun May 31st, 2008The Junk Drawer is branching out. Not only are readers submitting photos of Food That Looks Like Stuff, now we have Stuff That Looks Like Stuff!
One of my dear, faithful readers, Babs of Beetle’s Memories ‘n Ramblings sent me this fluff of wool that she removed from a pair of slipper socks. She says when she set it aside, this little cutie revealed itself.
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Now, here’s the question: What exactly does it look like to you? I see a moose. Babs sees “an elephant’s back half and a head with huge ears. It might be carrying something on its back.”
I’m sorry, folks. Not only do you need to look for food that resembles something. You’re going to have to examine everything you come in contact with during the day. You didn’t have anything better to do with your time, did you?
Babs, thank you for your submission! I’ll send you a Junk Drawer magnet if you’d like one.
And check out Babs’ other blogs if you’re looking for some new, fun places to visit:
The Cream Team: “A place for people interested in the arts & entertainment.”
Beetle’s Photos: Some stunning and beautiful nature and animal photos.
Simplycats: “My Beautiful Cats - Past and Present.”
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May 31st, 2008 at 3:29 pm
It looks like a camel. With a little hump there. And an extraordinary long tail !
It’s been watched day (colour) and night (b&w) crossing a hot desert, and there’s mirages all over.
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May 31st, 2008 at 4:02 pm
It’s a Fluff Mouse!
I love Babs’ Simplycats site.
And I love the new “Stuff that looks like stuff” theme!
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May 31st, 2008 at 4:28 pm
I’ve decided that it could be a nice, friendly, prehistoric animal. It has to be friendly if it materialized from my slipper socks ;O)
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May 31st, 2008 at 4:57 pm
Babs: Well Camels are very docile and friendly. Except they don’t use a litter-box and they poop in large pellets.
May 31st, 2008 at 5:04 pm
Kind of looks like a baby aardvark to me, but what do I know?
May 31st, 2008 at 5:11 pm
I see a dog. But, thats because I’m partial to them. In the black and white photo I feel that you really can’t tell what planet its on. Yep, I said it.
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May 31st, 2008 at 5:15 pm
Why, that is a cross between a pterodactyl and an elephant! In other words, a pterophant!
Great pic, Babs.
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May 31st, 2008 at 5:25 pm
I see a little dog, but it COULD be an aardvark… or maybe a deformed anteater.
Why are we doing this, again? LOL!
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May 31st, 2008 at 5:31 pm
Ha ha! I must admit I rather like the pterophant suggestion!
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May 31st, 2008 at 5:43 pm
- It looks like a dragon in the colour picture but it’s shadow looks like a dinosaur
- In the B&W picture it looks like a dinosaur but it’s shadow looks like a bald man crawling on his fours.
May 31st, 2008 at 5:51 pm
It’s definitely pre-historic, no doubt about it. How long had it been since she cleaned out those slippers anyway?
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May 31st, 2008 at 6:43 pm
Ha ha ha! DrowseyMonkey!
Musaab is definitely studying these pictures ;O)
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May 31st, 2008 at 6:52 pm
Me thinks I see a goat with a monkey on its back
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May 31st, 2008 at 7:20 pm
Jaffer — You have quite the vivid imagination. I love it! Yes, he’s got a hump and a very long tail. And pellets? Sure you don’t mean bowling balls? Also, I suggest you stop looking at the picture or you’ll be dreaming about a very weird Noah’s Ark tonight!
JD at I Do Things — I simply love Simplycats, too! It’s very well done. I’m a little scared now what the new theme might bring. Make sure you check your dryer for lint that looks like stuff!
Lee — I agree it looks aardvark-ish. You’re a photographer; I trust your eye!
Stephanie — You could get a dog out of it, especially that one big crooked ear.
Jenny — pterophant! Perfect!
Jay — I, too, later thought it looked a little like an ant eater. I see it in its snout in the B&W picture.
Babs (beetle) — See what you’ve done?! Thanks again for the fuzz. Now go clean off the rest of your shoes and see what else ya got!
DrowseyMonkey — As pre-historic animals go, he’s the cutest thing. I want one — only bigger!
KFJ — Of course! And you’re seeing the tail is part of the monkey, right? Yes, I see it!
May 31st, 2008 at 7:28 pm
Well in all fairness I think we should consider the possibility that this is an eledactyl, close cousin of the pterophant. We’d have to examine his bozzlewozzle (under a microscope) to be sure. Anyone? Anyone?
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May 31st, 2008 at 8:31 pm
It’s like watching evolution occur before my very eyes.
Which must mean it is time for a song.
Sur la pont
d’avenyawn
orly dancer
orly dancer
Sur la pont
d’avenyawn
orly dancer
do somemore.
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May 31st, 2008 at 9:21 pm
Ok. Work with me here. At first glance, I thought it was one of those little “Barrel of Monkey” monkeys, only tinier. And missing an arm. With really, really short legs.
Should I have viewed it with my glasses on?
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May 31st, 2008 at 11:08 pm
OMG! It looks l.ike my blankie! ((yes I do in fact still have one)) =)
And brooke:
it looks like a camel with the hump in the middle
June 1st, 2008 at 5:54 am
Jenny — Do we have any paleontologists in the house?
tfa — Dude, you’re going to have to translate. Something about dancing on a bridge?
Don — Yes! Yes! It’s a Barrel of Monkeys monkey! Your vision is perfect. It’s exactly what I see! I loved that game, BTW. Haven’t thought of it in years.
Regan — Just tell me you’re not still using it and I’ll be OK with it.
June 1st, 2008 at 7:18 am
It’s a song we used to sing - I thought everyone knew it -something about on the bridge at Avignon…. yeah I know, enough already….
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June 1st, 2008 at 8:21 am
I have to agree with Regan. It does quite resemble the remnant of her beloved blankie, which actually evolved from a crocheted infant sweater. She used to put her arm through one sleeve and then suck her thumb. Look, Mom, no hands! Clever child, right from the start. Ooh, sorry! TMI!
June 1st, 2008 at 8:38 am
um… looks like Horton - you know… of “Horton Hears a Who”.
lol
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June 1st, 2008 at 9:15 am
No, I’m still using it. =) It’s really small and Ill use it forever!!!
June 1st, 2008 at 2:17 pm
It’s definitely a camel, but it’s lifting its back right leg and going pee. Hey - you asked!
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June 1st, 2008 at 2:43 pm
I say it’s a half-camel, half-dog from a Tim Burton movie.
Maybe I don’t have enough productive things to occupy my time, but I can’t stop wondering where this little guy is sitting. On the hood of a car? On a picture frame? What size are we talking about here? I assume Babs has normal-sized feet, so something that sprang forth from her slipper socks couldn’t be too large.
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June 1st, 2008 at 2:53 pm
Carla: Ha ha! It’s on the rim of the bath and is very tiny. I just picked off a few ‘wool balls’ from the top of my size 4 slipper socks ;O)
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June 1st, 2008 at 3:49 pm
tfa — You can leave French comments any time you want. Maybe it’ll help me to learn it. Neither audio tapes nor Rosetto Stone helped me.
ann of the shampoo bag — God. How many times do you think you washed that thing? Can’t believe she still has it.
Grizzly — I see Horton! He has that cartoony quality, doesn’t he? Thanks again for mentioning me in your blog and I’m so glad you enjoy my stuff. Good to see you here again!
Regan — Not if it disintegrates. There can’t be much left of it, can there?
Jeff — Just when I think I’ve read every possibility…. I don’t think that’s how they pee, though. But thanks to Jaffer, we know how they poop.
Carla — Yes, there’s definitely some Tim Burton in that. Something about its crooked-y limbs.
Babs — Thanks for ’splaining that. I love your cute slipper socks, BTW. Do they have traction, like shoes?
June 1st, 2008 at 4:59 pm
They have little rubbery dots on the sole for grip. They are great for the British cold weather ;O)
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June 1st, 2008 at 5:08 pm
OK - A little late to the party perhaps, but none-the-less, I have arrived with my intellegent (ya,right!) perspective on this picture.
It’s clearly a Heinz 57 mutt lifting his LEFT back leg, to scratch his left ear. It’s so obvious…
@Kathy: BTW - Thanks for commenting on my blog!
@Babs: Great pic!
@Everyone: Thanks for the great suggestions. I have enjoyed reading your comments and ideas.
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June 1st, 2008 at 10:48 pm
it looks like a moose to me also
June 2nd, 2008 at 7:18 am
Toe cheese alive!
June 2nd, 2008 at 10:18 am
Aaaaaahhhhh! Oh my Cod! I see Salvador Dali’s The Donkey Carcass! ::runs away screaming::
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June 2nd, 2008 at 12:03 pm
Babs — I would need those because I’m notorious for falling while running in socks on hardwood.
OutsideMyBrain — I love that sometimes these comments force me to Google stuff. I have never heard the term “Heinz 57″ to mean a mutt. Thank you for teaching me something new today! I’m not sure I see what you see, but that’s OK. I think we’re all seeing something completely different. Thanks for dropping by!
Bacner — Oh, finally! Someone agrees with me! Bless your heart.
BabaBooey — I’m not letting you in here anymore. Either that, or you have to pay a cover charge
Daisy the Curly Cat — Kinda, sorta, maybe: http://tinyurl.com/5hhcvz But, Daisy, I would think you’d love Dali! You’re so different than most cats!
June 2nd, 2008 at 6:59 pm
I think it looks like a camel!
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June 2nd, 2008 at 7:19 pm
It’s a teeny tiny spy fluff-robot from the Society of Midnight Wanderers.
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June 2nd, 2008 at 8:51 pm
How much?? Name your price!
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June 2nd, 2008 at 11:44 pm
Ha ha, looks just like a mammoth to me!
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June 3rd, 2008 at 7:01 am
Corrina — I’m starting to think it’s less of a moose (my first guess) than a camel. He’s growing on me!
Sue — You guessed it. Our spy activities are decidedly low-tech. Be careful around those lint balls. You never know who’s listening.
BabaBooey — Now, see, I wondered how I could make money on this blog! For you, you can pay me in coffee.
Forest Parks — And a woolly one at that! Babs should have saved him. He’s got fans now!
June 3rd, 2008 at 9:40 am
Kathy:
Babs happen to accidentally capture a rare, albino, African Hyena. They’re usually not found as far north as England, but global warming is causing a mass animal migration all across the globe. It’ scary.
Have a great day.
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June 3rd, 2008 at 9:49 am
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June 3rd, 2008 at 10:45 am
I’m going to call it a “dogvaark”. It has the ears of a dog and the tail of a dog, but that snout just makes me think of the old Ant and the Aardvaark cartoon that was on with The Pink Panther. Remember?
Kat
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June 3rd, 2008 at 11:33 am
skinny dog? though i see the camel thing that someone else suggested too.
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June 3rd, 2008 at 1:40 pm
I couldn’t see the camel at all, but with a fresh look I can see it!
Now, I am very sad that I threw my little creature out. I have almost picked the top off my slipper sock trying to re-create it ha ha!
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June 3rd, 2008 at 5:56 pm
Swubird — So that’s what it is. You know, you’ve been everywhere and seen everything, so I’d be half inclined to believe you!
The Aries — Welcome aboard and thanks!
Poetikat — Wow! I remember that!!! Here’s a trip down memory lane, for those of you who don’t remember them by name. You’ll know it as soon as you see it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BX-Ygf0kODs
Sarah — It’s a dogel, or is it a camedog?
Babs (beetle) — Next time, you must save these things for posterity. Of course, it’ll always be alive and well in the blog for as long as I run this thing. No worries.
June 3rd, 2008 at 6:44 pm
I thought it was a dog with BIG ears.
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June 3rd, 2008 at 6:49 pm
Definitely the Aardvaark! That’s a real likeness ;O)
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June 3rd, 2008 at 8:02 pm
Along with Bugs Bunny and Woody Woodpecker, Pink Panther was my favourite cartoon I grew up with.
They don’t make cartoons like that no more !
June 4th, 2008 at 7:11 am
Ideas are running wild here but I will stick to the everyday animals, a dog…
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June 4th, 2008 at 1:09 pm
I see a monkey holding out a witches hat, which is a little crazy
June 4th, 2008 at 5:34 pm
Lauren — The ears look as big as its head. I see you’re a cat person. Sadie is adorable!
Babs — It is, and I never would have remembered that old Pink Panther cartoon had Kat not mentioned it. That was a fun memory!
Jaffer — They certainly don’t. I don’t know where to find Bugs Bunny aired anymore. Thank God for YouTube.
jeflin — I never thought we’d get so many guesses for this thing. If Babs cleans her slippers again, who knows what else we might have to examine.
Nancy — OMG! It’s NOT crazy. It took me a second or two, but I see it! That little white space on the left is the opening between the monkey’s right arm and the hat. Incredible!
June 5th, 2008 at 1:58 pm
It reminds me of a bull from a velvet bullfighter painting.
It glimpses a taunting bullfighter ahead, and it’s turning to charge.
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June 11th, 2008 at 6:48 pm
It could be some kind of imaginary animal, like a Verniciou Knid, or a Jabberwock.
It’s neat.
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June 11th, 2008 at 6:48 pm
Ack, my precaffeinated spelling is bad. That should be Vernicious Knid.
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June 12th, 2008 at 4:50 pm
Jenn Thorson — Totally! You have a very keen eye!
Margaret Leigh — It is neat, and a little freaky. I’m so glad Babs thought to snap a picture. I’ll never look at fuzz the same way.
June 13th, 2008 at 8:57 pm
i just found a shell at the beach yhat looks like a heart would you like me to send it to regan so she can send it to you
June 14th, 2008 at 7:38 am
brooke — Yes, please do!
June 15th, 2008 at 8:59 am
Gorgeous! And nice blog Kathy!
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June 15th, 2008 at 2:27 pm
how do i send it to you
June 16th, 2008 at 7:05 pm
Terni — Welcome and thanks!
brooke — Regan can give you my email address.