Climate Observer Gifts

"Is it my imagination, or has it been an unusually wet summer?"

'Apparently, this wind is coming in from the Arctic ...' (Polar bear flies through air.)

'Many creatures have adapted beautifully to the harsh life of the desert' - 'If I survive one more day...' 'It's like a furnace here.'

Igloo Fire.

'Hey! North migration has the right of way in Spring!'

rising sea levels

"Living in a city with functional infrastructure must be so boring."

"Thor! I am Thor! Ha. Just kidding. I'm Tom the Seagull."

"'I don't want war'. . . well, wither our translation program is broke or this president has a strange kind of humor!"

"Finches, don't look now, but there's a creepy guy staring at our beaks."

Bird feeding chick that is nesting in a knight's helmet

"Fred's calculating what future natural catastrophes he can ignore based on his probably life span."

"Go away, he's not done playing Cowboys and Indians yet."

Painting clouds

How Nature Senses a Change in the Weather

"Okay, you both know the rules: no trash talk, no batting the other guy all over the house if he’s unconscious, watch the claws and nails..."

Duck Hunt

"We've discovered they mate for life, as long as they don't discuss politics."

"Walk, hell- I gotta dance."

Cat says of armadillo, 'It's one of those big armored rats.'

'Oh, so now the ocean isn't GOOD enough for you?'

Annie, the Reptile version: 'The sun will come out tomorrow! Tomorrow! You will sun yourself tomorrow!'

"Want me to talk to the squirrel's mother, or would you prefer to handle it on your own?"

"You're right—there's no such thing as personal space in a hibernaculum."

"I could catch a bicyclist, well maybe not a bicyclist, but I could catch a jogger, definitely."

The prying mantis,

"I've got you in my sights now, Mister Squirrel, with your fluffy tail and those tiny hands clutching that itty-bitty nut. Aww, you must be hungry...poor little fella... I love you, Mister Squirrel."

"We'll destroy it to the ground ... ...and then..."

What does aloof mean?

Cat tries to reach a birdfeeder on stilts.

"It can't be much of a life working all day, but at least he gets to wear a stripey jersey."

". . . So that's 4 birdies, 1 eagle, 2 ferrets and a rabbit!"

'Well, we always go to the same place for our holidays, so yes, we kind of migrate too...'

'I don't care what the blueprints say, I'm certain HE strongly suggested a roof.'

Monkeys/Humans in the zoo.