Jungle Yeller Gifts

'I'm telling you Fred, this can of silver paint is going to improve your love-life!...'

'Some of these trees have been here for 2000 years... and they still can't talk. Man, we're awesome!'

'Ready Mum?'

Snowman of the Apes

Elephants never scared me. I once chased three of them into the river/I was able - before I lost my teeth - to bite a crocodile's tail right off / I'll never forget the time I roared so loud, twenty or maybe thirty monkeys fell right out of the tree.

Office Park

'Can I have a Banana-Split' without the ice-cream?'

'Apparently it's part of the evolutionary process!'

Crow and fox

"Influence this."

"You never laugh at my jokes... "

"Yes, in the jungle, the mighty jungle, the lion sleeps tonight, but he snores!"

'Hey, Fred! You have a relative visiting.'

"Blame the scientists who are teaching me sign-language Mum: It's not my fault if it's easier to learn the rude signs..."

'Fancy a swift half?'

'Oh, we tried a nurturing corporate culture, but we found the law-of-the-jungle mentality is what keeps our competitive edge..'

'So much for the 'Eye of the Tiger'.'

"Well it looks like we're all here."

'And before we start, Higgins, I'd like to remind you that this is not a laughing matter.'

'Day 57. The tigers appear to be adjusting to my presence.'

'My Dad will like you. He's the care-taker at the monkey house in the zoo.'

'I thought your new year's resolution was to get the monkey off your back!'

"Frankly, I don't really want him to improve: he scares the predators away..."

Way too much anthropomorphising

"It must be still charging."

'The reports were right...he's using tools!'

"So totally gross, yet, so totally cool Dad!"

'Ooga says we're descended from people!'

'Okay, but I'm going to hate myself in the morning.'

'The mysteries of hyena laughter deciphered.'

'I heard it through the grapevine.'

'Tusking...one...two...three. Tusking one...two...three...'

"Oh, my husband is a great provider: his hunting success rate is close to 30%..."