Plant Observer Gifts

'Normally I'd remove it but I's like to just watch this one.'

The year that carrots achieved sentience was a bad year for vegans.

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

"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

"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..."

'What did one flea ask the other?' 'Shall we walk or take the dog?'

Dinner at the Trapdoors

How Nature Senses a Change in the Weather

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

They try, but those crows can't make noises they used to. The lost caws!

Duck Hunt

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

"Walk, hell- I gotta dance."

'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!'

Bee flying to another flower.

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

Cat tries to reach a birdfeeder on stilts.

"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."

What does aloof mean?

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

The prying mantis,

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

Hermit Crabapple Tree

The discovery of asparagus.

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

"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."

Monkeys/Humans in the zoo.

'I'd forgotten how lovely it looks outside!'

Exciting potato bugs.

"If you can’t beat ’em, roll around in their decaying carcass."

"Beware of the frog"

"And then on ab day they roll on their backs, flail, and mimic us in the throes of death."