Status Observer Gifts

"One minute I was Chairman and Chief Executive of Mammon Industries, the next I'm the gallbladder in room 405."

"He's only an associate but he's already reaping at a partner's level."

'What's it like being number 400 I know at 399 it's pretty cool and prestigious to be part of the 300s,'

'He's over here, in the Self-Important Person section.'

"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

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

"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..."

How Nature Senses a Change in the Weather

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

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

Duck Hunt

"Walk, hell- I gotta dance."

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

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

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

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

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

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

Cat tries to reach a birdfeeder on stilts.

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

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

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."

Dog Park / Cat Park

What does aloof mean?

Monkeys/Humans in the zoo.

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

"Beware of the frog"

"I like to sit facing the room to see if anyone seated after us gets served before us."

"It says here that humans are the only member of the animal kingdom who can have sex any time, any place."

Exciting potato bugs.

"The only problem with living at the top of a mountain is the constant stream of people coming to ask stupid questions."

Farmer and FIsherman