Comments on: Sometimes, Scientists are Furries (photo) http://boingboing.net/2010/12/07/sometimes-scientists.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 19 May 2013 08:07:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: malek http://boingboing.net/2010/12/07/sometimes-scientists.html#comment-960515 malek Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-960515 I like your "bear kind of stuff". You know where I can find a cheap, top quality, bear costume? I like your “bear kind of stuff”. You know where I can find a cheap, top quality, bear costume?

]]> By: XerxesQados http://boingboing.net/2010/12/07/sometimes-scientists.html#comment-960787 XerxesQados Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-960787 I can <em>clearly</em> see his lack of handpaw. Magic. Ruined. I can clearly see his lack of handpaw.

Magic. Ruined.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/12/07/sometimes-scientists.html#comment-1032472 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-1032472 I wore complete Pink Panther suite for a parade once (no, not that kind of parade) I wonder if I could work in a zoo? I wore complete Pink Panther suite for a parade once (no, not that kind of parade) I wonder if I could work in a zoo?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/12/07/sometimes-scientists.html#comment-960553 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-960553 I wonder what the pandas think of this uncanny valley. I wonder what the pandas think of this uncanny valley.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/12/07/sometimes-scientists.html#comment-960562 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-960562 Isn't it obvious to the baby panda, due to the potent non-panda smells coming from the synthetic fiber suit and the person's bare hand holding the panda that the person is very clearly not a panda? Isn’t it obvious to the baby panda, due to the potent non-panda smells coming from the synthetic fiber suit and the person’s bare hand holding the panda that the person is very clearly not a panda?

]]> By: dogcow http://boingboing.net/2010/12/07/sometimes-scientists.html#comment-960308 dogcow Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-960308 Are we sure that's a scientist in there :( Are we sure that’s a scientist in there :(

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/12/07/sometimes-scientists.html#comment-962356 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-962356 Wouldn't that container they are putting that panda bear in be considered "human influence"? I'm pretty sure they don't have those in the wild. Wouldn’t that container they are putting that panda bear in be considered “human influence”? I’m pretty sure they don’t have those in the wild.

]]> By: mistersquid http://boingboing.net/2010/12/07/sometimes-scientists.html#comment-960829 mistersquid Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-960829 The baby panda is going to grow thinking it, too, will be able to remove its fur for washing. The baby panda is going to grow thinking it, too, will be able to remove its fur for washing.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/12/07/sometimes-scientists.html#comment-961091 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-961091 Convincing. Somehow this reminds me of the fake boars in Princess Mononoke. Convincing. Somehow this reminds me of the fake boars in Princess Mononoke.

]]> By: dainel http://boingboing.net/2010/12/07/sometimes-scientists.html#comment-965446 dainel Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-965446 The point of the panda costume is so that the real pandas do not get use to humans. It's not supposed to fool the baby pandas into thinking that they were real pandas. They could have been dressed as trees. The real question is why aren't they dressed as Spongebob. It's got to be a lot easier to make that costume. :) The point of the panda costume is so that the real pandas do not get use to humans. It’s not supposed to fool the baby pandas into thinking that they were real pandas. They could have been dressed as trees.

The real question is why aren’t they dressed as Spongebob. It’s got to be a lot easier to make that costume. :)

]]> By: wil9000 http://boingboing.net/2010/12/07/sometimes-scientists.html#comment-960329 wil9000 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-960329 Devoid of human influence. Hence the furries. This is so wrong in so many ways. But I still like it. Devoid of human influence.
Hence the furries.
This is so wrong in so many ways.
But I still like it.

]]> By: apoxia http://boingboing.net/2010/12/07/sometimes-scientists.html#comment-960333 apoxia Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-960333 I guess the panda cub accepts that plastic boxes are a part of its natural environment. I guess the panda cub accepts that plastic boxes are a part of its natural environment.

]]> By: aspec http://boingboing.net/2010/12/07/sometimes-scientists.html#comment-960846 aspec Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-960846 I guess baby pandas are dumber than I would have guessed. I guess baby pandas are dumber than I would have guessed.

]]> By: ondre http://boingboing.net/2010/12/07/sometimes-scientists.html#comment-960335 ondre Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-960335 Mighty Boosh already did this Mighty Boosh already did this

]]> By: zombieite http://boingboing.net/2010/12/07/sometimes-scientists.html#comment-960345 zombieite Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-960345 apparently the influence of evil, scowling pandas who abduct you and put you into small containers is considered harmless. apparently the influence of evil, scowling pandas who abduct you and put you into small containers is considered harmless.

]]> By: Maggie Koerth-Baker http://boingboing.net/2010/12/07/sometimes-scientists.html#comment-960351 Maggie Koerth-Baker Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-960351 Twice a week after work, I put on a totally realistic bear costume and hang out in the park. I don't scare anyone. I sit around in the bushes, root around for berries. Once I pushed on a camper. You know, bear kind of stuff. Twice a week after work, I put on a totally realistic bear costume and hang out in the park. I don’t scare anyone. I sit around in the bushes, root around for berries. Once I pushed on a camper. You know, bear kind of stuff.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/12/07/sometimes-scientists.html#comment-961379 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-961379 This is so great. Then the wild panda will just sit around, not wanting to walk as it will expect to be carried by other pandas in plastic boxes - walking on their hind legs. This is so great. Then the wild panda will just sit around, not wanting to walk as it will expect to be carried by other pandas in plastic boxes – walking on their hind legs.

]]> By: Stefan Jones http://boingboing.net/2010/12/07/sometimes-scientists.html#comment-960358 Stefan Jones Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-960358 Next, the costumed human teaches the young panda about "good touch" and "bad touch," and then the real zoologist and some security guards rush in and drag him away. * * * How soon until we start getting awkwardly composed spam for cheap imported furry suits? ("For approved as aid young animal handling exclusively.") Next, the costumed human teaches the young panda about “good touch” and “bad touch,” and then the real zoologist and some security guards rush in and drag him away.

* * *

How soon until we start getting awkwardly composed spam for cheap imported furry suits? (“For approved as aid young animal handling exclusively.”)

]]> By: Grumblefish http://boingboing.net/2010/12/07/sometimes-scientists.html#comment-960359 Grumblefish Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-960359 One look at the photo and I immediately started humming "True Love Ways" by Buddy Holly. One look at the photo and I immediately started humming “True Love Ways” by Buddy Holly.

]]> By: kc0bbq http://boingboing.net/2010/12/07/sometimes-scientists.html#comment-960362 kc0bbq Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-960362 Do you hang out in Woodbury and Cottage Grove? It would be cooler if it was you and not real bears. :) Even though it's pretty cool in and of itself that we get the occasional bear on this side of town, and that they are so well behaved. The article is like a king-sized version of feeding baby California Condors with hand puppets. Do you hang out in Woodbury and Cottage Grove? It would be cooler if it was you and not real bears. :)

Even though it’s pretty cool in and of itself that we get the occasional bear on this side of town, and that they are so well behaved.

The article is like a king-sized version of feeding baby California Condors with hand puppets.

]]> By: TK http://boingboing.net/2010/12/07/sometimes-scientists.html#comment-960369 TK Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-960369 I bet that panda cub got put in the box for refusing to eat the cheese! Even panda shouldn't say no to another panda! I bet that panda cub got put in the box for refusing to eat the cheese!

Even panda shouldn’t say no to another panda!

]]> By: osmo http://boingboing.net/2010/12/07/sometimes-scientists.html#comment-960370 osmo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-960370 'Its "interspecies erotica"!' ‘Its “interspecies erotica”!’

]]> By: Nadreck http://boingboing.net/2010/12/07/sometimes-scientists.html#comment-960382 Nadreck Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-960382 Now <i>that's</i> what I call a PedoBear! Now that’s what I call a PedoBear!

]]> By: Maggie Koerth-Baker http://boingboing.net/2010/12/07/sometimes-scientists.html#comment-960638 Maggie Koerth-Baker Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-960638 I love Utah. I love Utah.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/12/07/sometimes-scientists.html#comment-961151 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-961151 Must...resist...South Park reference...GAH! The resistance! It burns! Seriously, though, that is a darn cute panda and a VERY well-constructed costume. Double thumbs up. ^.^ Must…resist…South Park reference…GAH! The resistance! It burns!

Seriously, though, that is a darn cute panda and a VERY well-constructed costume. Double thumbs up. ^.^

]]> By: MrsBug http://boingboing.net/2010/12/07/sometimes-scientists.html#comment-960384 MrsBug Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-960384 everybody's gotta have a hobby. everybody’s gotta have a hobby.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/12/07/sometimes-scientists.html#comment-960397 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-960397 Remember: Please recycle your pandas. Remember: Please recycle your pandas.

]]> By: Dan Gingery http://boingboing.net/2010/12/07/sometimes-scientists.html#comment-960407 Dan Gingery Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-960407 Me too. 'Just you know why, Why you and I...' +1 Me too.

‘Just you know why,
Why you and I…’

+1

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2010/12/07/sometimes-scientists.html#comment-961947 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-961947 I believe it is scientifically proven that furry mammal infants are comforted by a caretaker with fur even if something is a little off about it. I believe it is scientifically proven that furry mammal infants are comforted by a caretaker with fur even if something is a little off about it.

]]> By: facetedjewel http://boingboing.net/2010/12/07/sometimes-scientists.html#comment-960457 facetedjewel Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-960457 'devoid of human influence'? By 'influence' we're excluding how the researcher would smell to the panda? Pandas have a lousy sense of smell? The costume smells like another panda? ‘devoid of human influence’?

By ‘influence’ we’re excluding how the researcher would smell to the panda? Pandas have a lousy sense of smell? The costume smells like another panda?

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