Animals That Teach Us to be Ourselves, Fo' Shizzle

Big, Fashionable, and Foxy – Animals That Have It All

May 2nd, 2010 · 19 Comments

Animals are so lucky because they can just be themselves and automatically be awesome. Humans, however, have to work so hard to keep up appearances to look cool.

No matter how much we exercise, primp, surgerize, and ham it up, we can’t one-up the cuteness of a 50 lb. rabbit named Darius. By the way, according to his owner, Darius “is not fat. He’s just enormous.” Wouldn’t that be great if we could go around saying that about overweight people? Make ‘em feel better.

Speaking of unusual size, next up is a 100 lb. rodent aptly named Caplin Rous (a nod to the movie The Princess Bride). Caplin lives near Austin, Texas, and there’s actually a breeder that can hook you up with these guinea pig-like creatures. The official name for these real-life Zhu Zhu pets is “capybara.” But if you see one in person, you’d just call it a big-ass mouse.

The winning animal on my Cute List and also in the Funny Name category is the Blue Footed Booby.

This little guy is just rockin’ those blue shoes! So damn adorable (and fashionable).

But a close runner-up is the Okapi. Mr. Zebra called and he wants his pants back.

We can really learn alot from animals, such as relaxing, accepting our own quirkiness (and those of others) and just being ourselves.

Which animals do you think look cool, act cool, or are just funky in general?

Tags: Animals That Plot · Things that make me smile

19 kids playing along so far ↓

1 ReformingGeek // May 3, 2010 at 6:49 am

I love those blue shoes!

I’ll go with a panda but I can’t leave out the male gorilla that just sits around looking all ugly and in charge.
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2 Darryll // May 3, 2010 at 9:43 am

You gotta wonder sometimes if God’s up there laughing it up and saying “Look at THAT one – that’ll make wonder whats going on!” when He throws us animals like the blue-footed booby or the Okapi.

And – I think that I’ll keep the over-sized rodents and hares out of my house, thank you! They just belong in funny dreams I sometimes endure after a crazy night of binge drinking Mountain Dew with pizza…
3 grannyann // May 3, 2010 at 6:46 pm

Now those are some unusual animals. That huge rodent makes me wonder if it is real????
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4 marissa // May 3, 2010 at 7:27 pm

ReformingGeek: I love the visual of that gorilla in charge. I’d like to have one as my personal bodyguard.

Darryll: God has a whimsical sense of humor alright. I mean, come on, animals with pockets? If anyone needs kangaroo-style pockets it’s humans with all our gadgetry.

And in my nightmares, those giant rodents are wearing Nazi uniforms.

GrannyAnn: I couldn’t believe it either, so I added the link to the Animal Planet video of Caplin.
5 Jim @ CoolStuffForDads.com // May 4, 2010 at 8:37 am

I’m not sure I can top any of these in terms of coolness! I agree with Grannyann on the huge rodent!! BTW thanks for stopping by the website, hope to do some updating soon.
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6 joe // May 4, 2010 at 2:19 pm

I like them all.
Except the rodent.
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7 marissa // May 4, 2010 at 3:04 pm

Jim: I’ll look for your updates. After all, Father’s Day is coming around again! Sheesh, I can’t believe how fast time is going by.

Joe: The poor rodent can’t get any love here.
8 The Stabbing Pen // May 4, 2010 at 3:17 pm

You remind me of this — http://crazy-frankenstein.com/pictures-files/the-fattest-cat-pictures_files/huge-fat-cat.jpg

Fake or not, is awesome.
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9 otin // May 4, 2010 at 7:11 pm

I actually think that grizzly bears are about the coolest looking animals!

I don’t know why anyone would have a capybara in their lap?LOL
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10 marissa // May 5, 2010 at 6:28 pm

Stabbing Pen: Thanks – that mutant cat deserves an honorary spot right here:

WAIT – what if that cat finds out about that mouse up there?

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Otin: Grizzly bears are way cool-looking. Except right before they eat you! You know that my biggest fear is being eaten alive by some animal! So, by order of the management, please don’t say “grizzly bear” on this site.

Other words banned here at WhaHappen are: shark, giant spiders, probably octopus should be listed too. Thank you for your cooperation.
11 otin // May 6, 2010 at 5:15 pm

I love that you are back around again! =That was some month off! LOL
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12 marissa // May 7, 2010 at 2:57 pm

Otin:
Heheheh. Gosh, that “month” felt like a YEAR! BTW – I’m so happy for you.
13 otin // May 11, 2010 at 4:26 pm

Thank you! It was really unexpected and wonderful!
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14 Old School // May 13, 2010 at 7:51 am

Nature is quite amazing. We were just at the zoo the other day commenting on how strange & amazing the evolution of certain animals are.

The genetic mutations I am not as impressed with personally. Like in the South Park episode when they try to get a Pot Belly Pig & Elephant together to create a little Pot Belly Elephant. As Chef sang, “pig and elephant DNA just don’t match”. Sorry for that tangent…
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15 marissa // May 16, 2010 at 1:14 am

Old School:
Pot Belly Elephant! LOL. I had to see the excerpt video:
http://www.southparkstudios.com/clips/103344/?tag=Kyle

Yeah, I’m not a big fan of hybrids. I’m pretty sure that camels are part horse and part quasi-modo.
16 Eduardo Pasaoa // May 31, 2010 at 9:04 pm

Whoa, that’s one heck of a big-ass mouse! :O

I would have to say a tarsier would be a cool animal, I mean such a little guy has HUGE eyes! In a way, they look like they were born with huge nerdy glasses.

http://akshatb.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/tarsier_2.jpg
17 marissa // Jun 1, 2010 at 9:08 pm

Eduardo:
HAHAHAH!! Okay, now THAT image is too funny and must be shared. (I screamed when I opened the link) Thanks for this:
18 NZmoores // Jun 1, 2010 at 9:59 pm

Between photoshop, Peter Jackson, and scientists creating artificial life in a bottle, I never know what’s real and what’s a spoof anymore. In general, any pets bigger than a small pony should be kept out the back.
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19 marissa // Jun 2, 2010 at 7:32 am

NZmoores:
I keep waiting for Jason Statham to be CGI’d as my husband in real life. Someday…

But I agree about those humongous pets. I’ll be doing a post soon on my daughter’s 6-foot 2-inch Great Dane/Mastiff puppy. His name, appropriately, is “Monster”.