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Saturday Evening Respite Open Thread: Summer Snacking

by Anne Laurie|  August 8, 20206:20 pm| 37 Comments

This post is in: Nature & Respite

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London Zoo’s Asiatic lion pride were treated to some frozen treats as temperatures soared pic.twitter.com/QYDmzVNrgi

— Reuters (@Reuters) August 8, 2020

Keepers at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium provide watermelon to animals during hot summer days in Washington ?? pic.twitter.com/FBGqyBTPQl

— Reuters (@Reuters) August 8, 2020

Keepers at this zoo in North Macedonia treat lemurs and chimpanzees to ice pops in high summer temperatures pic.twitter.com/si3ZWCidNz

— Reuters (@Reuters) July 25, 2020

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  1. 1.

    NotMax

    August 8, 2020 at 6:31 pm

    Kitchen humor.

    :)

  2. 2.

    SiubhanDuinne

    August 8, 2020 at 6:31 pm

    I had no idea so many different kinds of creatures were so fond of watermelon! Adorable videos.

  3. 3.

    dexwood

    August 8, 2020 at 6:34 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne: You haven’t met my dogs. They love watermelon.

  4. 4.

    SiubhanDuinne

    August 8, 2020 at 6:42 pm

    @dexwood: 

    I know, but dolphins? Eatanters?

  5. 5.

    oldster

    August 8, 2020 at 6:49 pm

    Horse hide sorbet.

    I’m thinking that may not catch on among humans.

  6. 6.

    Mary G

    August 8, 2020 at 6:51 pm

    “Are you stooooopid?!”I’m crying…??? pic.twitter.com/6cqx93O8ey— Rex Chapman?? (@RexChapman) August 8, 2020

  7. 7.

    NotMax

    August 8, 2020 at 6:51 pm

    @oldster

    Might already be available in Japan. They have some weird ass ice cream flavors over there.

    ;)

  8. 8.

    dlwchico

    August 8, 2020 at 6:56 pm

    https://twitter.com/plum_0313/status/1288038373119021057

  9. 9.

    cain

    August 8, 2020 at 6:57 pm

    It’s a beautiful sunny 75 degree weather here today .. absolutely perfect.

    At a beer place in a warehouse area, outside  a perfect place to be with people discipled in social distancing and wearing masks!

  10. 10.

    dexwood

    August 8, 2020 at 7:01 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne: Their seed spitting contests are epic.

  11. 11.

    Benw

    August 8, 2020 at 7:02 pm

    After a hot walk, I put ice cubes in my doggo’s water bowl. He delicately fishes them out, jauntily carries them onto the couch, and cronches them all over the place. Then I get to sit in ice shavings and cool my butt off. Win/win!

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    Mary G

    August 8, 2020 at 7:08 pm

    Sound on:

    Sound up!Who did this.. ?? pic.twitter.com/Vwb0E1gTuX— Buitengebieden (@BuitengebiedenB) August 8, 2020

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    zhena gogolia

    August 8, 2020 at 7:08 pm

    @Mary G:

    It’s from Paul Bronks (the music, that is).

  14. 14.

    JCJ

    August 8, 2020 at 7:08 pm

    @NotMax:  You aren’t kidding!  They also have some great melon ice there.

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    mrmoshpotato

    August 8, 2020 at 7:13 pm

    Haha, that bird is all “Stab! Stab! Stab! Mmmmmmm”

  16. 16.

    mrmoshpotato

    August 8, 2020 at 7:20 pm

    @Mary G: All the facepalms.  Zoo animals, dogs, cats, babies in utero. ?‍♂️

  17. 17.

    Amir Khalid

    August 8, 2020 at 7:38 pm

    @Mary G: 
    That one goose there isn’t doing a great job of blending in.

  18. 18.

    Luciamia

    August 8, 2020 at 7:40 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne: wonder if the dolphins use it more like a soccer ball than eat it.

  19. 19.

    geg6

    August 8, 2020 at 7:41 pm

    Who doesn’t love watermelon?

    Drove out to a local farm today and got a mass of awesomely fresh peaches and veggies (broccoli, baby beets, corn and a couple beefsteak tomatoes, which we don’t grow). Also stopped at my sister’s to shake her blueberry bush and got about a pint of those. Tomorrow I’m going to make a peach and blueberry gallete. I have a spatchcocked chicken on the grill and we’re having that with corn and some rice. Tomorrow, it’s Demonicos with those beefsteaks stuffed with breadcrumbs and Gruyere and roasted beets. I’ll probably make a pasta with the broccoli and leftover chicken next week. I do love a summer harvest.

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    Luciamia

    August 8, 2020 at 7:44 pm

    @Benw: I’m taking that image with me into the evening. It’s almost a children’s book!

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    Omnes Omnibus

    August 8, 2020 at 7:45 pm

    @Luciamia: FWIW whale rugby.

  22. 22.

    Major Major Major Major

    August 8, 2020 at 7:53 pm

    A hamster dressed up as a panda eating carrot sticks from its purse. pic.twitter.com/VXoLpKiUgK

    — Travis Akers (@travisakers) August 8, 2020

  23. 23.

    Eljai

    August 8, 2020 at 8:00 pm

    Watching the second video, I did not know you could put a rat on a leash.  Then I found this article identifying them as African giant pouched rats.  They can sniff out landmines and diseases.  Apparently the ones at Point Defiance Zoo did not pass their certification test so they just hang out in their little harnesses at the zoo.

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    Omnes Omnibus

    August 8, 2020 at 8:02 pm

    @Major Major Major Major: A furry Furry?

  25. 25.

    Major Major Major Major

    August 8, 2020 at 8:13 pm

    @Omnes Omnibus: reminiscent of Rilakkuma, the adorable Japanese mascot who is a stuffed bear that dresses up as other things. He is always depicted with a zipper on his back; in one of the animated shorts (on Netflix, very cute diversion), he appears wake up and change into an outfit of himself.

  26. 26.

    Alison Rose

    August 8, 2020 at 8:39 pm

    @Major Major Major Major: God bless the person who created this and you for sharing it here.

  27. 27.

    WaterGirl

    August 8, 2020 at 8:43 pm

    @Major Major Major Major: That is so awesome.

  28. 28.

    SiubhanDuinne

    August 8, 2020 at 9:00 pm

    @Major Major Major Major:

    The sound it makes!!

    :: m e l t I n g ::

  29. 29.

    WaterGirl

    August 8, 2020 at 9:07 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne: That is, apparently, a very yummy carrot!!!

  30. 30.

    Mike G

    August 8, 2020 at 10:36 pm

    I was going to make a joke about “hot” London weather, but it’s into the 90s there.

    Actual hot.

  31. 31.

    Another Scott

    August 8, 2020 at 11:15 pm

    @Mike G: In July 2015 we were fortunate enough to vacation a couple of weeks in Switzerland.  During one of those horrible heat waves.  It was 32C (90F) in Murten (at 1500′ on a lake) at 11 AM.  It was warm enough on the Jungfraujoch that some people were hiking around on the glacier in short sleeves.

    :-(

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  32. 32.

    Another Scott

    August 8, 2020 at 11:19 pm

    @Another Scott: Actually, looking more closely at the picture of the thermometer, it was 33C (91.4F)!!

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  33. 33.

    WaterGirl

    August 8, 2020 at 11:39 pm

    @Another Scott: At that point, maybe the thermometer should just show as RFH.

  34. 34.

    SWMBO

    August 9, 2020 at 12:13 am

    @Omnes Omnibus: That poor whale. It kept bringing back the dropped ball and the retarded human kept losing it.

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    SWMBO

    August 9, 2020 at 12:17 am

    @Major Major Major Major: My daughter had a couple of hamsters back in high school. They would get cross if they didn’t get their treats. And were vocal and appreciative when they did get them. Cute little buggers.

  36. 36.

    (not actually a) Dr Thoth Evans

    August 9, 2020 at 12:30 am

    @Benw: I’ve heard that can lead to broken teeth, or is that just a myth?

  37. 37.

    Jeffery

    August 9, 2020 at 5:28 am

    I’ve put a couple of trays of ice into the bird bath when it’s a really bad day.

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