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Postby seemslikeadream » Tue Aug 13, 2013 1:01 pm



This is the heartwarming moment that a mother panda bear was reunited with her cub - and immediately picked it up for a cuddle.

The pandas in Taipei City Zoo in Taiwan were separated for a month.

The mother, Yuan Yuan, is one of the two giant pandas given to the zoo by China four years ago. She gave birth to the female cub a month ago .

But the cub had to be removed from her mother because keepers were worried that Yuan Yuan would harm or even kill the baby .

So it is with bated breath that the howling cub is placed back with the mother - who instantly showed motherly instincts. Yuan Yuan uses her mouth to pick up the cub, cuddles it and begins to breastfeed it.

Despite the encouragin response, zookeepers eventually decided to reduce the risk of danger to the cub and put her back in an incubator.

They will allow mother and cub to meet regularly .

The video, released by the zoo today, has already become an Internet hit, with viewers describing the touching film as "beautiful".

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Re: the cuteness only thread

Postby Allegro » Fri Oct 11, 2013 12:32 am

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Postby Perelandra » Fri Oct 18, 2013 4:44 pm

Very funny, guys. I know my cat is not a dog, because when I try to scold him for shredding paper and birds,
he just looks at me like, "WTF, lady?"
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Re: the cuteness only thread

Postby coffin_dodger » Tue Nov 05, 2013 8:13 am

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Re: the cuteness only thread

Postby justdrew » Mon Nov 25, 2013 3:13 am

ladies and gentlemen... Dirds...

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Re: the cuteness only thread

Postby KUAN » Sun Dec 15, 2013 4:27 pm

Merli the cat's last stop

Merli the cat has always been a personality in his neighbourhood - getting on buses, attacking dogs, hob-nobbing at parties and snoozing in the pub.

Now 17 years old, Merli has put his wild days behind him and retired, to a bus shelter in the Auckland suburb Northcote Point.

"Hi, my name is Merli," reads a sign above the sleeping cat.

"I do have a home and whanau at 23A, B & C Queen Street who love me ... but I have now decided to leave my permanent home and take up residence in this bus shelter.

"... Thank you for the many pats and affection you have given me."

Merli's owners, Tony and Krys Lanigan, said they put up the sign so people wouldn't think he was abandoned and call the SPCA.

"No he's not, the sod. He's just drinking up all the love he can," Mr Lanigan said.

In his younger days, Merli was a regular sight around Northcote Point.

"He used to go up to the pub for lunch. My wife had been up to get coffee and there was a girl there who said 'this cat often comes up and sleeps in the private lounge before it's opened'.

"We also wondered why he wasn't eating at home and then we discovered he'd wonder up to the garden bar over summer and get fish and chips."

Merli was raised rough near Le Roys Bush in Birkenhead, where there was a large cat population, before being adopted by the Lanigans.

"He used to attack dogs. He patrolled our gateway and would put the fear of God into people running with their dogs," Mr Lanigan said.

"There's another chap who's a jogger, and he used to come with cat biscuits and give him a few but he came past one day and didn't give him anything so Merli ran after him and was trying to scratch his legs.

"People would cross the road rather than walk past him because he wouldn't move from the centre of the footpath. He's slowed down since then."

Merli would sometimes head to the nearby ferry terminal when there were functions happening, and wait for revellers to toss him snacks.

"I'm sure he's had a few canapes in his time. And we feed him at home so he must eat shed loads."

Neighbours had also seen him hopping on and of buses, and drivers would regularly talk to him.

"I think he's just a very a social animal and our neighbours all look out for him. We've found out he's got a constituency far bigger than those who live at our house," Mr Lanigan said.

Merli was now believed to be deaf and partially sighted, and could have senile dementia.

"He is loved, it's just he's chosen, at this senile age, to bugger off from home."


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Postby Allegro » Wed Dec 18, 2013 1:43 pm

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Re: the cuteness only thread

Postby Allegro » Mon Dec 30, 2013 2:30 am

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Re: the cuteness only thread

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Re: the cuteness only thread

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Re: the cuteness only thread

Postby Allegro » Mon Apr 21, 2014 12:59 am


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Postby Perelandra » Wed May 14, 2014 9:05 pm

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