Awwww...

Posted 14 July 2005 by PZ Myers

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Since this is the Panda's Thumb, it's only appropriate to throw in a photo of the baby pandas just born at the Washington Zoo. All together now…

…Awwwwww, how cute!

(via Majikthise)

15 Comments

Lindsay Beyerstein · 14 July 2005

It appears I've been spreading misinformation againg. Just to clarify, the pic features some Asian baby pandas who were born recently, but there was only one panda born in Washington this week.

Reed A. Cartwright · 14 July 2005

I was wondering about that.

Man with No Personality · 14 July 2005

Gah!

They have... no... EYES!!!

Arden Chatfield · 14 July 2005

Gah! They have... no... EYES!!!

And what use is half an eye?? :-)

SEF · 14 July 2005

They've given them a panda-skin rug so they'll feel at home though. ;-) The one on the right seems to have a very hairy chest already.

GuyJ · 14 July 2005

The one on the left has Prof Steve Steve's nose.

'Rev Dr' Lenny Flank · 14 July 2005

...Awwwwww, how cute!

Bleccchhhhh. Newborn mammalians are such pathetic things. Give me a nice newly hatched cobra or mamba any day --- ready to sit up, spread that hood, and defiantly take on all comers. Not blind and helpless like the piddley little furballs. Ahhh, how I wish for global warming to accelerate, so my beloved cold-scalies can once again run roughshod over these upstart warm-fuzzies. Back to the Jurassic!! I say.

EB · 14 July 2005

Lenny,

Your post reminded me of an article from The Onion:

Link to a copy.

: )

'Rev Dr' Lenny Flank · 14 July 2005

Lenny, Your post reminded me of an article from The Onion: Link to a copy. : )

Who was it who asked "What good is a newborn infant?" . . . . . ?

Albion · 14 July 2005

...Awwwwww, how cute!

Whole new definition of the word "cute," apparently...

Henry J · 14 July 2005

Re "The one on the left has Prof Steve Steve's nose."

Well, it'd better give it back! ;)

Henry

Kevin W. Parker · 15 July 2005

The best available photo of the baby panda is available here.

(Registration may be required, but it's free.)

GT(N)T · 15 July 2005

"Who was it who asked "What good is a newborn infant?" ... . . ?"

A newbie is an internal parasite which has metamorphosed to an external parasite.

Glenn Branch · 15 July 2005

Who was it who asked "What good is a newborn infant?"
— Lenny Flank

Benjamin Franklin, apparently. Asked what the use of a new invention was, he replied, "What is the use of a new-born child?" I've also seen it attributed to Michael Faraday, but I think that's a confusion. Asked by Gladstone what the use of electricity was, Faraday is supposed to have replied, not by comparing its potentiality with that of a baby, but by appealing to a baser instinct: "Why sir, there is every possibility that you will soon be able to tax it!"

'Rev Dr' Lenny Flank · 15 July 2005

A newbie is an internal parasite which has metamorphosed to an external parasite.

That's what my Mom said until I turned 18. :>