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Caption This for 02/17/12

Posted February 16, 2012 4:45 PM by Kaplin
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02/16/2012 5:03 PM

The Island of Doctor Moreau?

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02/16/2012 5:30 PM

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02/18/2012 12:22 PM

Is this like animal cross-dressing?
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02/16/2012 6:34 PM

AP wire; A pair of zoo workers were arrested monday after zoo officials began getting bizarre reports of strange animals wandering the Park...after extensive investigation it was discovered that a pair of Artists were sneaking into the Park nights and placing papier mache' creatures at random locations as a performance art stunt...The budding Artists admitted paying off the zoo workers with hallucinogenic drugs who seemed to have no knowledge of the extra animals....

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02/16/2012 7:25 PM

I don't know honey, Do you really think vertical stripes make me look thinner?

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02/16/2012 7:48 PM

The African Black Rhino is known to be inherently ornery and aggressively challenging towards strangers. such as man, when it feels threatened, while it's cousin the White Rhino is noticeably more a docile and accepting creature.

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02/16/2012 8:17 PM

White Rhino breeding program produces unexpected results
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02/16/2012 8:42 PM

He promoted a universal health care in his state, but he's not a Democrat. He's a family values Republican, but belongs to a religious organization that has long accepted polygamy. He was a moderate four years ago, but now he wants to be known as an extreme conservative. He can change his stripes at will.

And now finally, we have a rare un-retouched photo of the Rino Zebromney.

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02/16/2012 11:00 PM

It's amazing what Viagra can do for the animal kingdom!

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02/17/2012 12:42 AM

Who's your daddy?

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02/17/2012 2:06 AM

"I'm telling you I'm a zebra! That thing, its just a beauty spot.. Please don't poach me"

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02/17/2012 4:01 AM

No flies on him

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02/17/2012 4:02 AM

"Well if these crazy stripes work to keep the flies off the zebras...."

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02/17/2012 4:15 AM

Yes that's all well and good, but what do you get if you cross an Elephant with a Rhino?
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02/17/2012 4:35 AM

No son you can't support Manchester United; you'll have to do what all the zebras do, and, support Newcastle.

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02/17/2012 5:32 AM

I am not sure whether it is real or graphics but they have cross bread lion/tiger(liger), tiger/lion(tigon) etc long back.I wonder whether they tried buffaloe/cow, bull/buffaloe, sheep/goat,goat/sheep,mule/horse,horse/mule,donkey/mule,mule/donkey etc to create new hybrid species with special qualities like more milk,meat,strength or less prone to usual diseases of each species.

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02/17/2012 6:50 AM

The mule crosses can't happen. Mules are almost always congenitally sterile, one of the reasons they're so popular as draught animals.

Mules are the result of horse/donkey interbreeding - with horse mothers.

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02/17/2012 7:22 AM

That's just not funny Rose.
I assiduously read that whole Wiki article waiting for the punchline.
Caption? More like Cr4ption.

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02/17/2012 8:11 AM

It too me a full 3 minutes to get that !

Anyhow, it's a Zebrocorous/Rhinora (or an Okapi-something gone wrong). All ethical - it's good to cross at a zebra. Pelican's are rare thesedays. Zebrocorous could be farmed for 'ready to lay' crossings.

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02/17/2012 8:36 AM

For a more colourful experience, try a puffin or a toucan...

For Del: the humour here is delicate and subtle. See if you can spot it

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02/17/2012 10:43 AM

'For Del...' - rofl !

There is a most excellent book called Callum's Road. In a brief digression he relates his love of cormorant. I know this stuff.

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02/18/2012 5:45 PM

I have a Tufty book...

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02/17/2012 8:40 AM

Oh stop muling, Cat. If my mate P and I want to discuss FI Hybrids, just you go play with a feather...

Better still, go and give my superb caption which links into a recent Engineering News stories a GA.

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02/17/2012 8:44 PM

Are the mothers so horse that they can't say NO!?
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02/18/2012 5:46 PM

The one I met was just a little horse, so she ponied up....

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02/19/2012 3:25 AM

..what, the porcelein type ? Best take the Tuffty club badge

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02/22/2012 12:48 AM

This technique will be a very useful tool for scientific research and produce/create new species of genetically modified animals in labs,zoos etc and release into the wild.

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02/17/2012 1:18 PM

Beefalo is what they call the hybrid between American Bison and the cow. Many of strange looking creations there. Here's one.

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02/17/2012 7:24 AM

I knew I'd gain some weight when I quit smoking, but I didn't know it would make me horny.

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02/17/2012 8:39 AM

Zach, where did you say you bought the semen for our artificial insemination program again?????????

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This should mess up their data with stripespotter.

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02/17/2012 8:53 AM

The odd thing is, when you scan it...
It says unexpected item in the grazing area.
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Sheer genius. Worthy of the squibble!

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02/17/2012 10:26 AM

Please sit down son. Mommy has some explaining to do. When I was young, I thought all of the boy animals on the savannah wanted to be with me because I was smart and funny..........................I made some bad decisions.

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02/17/2012 12:31 PM

Damn Rhinovirus !!!!!

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Yes, I am a true Oakland Raiders fan!

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02/17/2012 9:02 PM

LynDoor™Industries Full Body Vinyl Rhino Wraps® (SPF 60) are so realistic that they can fool even a Zebra mother's keen eyesight.

And they are as supple as a newborn's skin.
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02/18/2012 12:17 PM

Who/what bred who/what here?

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That is just scary!

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Humph... Doolittle this his idea of fitting in?

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Does this outfit make my butt look big??

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02/19/2012 8:18 AM

Intergration results...
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The original Rhino Liner

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