Posts tagged "daily squee"

I'm not a gamer. I haven't played video games in years. Don't get me wrong; I'm not against video games. It's just that, well, at a certain point my cat fell in love with my PS3 controller. I never had the heart to take it away from her, so I just sort of fell out of the gaming habit. My friends at Daily Squee are kind of bummed that I never play online with them anymore, but what can I say? It brings me more joy just to see her snuggled up like that with the joysticks.

Hey, rabbit. Hey, rabbit, come here. How come I've never seen you jump? How come I've never seen a bunny jump? Sure, you hop around all the live-long day. How else would you get around with those big ol' hind legs and feets? But hopping and jumping aren't the same thing. I bet you can't jump. I bet you 100 carrots that you can't even jump. I dare you to. I Daily Squee dare you to jump.

Oh! Well. I guess I owe you 100 carrots.

Look, a baby koala is going to be super cute no matter what. We can all agree on that, right? In fact, if you told me you saw a baby koala that wasn't cute, I'd call you a filthy liar to your face! The point is, it's not hard for a baby koala to make us squee. They don't have to try. But that's what we like so much about this baby koala in particular: he's so cool! Have you ever seen anything look so adorably precious and so chilled out at the same time? He lets what nature gave him do its cute magic. Meanwhile, he flashes you a look that says, "Yeah, I know I'm cute. But I'm not going to get all in your face about it. You're welcome."

Just because you're from a tropical climate doesn't mean you can't celebrate the winter solstice. Thanks to the knitting squad over at Daily Squee HQ, this little parrot is getting into the spirit of the season.

When it comes to animals and nature itself, it's not out of the question for something to be both cute and incredibly dangerous at the same time. In fact, with bears--and especially cubs--it's precisely their cuteness that is part of what makes them so dangerous. We went camping with our buddies at Daily Squee recently and spotted some bear cubs. And even though every fiber of our beings was telling us to run up to those cubs and tickle their furry little bellies, our intelligence screamed at us not to. Because wherever there are bear cubs, a big bear momma is sure to be close, and she won't be happy to see you. Few things are as irresistible as furry little bellies, but they're not worth being eaten alive over.

We've spoken in the past about one of the primary tenants of the Paw Nation Book of Regulations, Edicts & No-Nos (borrowed, of course, from the world-famous Daily Squee Decrees). Specifically, I'm referring to the following rule:

"Never, never attempt to snuggle, cuddle, nuzzle, wuzzle, or otherwise hug or be hugged by any Panthera tigris--also known as tigers--including Bengal, Indochinese, Malayan, Siberian, South China, or Sumatran subspecies, or any varieties as yet undiscovered by humans."

That rule is airtight, and we stand by it. Learn it, live it, love it. That being said, I do want to mention that this does not mean that you should think of tigers as your enemies! Tigers are beautiful, majestic creatures--the kings of the jungle (because lions don't live in the jungle, you silly goose). If you should have an opportunity to share a bonding moment with a tiger on a primal level when both your safety and the tiger's safety are assured, you would be a fool to pass it up.

What you see here is a baby turkey. Adorable. right? Adult turkeys may not be the most beautiful creatures in the animal kingdom, but their young can rival any chicken chick in cuteness.

Speaking of which, do you know what a baby turkey is called? Hint: It's not called a chick. Give up? We have your answer.

Happy Thanksgiving from Daily Squee!

They say that you're not actually supposed to bait mouse traps and rat traps with cheese, because mice and rats don't actually like cheese. We know we may have just blown some of your minds with that bit of information, but it turns out that not everything you learned from watching cartoons is completely true.

So yay Paw Nation, you ask, what does my fancy rat pal want to snack on if not a bit of cheddar? They want what we all want, according to Daily Squee bakers: cookies! That's why Violet the rat here looks so content while snacking on her first holiday cookie of the season.

All skunks are adorable. Their stripes, their little faces, the way they waddle around. So many of us want to cuddle them. So few of us have. Because Mother Nature sometimes can be as emotionally cruel as she is physically punishing, and so she gave us an adorable furball who would be perfect for snuggling if it wasn't for its potent, stinky panic button.

Apparently what you have to do is gain a skunk's trust. This photo shows a person who somehow made the skunk come to him. And not just any skunk; a baby skunk. And if there's no sense of danger, you won't get sprayed, right? But how did he do it?! The scientists at Daily Squee Laboratories are hard at work trying to crack that mystery even as we speak. Check back with us soon and hopefully we'll be able to tell you the secret to making friends with skunks.

"Those guys from Daily Squee are looking for me, but they'll never find me as long as I stay underneath this bedding. ...Right?"

Weasels are stuck with a bad rap owing to their history of crime, being infamous poachers of small farm livestock like rabbits and chickens. While none of us would like for anyone else to ever call us "weasels," it's hard to deny that when divorced from their unsavory reputations, weasels really are cute to the max. And as with all things, the smaller they are, the cuter they are. That's the law. The Law of Squee.

At Paw Nation, we never get sick of cute kittens, puppies, piglets or ducklings. We will never not share a picture of an adorable duckling with you, readers. That's the Paw Nation Promise.

But just because we never tire of old favorites, it doesn't mean we're not interested in newcomers. You're looking at a paca, a South American rodent similar to a capybara. And as you can see, pacas are cuter than buttons. This particular paca was born at the San Diego Zoo last month, according to Daily Squee. If your local zoo doesn't feature a paca exhibit, call and complain.

These little devils are so cute that we just want to eat them up.

Why do they call them Tasmanian devils? Is it because they're evil? We doubt it. Nothing this cute could be bad, right? At worst, they're probably just rascally. And for the record, we don't really want to eat them. That also was hyperbole. So if you're very literal, all we meant was that these Tasmanian devil joeys are so cute that we want to pet them and snuggle them and never stop.

Actually, that doesn't work either. We'd have to stop eventually to feed ourselves and bathe ourselves. Maybe we could switch off: Our friends at Daily Squee could play with the joeys for an hour; then we'd take a turn; then back to Daily Squee and so on. There are no flaws in this plan!

This face. This face is one of the great rewards of dog ownership. Nothing's better than seeing pure joy bloom across your pooch's mug.

Says this Daily Squee corgi's owner, "He's primarily an outside dog, so when I come out and sit on the deck with him, he lays his head on my lap and smiles at me. He is always this happy to see me. Can't beat the love of your dog." You'll get no argument from us.