Giant anteater legs look like pandas

Farry

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Jul 13, 2012, 1:53:24 PM7/13/12

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http://imgur.com/lQjdA

Bill Marcum

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Jul 15, 2012, 5:45:09 PM7/15/12

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On 2012-07-13, Farry <fa...@see.replyto.header> wrote:
> http://imgur.com/lQjdA

You have to wonder what sort of evolutionary advantage they get from
the illusion of wearing panda slippers. Maybe the ants see them and
think "It's a panda, they eat bamboo, we're safe." :)

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Farry

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Jul 17, 2012, 7:30:28 AM7/17/12

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Dennis Lee Bieber <wlf...@ix.netcom.com> wrote:

>On Sun, 15 Jul 2012 17:45:09 -0400, Bill Marcum <bi...@lat.localnet>
>declaimed the following in alt.fan.furry:

>
>>
>> On 2012-07-13, Farry <fa...@see.replyto.header> wrote:
>> > http://imgur.com/lQjdA
>>
>> You have to wonder what sort of evolutionary advantage they get from
>> the illusion of wearing panda slippers. Maybe the ants see them and
>> think "It's a panda, they eat bamboo, we're safe." :)
>

> But what type of communication do the ants have for South American
>ants to "think" they are seeing Chinese pandas and not South American
>ant-eaters?

I'd guess it's to deter the anteater's predators. A web search for South
American bears turns up the Spectacled Bear which has plausibly similar
colouring -- and extinct bears like the Arctotherium, apparently of
unknown fur colour, but would certainly be a deterrent:

www.google.com/search?q=arctotherium&tbm=isch

Wanderer

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Sep 3, 2012, 1:49:12 AM9/3/12

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Farry <fa...@see.replyto.header> wrote in
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> http://imgur.com/lQjdA

Now that I can post again (with thanks to Snuhwolf for recommending this
news server):

It's very nice, but completely Photoshopped. You can notice the blending
edge if you look closely. :)

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Farry

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Sep 3, 2012, 2:42:08 PM9/3/12

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Wanderer <wand...@gaiges.net> wrote:

>Farry <fa...@see.replyto.header> wrote in
>news:7tn008tm25v9c9veb...@4ax.com:
>
>> http://imgur.com/lQjdA
>
>Now that I can post again (with thanks to Snuhwolf for recommending this
>news server):
>
>It's very nice, but completely Photoshopped. You can notice the blending
>edge if you look closely. :)

Well...

www.google.co.uk/search?tbm=isch&q=giant+anteater

Wanderer

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Nov 12, 2012, 5:22:13 AM11/12/12

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Farry <fa...@see.replyto.header> wrote in
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Yep. Notice that the picture is an altered form of one in the top row,
using a leg cloned from one of the pictures in the second row.

§ñühwö£f

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Nov 12, 2012, 11:52:14 AM11/12/12

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Wanderer wrote:
> Farry <fa...@see.replyto.header> wrote in
> news:4fu948hvlqjvl4t97...@4ax.com:
>
>> Wanderer <wand...@gaiges.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Farry <fa...@see.replyto.header> wrote in
>>> news:7tn008tm25v9c9veb...@4ax.com:
>>>
>>>> http://imgur.com/lQjdA
>>> Now that I can post again (with thanks to Snuhwolf for recommending
>>> this news server):
>>>
>>> It's very nice, but completely Photoshopped. You can notice the
>>> blending edge if you look closely. :)
>> Well...
>>
>> www.google.co.uk/search?tbm=isch&q=giant+anteater
>
> Yep. Notice that the picture is an altered form of one in the top row,
> using a leg cloned from one of the pictures in the second row.
>

Watch out; dont show that piccy to th' spaprofight...he'll HUMP it!

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Nov 12, 2012, 7:26:22 PM11/12/12

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��hw��f wrote:
> Wanderer wrote:
>> Farry <fa...@see.replyto.header> wrote in
>> news:4fu948hvlqjvl4t97...@4ax.com:
>>> Wanderer <wand...@gaiges.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Farry <fa...@see.replyto.header> wrote in
>>>> news:7tn008tm25v9c9veb...@4ax.com:
>>>>
>>>>> http://imgur.com/lQjdA
>>>> Now that I can post again (with thanks to Snuhwolf for recommending
>>>> this news server):
>>>>
>>>> It's very nice, but completely Photoshopped. You can notice the
>>>> blending edge if you look closely. :)
>>> Well...
>>>
>>> www.google.co.uk/search?tbm=isch&q=giant+anteater
>>
>> Yep. Notice that the picture is an altered form of one in the top
>> row, using a leg cloned from one of the pictures in the second row.
>>
> Watch out; dont show that piccy to th' spaprofight...he'll HUMP it!
>

Nonsense. The anteater naturally accepts my dominance as a matter of
course.

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