Well, this weekend brought the big StuffedZoo Spring event, and boy, no one could have expected the results. The First Annual StuffedZoo Cross-Continental Land-Mammal Head-to-Head Chess Showdown was more than a nail-biter; it was the stuffed animal event of the year.
As you may know from the previous blog entry, our competitors were Arthur the Stuffed [...]
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Spring is on its way, and with a new season comes a new sports schedule, in the real world as well as here at the Stuffed Zoo.
While it may be hard to top our winter competition (see: First Annual StuffedZoo Primate Snowball Fight Extravaganza), we think our Spring event will be great as well.
The animals [...]
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As Karl and I waited tensely in the shadows, listening closely for what the stuffed animal herd – waiting below the tallest fir tree in the StuffedZoo woods – were about to say, we pondered what all-important questions these furry creatures had. What is the purpose of life as a stuffed animal? How do you [...]
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One of the best things about the StuffedZoo is all the different experiences and expertise that comes together under one roof. Some animals are great at changing tires (Arthur Armadillo and Big Bill the Stuffed Gorilla), some are experts in translating Chinese poetry (Sherbert the Stuffed Fish), while still others are aspiring private detectives (Bubo [...]
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Have you ever had a question about coyotes, but were too afraid or embarrassed to ask? Well, we at the Stuffed Zoo know that those burning, if not sometimes silly, questions are out there.
Carlos, our resident stuffed coyote, has agreed to help. He is here to answer all of those coyote-inspired questions. Don’t worry; he’s [...]
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Hi everyone, Karl, StuffedZoo acquisitioner here.
I’m sure you are all wondering what it was I first caught with Dr. Parker’s amazing scuba-stuffocating technology. To tell the truth, it all happened so fast, I wasn’t sure what I had at the time, either. But I got back to land, repaired the damage that had been done [...]
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Hello, this is Dr. Parker, and the StuffedZoo has commissioned me to work on new, top-secret Stuffocator technology. By now, you should know that what I am working on involves taking patented Stuffocator technology deep under the sea. The Stuffed Sea is now known to hold many, many species thought impossible before.
Well, while Karl and [...]
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Yes, it’s true. Our marine iguana has a secret, and he can’t hold back anymore. We’ll let this little green guy speak for himself:
“They say I’m a special iguana ‘cuz I’m not a land iguana – I’m a watery one. They say, ‘You dive in the ocean, Aquilla. Isn’t that cool? You eat seaweed and [...]
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Traveling through the StuffedZoo exhibits, you may have noticed that our house chameleon, Bentaro, doesn’t exactly blend in with his surroundings very often. We’ll let Bentaro speak for himself to explain why:
“Most chameleons you see – and most of the ones I’ve known, live in trees. So, if you want to blend in with your [...]
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Well, we’ve managed to capture a few photos, and even a transcription of some jokes, from Celene, our very own stuffed gray seal, at his first night as a stand-up comedian. The house was packed, and we got there late (we’d like to see how easily YOU could pack a giraffe, three monkeys, a yak, [...]
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Well, this winter was the first-ever StuffedZoo-sponsored snowball fight event, and things couldn’t have gone better. The annual SZPSFE event is a no-holds-barred, every-player-for-themselves snowball fight between over 300 types of primates, including both Greater and Lesser apes, Old World and New. The fight was a pre-arranged four and a half hours, with a first-prize [...]
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Now that we’ve finally found Popeye, our stuffed box turtle, it’s time we learned a bit about this creature, and how it has eluded us for so long.
StuffedZoo:Tell us, Popeye, where have you been?
Popeye: Well, I got my first box in 1983. It was for a blender, and it still had some of that styrofoam [...]
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You may have noticed a new voice here on the blog. Well, let me introduce myself. I am Dr. Parker, and while acquisitioners Karl and V are away on a special stuffed animal mission, I am here in my lab, working on some new designs which the StuffedZoo has commissioned me for.
It has recently been [...]
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Hi Everyone, Finn here. It’s been a while since I’ve addressed my loyal fan base, and I am terrible at keeping my Twitter page updated because all the stuffed bears keep eating my blackberries. It gives them terrible tummyaches, and I’ve tried to explain that phones are not food, but they just don’t seem to [...]
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Hello everyone! This is V, Stuffed Zoo Acquisitioner extraordinaire–I’m coming to you live from the Trumpy-Lumpy swamp in the Stuffed Animal World.
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“Greetings from Sherwood!”
At least, that’s what I like to say to people. Hi! I’m Sherwood the Shaggy Stuffed Lion, and I’m here with special permission from Finn to tell you about myself. Normally, he would never let a stuffed animal write a blog entry (he says to please ignore the case of Josephina the Stuffed Javelina, who simply hijacked the computer one day), but Finn says I’m a “special case.”
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Over the course of our work day here at the Stuffed Zoo, we deal with all sorts of people, from stuffed animal lovers and plush fanatics, to academics wanting to interview Finn for National Public Radio. Occasionally, we get some real nutcases. At first we thought that this guy was one of them, a man [...]
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Hello everyone, this is Laurie from the Stuffed Zoo. I’ve been feeling a little under the weather lately because of the change in seasons. I never know whether to expect warm or cold, and it throws my whole system out of whack.
So *cough cough* when I sit here at home wishing I could be back [...]
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When Jane and Abby materialized within the Sock Monkey Realm, they found themselves in a dark cave. Jane flipped on the stuffocator’s light so they could see their surroundings properly, but the light bounced and reflected off of the large crystals that jutted from the walls like broken mirrors, making it difficult for Jane and Abby to see anything at all through the glare. From the back of the cave they heard a yelp and a loud crashing noise, followed by what sounded like twenty people all scratching their nails on a blackboard at once.
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It was a dark and stormy night when Abby first learned of the Sock Monkeys. Abby and Jane sat together on a tattered sofa in the warehouse wing of the Stuffed Zoo, talking about Jane’s latest acquisition, a stuffed monkey tree house, while the rain battered the metal roofing with a deafening clatter.
“So when can I be an Acquisitioner?” Abby asked, not quite disguising the whine in her voice.
“Well, Abby, when you prove that you can handle the responsibility!”
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