Tuesday, August 23, 2005

Bears in Mind

Cuter bear: panda or koala?


11 comments:

Anonymous said...

The Koala looks pissed. Pissed creatures are not cute (e.g. owls). Panda wins.

Heather

Gav said...

Koalas are often called as "koala bears" - this is not correct. Koala is not a bear but a marsupial. The closest relative of koala is a wombat, which also has cute and cuddly appearance, but it's never called a "wombat bear"

http://www.giftlog.com/pictures/koala_fact.htm

Panda by default.

Floyd said...

There's actually a debate over whether a panda is actually a bear or an entire species of its own. So no default win for the panda.

And that koala does look pissed off.

Anonymous said...

Latest thought - panda = bear.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Panda
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_Panda

Heather

dn said...

New question: which animal is cuter: panda or koala? I say the koala. A panda looks like a deadbeat dad.

And the koala is pissed because someone just stole his didgeridoo.

Floyd said...

Dan, this question is just too hard, and I refuse to answer. I love both equally. But I will say that the koala has a slight cuteness advantage because of its size, and he could ride on your back, possibly in a little backpack or pouch. So I guess I just answered your damn question. The koala is cuter, BARELY.

Anonymous said...

The koala is only cuter because it's smaller. Little things are cute. I guarantee that if the sizes were reversed, this question would be laughable. A human-size koala would just be scary, while a miniature panda would be the new Tickle Me Elmo.

[-jeff.]

Anonymous said...

Jeff I think you just scared the shit out of me. A human sized koala bear? Imagine that thing showing up at a party - all pissed off and drunk. I bet it would steal things like CDs and shove em in its pouch.

Heather

Floyd said...

I laughing my ass off, and I honestly don't think I can think of many things funnier (or scarier) than a human-sized koala, especially a drunk, pissed off, kleptomaniac koala.

Bob said...

Little things are cute.

Well, that explains why I'm always hearing Floyd's penis described as "cute."

Floyd said...

Your girlfriend STILL talking about that?

You play with fire, you're going to get burned...