Jan 23, 2009: Cariboucicle

xoxoxoBruce · 01-23-2009, 03:06 AM

Well it's Friday, which means critter time in IOtD.
Usually the Friday critter is a warm and fuzzy type, but today is cold and fuzzy.

Jonco, over at Bits & Pieces, posted these pictures with the explanation;

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These pictures come from a friends friend who lives in Alaska. This caribou froze while standing up in -80°F winds on the North slope at the top of Alaska.

It looks to me like a young female, but I'm having a hard time getting my head around her freezing solid while standing up. I suppose the "pose" could be from bracing against the wind, but it sure looks unnatural.

Beestie · 01-23-2009, 03:27 AM

Dip that sucker in warm chocolate and you got yourself a tasty treat!

SPUCK · 01-23-2009, 04:24 AM

Man that is not good.. I need to burn more hydrocarbons for those poor things..

Griff · 01-23-2009, 06:30 AM

Not the normal warm and fuzzy Friday fare, but freeze-dried does eliminate some storage issues.

ZenGum · 01-23-2009, 06:40 AM

Well, when an Alaskan cop yells "FREEZE!!!" they mean business.

sweetwater · 01-23-2009, 07:10 AM

A death worse than fate!
And just because she's frigid doesn't make her a 'she'.

capnhowdy · 01-23-2009, 08:00 AM

Looks like they would know how to avoid this fate. I'm sure it's not the first time the caribou has dealt with this. Almost makes me want to call shenanigans. Sad. But since it happened already... somebody build a goddam fire and break out the BBQ sauce.

monster · 01-23-2009, 08:10 AM

There's a Palin joke in here somewhere.....

Sheldonrs · 01-23-2009, 08:41 AM

Where can I find the caribou? In the frozen food section.

morethanpretty · 01-23-2009, 11:51 AM

MMM caribou-cicles. It even has fudge filling!

Shawnee123 · 01-23-2009, 11:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Griff

Not the normal warm and fuzzy Friday fare, but freeze-dried does eliminate some storage issues.

Oh my. I read that as does being plural of doe.

Now I'm not sure if it is the plural of doe, or does as in done did.

If you intended the double meaning, I applaud you. Nay, I worship you!

xoxoxoBruce · 01-23-2009, 12:01 PM

Plural is D'oh.

Undertoad · 01-23-2009, 12:04 PM

If only we'd have drilled in ANWR. She could have found warm refuge near the working pumps.

Gravdigr · 01-23-2009, 05:56 PM

I've seen many instances of deer/elk/caribou getting stuck while going through deep drifts. They freeze to death, the snow either melts or blows away, and leaves an erect (well, upright, anyway) dead, frozen solid "statue" of the animal.

Pretty freakin' cool.

capnhowdy · 01-23-2009, 06:07 PM

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Pretty freakin' cool.

01-23-2009, 03:27 AM	#2
Beestie -◊\|≡·∙■·∙≡\|◊- Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Parts unknown. Posts: 4,081	Dip that sucker in warm chocolate and you got yourself a tasty treat! __________________ ♠ ♥ ♣ ♦

01-23-2009, 06:30 AM	#4
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Not the normal warm and fuzzy Friday fare, but freeze-dried does eliminate some storage issues. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

01-23-2009, 06:40 AM	#5
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Well, when an Alaskan cop yells "FREEZE!!!" they mean business. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

01-23-2009, 07:10 AM	#6
sweetwater lives inside a Mobius strip Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 1,120	A death worse than fate! And just because she's frigid doesn't make her a 'she'. __________________ I knew I shoulda taken that left turn at Albuquerque! - Bugs Bunny

01-23-2009, 08:00 AM	#7
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	Looks like they would know how to avoid this fate. I'm sure it's not the first time the caribou has dealt with this. Almost makes me want to call shenanigans. Sad. But since it happened already... somebody build a goddam fire and break out the BBQ sauce. __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

01-23-2009, 04:24 AM	#3
SPUCK Professor Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,911	Man that is not good.. I need to burn more hydrocarbons for those poor things..

01-23-2009, 08:10 AM	#8
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	There's a Palin joke in here somewhere..... __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

01-23-2009, 08:41 AM	#9
Sheldonrs Master Dwellar Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 4,412	Where can I find the caribou? In the frozen food section. __________________ Laugh and the world laughs with you; cry and the world laughs AT you.

01-23-2009, 11:51 AM	#10
morethanpretty Thats "Miss Zipper Neck" to you. Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: little town (but not the littlest) in texas Posts: 2,957	MMM caribou-cicles. It even has fudge filling! __________________ Addicts may suck dick for coke, but love came up with the idea to put a dick in there to begin with. -Jack O'Brien

01-23-2009, 12:01 PM	#12
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Plural is D'oh. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-23-2009, 12:04 PM	#13
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	If only we'd have drilled in ANWR. She could have found warm refuge near the working pumps.

01-23-2009, 05:56 PM	#14
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	I've seen many instances of deer/elk/caribou getting stuck while going through deep drifts. They freeze to death, the snow either melts or blows away, and leaves an erect (well, upright, anyway) dead, frozen solid "statue" of the animal. Pretty freakin' cool. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

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