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This adorable movie came out in 2012. A mother falls in love with a wolf and gives birth to two children which she must raise on her own after her husband meets an unfortunate fate. The story focuses mostly on around the mother's hard ships and ability to stay positive and patient with her exceptional offspring. This movie has a mellow pace to it and is filled with smooth transformation scenes. When you click this link you may get hit with a few pop ups. Click the button to skip to the actual video, then close the ad over the video and you should have easy streaming from there.

http://www.solarmovie.tl/link/play/1910831/

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Next month Archaia Press is re-releasing the novelization of Jim Henson’s Labyrinth, the 1986 fantasy feature (with David Bowie and Jennifer Connelly) which was later adapted as a novel by A.C.H. Smith — and illustrated by well-known fantasy artist Brian Froud, who of course also designed the movie and many of its characters. This new hardcover edition features a brand new collection of Froud’s goblin artwork and sketches for the film, recently uncovered, as well as notes and sketches by Jim Henson himself. USA Today has the story on this and other Jim Henson-inspired projects currently in the works at Archaia.

image c. The Jim Henson Company and Archaia Press

How often would you say that the bouncers at furry events are also, themselves furries.

In the case of bouncers that are furries, is their status as bouncers indicated by the colour and cut of their clothing as is the standard with non-furries, or, if not, what that indicator would be.

Thank you for your time.

edit: thank you for your answers they were very helpful.

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hi im reiner and i can wait to meet some people around here :) my fa http://www.furaffinity.net/gallery/costin55/ (nsfw)

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Hey! Looking for a furry room where you can RP and make friends? Join The Furhouse! Where you can RP with furries like yourself!. :) Feel free to play the opposite gender, Herm, femboy :) http://us12.chatzy.com/67682957075884

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TigerTails Radio Season 8 Episode 02
The latest episode of TigerTails Radio. For previous episodes, visit http://www.tigertailsradio.co.uk From: TigerTails Radio Views: 35 1 ratings Time: 02:03:25 More in People & Blogs

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Hey Furballs, I wanted to get an idea on whats going on in the community and what kind of furs are out there. Here's is the SURVEY!

I'm gonna end the survey on Friday, April 5th. And post the results over the 6th-7th weekend.

EDit 3: So I am just over halfway to my goal of 1000 responses by midnight Friday. with 10,000+ members I know we can do it! Help me out and share this with your fellow fuzzbutts!

Edit: Please feel free to share this survey with your furry friends, I want to get as much data as possible.

Edit 2: A big hand to the mods of /r/furry for stickying this post. I owe you!

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Purple Zebra by CC (gokart on Weasyl, click for link)

Can we all agree that zebras are awesome?

Excellent. Then let’s take a quick look at the phenomenon of the urban zebra.

Zebras are notoriously hard to domesticate. Unlike horses, zebras have no history of selectively breeding to make them a suitable pet. It does happen, but there are all sorts of problems.

Many experts argue that domesticating a zebra is dangerous, impractical, and inhumane (ref).

Zebras are dangerous because of their kick, which is significantly more dangerous than a horse kick. For starters, zebra kicks are aimed: a zebra looks backwards, between its legs, to increase its chances of hitting the mark. This is an evolved prey response: in a fray with a lion, this is often the zebra’s best chance for survival.

Secondly, zebras are aggressive creatures. They kick and they bite with little provocation and no notice. This is also likely a product of their status as prey animals – if your survival strategy was largely to loll around in the open and hope to not be eaten, you’d have a nervous disposition too.

Pictured: IT’S A ZEBRA CROSSING

The dangerous nature of zebras is a large part of what makes them impractical domestic animals, but it’s also their capacity to learn. Experience suggests that zebras take a long time to ‘break’, and rarely achieve a long-term placid demeanour. They have short attention spans, mood swings, and are stubborn.

Zebra herd behaviour is a problem as well. A typical zebra herd includes a single male associated with a group of females, and the females have a strict hierarchy. The females will attack one another if the hierarchy is challenged, much like a chicken pecking order. In general, the dominant female walks at the front of the herd, with the other females following in order of dominance. This behaviour makes managing more than one zebra in a domestic environment especially challenging.

Some argue that training and riding a zebra is also inhumane, in part because zebras require very harsh treatment to manage their aggression. Zebras are also not as sturdy as horses, who have been bred to handle the weight of a human rider. Some experts judge that riding a zebra will inevitably cause the animal pain and possible injury.

It’s instructive that zebras have never been used in any significant capacity as beasts of burden in sub-Saharan Africa. Areas afflicted with the tsetse fly are unsuitable for horses, who suffer animal trypanosomiasis, which causes weakness and death (zebras are immune). Domestication of work animals is seen in many human civilizations, yet zebras were never domesticated by indigenous African people.

Even so, zebras can be domesticated and have been domesticated. In many parts of the world, including parts of the United States, zebras are classified as horses and so are subject to regulations that allow them to be kept as pets. They are expensive (a zebra foal will cost you upwards of $10,000), and so could probably be best described as vanity items for the rich.

But they are out there. Zebras ‘races’, usually with only two participants, take place from time to time but they’re not as much fun as they sound. The zebras don’t race: they mostly wander about aimlessly, paying little attention to the direction of the racetrack or the rider’s urgings.

Zebra racing at Fairgrounds Race Course, New Orleans, USA

Zebra racing got the feature-film treatment in Racing Stripes, a 2005 kids that tried to channel the cute-talking-animal spirit of Babe. It’s a genuinely terrible film, following the story of a zebra who dreams of becoming a champion racehorse. There is a lot to dislike, not least two horseflies who have ‘stereotypical black guy’ and ‘stereotypical white guy’ characterizations and banter back-and-forth in the kind of casually racist fashion that stopped being appropriate sometime in the 1980s.

Racing Stripes also features some godawful CGI, some terrible attempted accents by the supporting cast (who are all South African pretending to be from Kentucky), and a plot that sees Stripes cheat his way to victory. In his review, Roger Ebert said “There are kids who will like it, but then there are kids who are so happy to be at the movies that they like everything. ”

Probably the highest-profile and most successful example of zebra domestication was Walter Rothschild (1868-1937), an eccentric British zoologist. Rothschild, a member of the famous financial dynasty, trained zebras to drive carriages around London, most famously in Hyde Park and around Buckingham Palace.

Walter Rothschild in Hyde Park, London

The picture above is the most famous picture of Rothschild’s zebras, and it shows that Rothschild knew a thing or two about zebra behaviour. If you look closely, you’ll see that one of the leading animals is a horse (the photograph is framed to hide this as much as possible). The single leading zebra is the dominant female, and so the following two (female) zebras can be harnessed behind her without challenging the natural herd dynamic.

Rothschild never trained his zebras to carry a rider, identifying the zebra’s lack of back strength, and the risk to humans due to general zebra skittishness. Even with this precaution, one of his zebras killed a groomsman with a well-targeted kick.

Rothschild again, in his amazing zebra deathcarriage

Those of us in the UK can visit Walter Rothschild’s collection at the Natural History Museum in Tring, some 40 miles north-west of London.

Those with more visceral tastes may choose to skip the museum and instead enjoy some ex-zebra. Zebra meat is easy to come by in most countries, most likely found at an African-themed steakhouse or specialty butcher. I’m vegetarian nowadays and so I’ve missed my chance to try it, but I’m told that zebra is a mild-tasting red meat, similar to beef or horse. (Curiously, zebra is easy to come by even in those parts of the United States where horse meat is taboo.) Zebra is a lean meat, and so prone to becoming dry if overcooked. Order it rare.

Okay guys, thanks to everyone who was interested, asked a question, or is now reading this!
I am really nervous about this because despite wanting to be a journalist when I was younger this is the first real project I've set myself, and I can't help feeling like it looks more like some office assignment notes than a detailed explanation of what's gone on.

I've tried to be fair, refer to evidence and what I actually did, but the journey took so long I'm on a different computer, and I only started typing up 3 days ago.

Anyway, sorry for trying to excuse myself, for anyone interested it's HERE!

It includes multiple text files (did that on purpose rather than say PDF or Word Document for tiny file size, good readability and lack of requiring additional programs), 7 examples of music tracks (only by 3 artists, I wanted a snappy show of common style), a small image of art and the only chart I have that's readable and digitalised.

Anyway, thanks a lot for everything, even just being nice to me.
Now this is out the way I'll settle in properly and show my personality as a new furry in actual conversation rather than impersonal text files.

Thanks!

EDIT: For those who can't/won't download the full thing, brave imgur's rollercoaster connection to see an image version.

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Everyone here has probably got a favourite type of furry, but what species do people not like and why?

I myself don't like rodents (rats, mice, squirrels etc.). I don't really know why, but there is something that makes me dislike them.

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I can't easily wear contacts due to allergies. Does anyone have experiences or insights on fursuit heads with either internal or external glasses? I know they could fog up, but that would be preferable to not being able to see at all!

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