Look what the internet birthed today: a blog devoted solely to pictures of animals with their tongues sticking out. Titled, aptly, “Animals with Their Tongues Sticking Out OMG.”
Hit the jump for a Q&A with the site’s founder, Kiala Kazebee.
(Happy now, Mike Russell?)
Mercury: Kiala, what inspired this blog?
KIALA KAZEBEE: My cat Whiskey served as the inspiration for this blog. He was born a wee bit retarded and so his tongue sticks out all the time. I have very special feelings for him in light of this behavior. Also one night I was drinking with friends (YOU) and one of those friends (YOU) mentioned how much they like cats whose tongues stick out when they’re sleeping. And then a friend (STILL YOU) mentioned on Twitter I should attempt to turn it into a meme. The rest is internet history.
What is it about animals with their tongues out that is so much cuter than regular animals?
There is something so deliciously STUPID about animals, especially wild ones, who seem completely unaware of how ridiculous they look with their tongue sticking out like that. Seriously, if a Bear were about to maul and eat me but for one second looked around with his eyes glazed over and his tongue out I would LAAAUUUUGH. And then die. Probably.
What is your personal favorite animal with its tongue out?
My personal favorite animal with its tongue out so far is probably this one of a koala because he looks exactly like Ben Linus from LOST.
A very close second would be this lizard because his tongue looks like a stick of gum.
What has been the reaction to your site?
About five minutes after I tweeted about the site, Felicia Day retweeted it and now my inbox is filled with pictures of stranger’s pets with their tongues sticking out. I am not complaining.
How did the internet not think of this sooner?
I have no idea why the internet didn’t think of this sooner. It actually kind of frightens me that it didn’t. It’s like seeing SKYNET fuck up. END TIMES OMG.
Whiskey is FAMOUS now. Seriously. He just threw his cell phone at me because his latte was cold.
I’m proud that I immediately recognized that photo without reading any text.
This is the hard-hitting animal-with-tongue-sticking-out style journalism that I have come to demand from Blogtown, and is sadly unrepresented in other, so called “legitimate” news sources.
That site does not deliver what it promises! Oh wait, it delivers exactly what it promises.
That one photo is precisely why I don’t drink out of Portland’s drinking fountains.
I HAVE A QUESTION FOR MRS. KRAZELBEEM!
MRS. KHRISTYBUM! MRS. CHRISTINARICCI! OOOOHHH!! PAY ATTENTION TOOOO MEEEEEE!!!
Ok, now that I have your attention, I feel we, as your viewing audience have a right to transparency as regards this sensitive project. Like art designed to posthumously honor those who died in Hiroshima, Pearl Harbor, Dresden or that White Snake concert a few years ago, this “animals and tongues and things that happen when they two come together in a comfortable, somnambulant situation” project certainly tugs my heart strings like a five year old naively damaging his grandfather’s Stratavarii, but it also leaves me with a single question writ large across my front lobe.
Mrs. Gummybear, how many of these tongues, these lolling, sprawling, ne’er appalling tongues, did you touch after the picture was taken?
ADMIT IT! There’s an irresistible urge to put your finger in the center of such a sleepy tongue! You’re saying “animal, you’re beneath me, so I shall fill your dreams with the flavor of my index finger! BEHOLD!”
You totally put those flowers on the counter. I KNOW YOUR PHOTOSTAGING WAYS, KRAZYBEE.
@melissalion I think those might be the lillies we gave her. They are 2 legit 2 quit (hey hey!).
Great White.
@jake your flowers are in the foyer and they still smell DELICIOUS.
@nex I touch Whiskey’s tongue every day. It keeps him in his place.
@melissalion YOU KNOW ME TOO WELL.
@kiala I am SO SO SO happy that you like that koala picture I sent you. I feel validated now.
I like the polar bear whats been eating grape Jolly Ranchers.
The fact that the Mercury did not disclose that the sites creator is a former employee is a gross violation of journalistic ethics. I am appalled, Portland Mercury. APPALLED.
@ Blabby:
That’s my brother’s dog!
He’s really nice.
Um. Sorry.
The Dark Poodle of the Apocalypse would like to thank Animals with Their Tongues Sticking Out OMG for including her amongst the many worthy Animals with Their Tongues Sticking Out.