OT Marmots, don't you just love 'em...

[Trace]

Making cup of tea, sitting back to watch.

Passes Tank some popcorn.

[bolt pp]

Making cup of tea, sitting back to watch.

 

(though deferring my trip to the fish and chip shop for 15 minutes)

[Colchester Kev]

wildlife is great but porn/sexual exploitation is degrading imho

whats better, an animal in its natural habitat being disturbed and frightened by some hairy arsed photographer, or a women posing for a photograph for which she is getting paid and is consenting to ??

[madasahatstand]

i dont like the choices so i will refrain from an answer. any better more pleasing choices?

[AlrightJack]

"a brown eyed vixen"

Would the latin name for her species be Obscenus Volpecula Ocular Purpureus ?

[thetank]

In the absence of biters, lets pretend.

Booder, all photographic images of naked woman have a primary function to titillate the average end user, and thus are degrading regardless of any intended artistic/celebratory purpose. It perpetuates a misconception that womens primary role is sexual or just plain looking pretty and sets back the feminism cause.

Agree/disagree?

[madasahatstand]

well put tank. i agree except the part about ALL photos. there are photos that dont want to do this in areas such as medicine and science.

[thetank]

An embarassed tank picks up remote, switches from watching Operation, and pulls up trousers.

[Ginger]

An embarassed tank picks up remote, switches from watching Operation, and pulls up trousers.

 

[madasahatstand]

id like to point out here that i dont judge individuals. each to their own. i actually wanted to post about the marmot til i saw the photo. is it the same animal as the gopher in caddyshack?(she said changing the subject)

[RED-DOG]

Can we ignore the concept that women are designed by nature to be attractive to men, and that many women accept, or even enjoy and encourage this phenomenon?

[madasahatstand]

Can we ignore the concept that women are designed by nature to be attractive to men, and that many women accept, or even enjoy and encourage this phenomenon?

nothing wrong with encouraging the attraction red:)

[thetank]

Ok, but's lets also acknowledge that their role is not just that anymore, as we've become civilised, a womans role is pretty much whatever she chooses it to be. 

(just in case that wasn't evident)

[Trace]

Can we ignore the concept that women are designed by nature to be attractive to men, and that many women accept, or even enjoy and encourage this phenomenon?

I'd love to encourage it more often, but sadly the cream cakes and chocolate are stopping me!

[AlrightJack]

id like to point out here that i dont judge individuals. each to their own. i actually wanted to post about the marmot til i saw the photo. is it the same animal as the gopher in caddyshack?(she said changing the subject)

They are both rodents but not the same species. Groundhogs are a species of marmot. Marmots are about the size of a large cat. Gophers are much smaller.

You can find out more about the 14 different species of marmot and listen to their calling sounds at

http://www.marmotburrow.ucla.edu/