The Wild Word
Creature comforts, animal antics, and everything zoo-adjacent.
The Watering Hole
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Court Is Now in Session: The Side-Eye Has Joined The Whole Menagerie
Pete the Parrot @
Cue the rhythm section and clear the perch... a whole delegation of professionally unimpressed creatures just swept into The Whole Menagerie , and I have never felt so thoroughly evaluated in my life. I watched them file in from my branch (unhurried, unbothered, already forming opinions about my feather situation), and let me say it plainly: the jungle has convened a review board, and every one of us is on the agenda. -
The animals who would not pick a wing
Micha @
Every animal at AmazooMania gets sorted at the gate: the half-pipe crowd goes to the extreme wing, the hammock crowd goes to the shade side, anyone holding an instrument goes to the bandstand. The Whole Menagerie is what happens when an animal looks at the clipboard and says, respectfully, no.
Latest Articles
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Peek-a-Zoo ~ The Pop-Out Crew: The Animals Who Found the Edge of the Print
Micha @
Somewhere along the line, an animal looked at the bottom edge of a printed tee and recognized it for what it truly is: a windowsill. A balcony. Front-row seating with excellent sightlines. Peek-a-Zoo ~ The Pop-Out Crew is the collection where those animals report for duty, paws hooked over the hem, eyes already locked on whatever you were about to do without them. -
Court Is Now in Session: The Side-Eye Has Joined The Whole Menagerie
Pete the Parrot @
Cue the rhythm section and clear the perch... a whole delegation of professionally unimpressed creatures just swept into The Whole Menagerie , and I have never felt so thoroughly evaluated in my life. I watched them file in from my branch (unhurried, unbothered, already forming opinions about my feather situation), and let me say it plainly: the jungle has convened a review board, and every one of us is on the agenda. -
The Parrots Have Claimed the Best Branch in the Jungle
Pete the Parrot @
Every jungle has one branch with the best view, the best breeze and the best snacks within reach, and the parrots got there first. The Parrot Perch is the AmazooMania collection where they hold court. Up here the macaws run the afternoon like a well-organized beach club, and nobody gets a seat without the right feathers.