The story begins with our three protagonists sitting on what appears to be a bed or padded surface of some sort. The opening shot is of Puma’s bottom, with Grizzley and Whitie in the middle distance.
Cucumber arriving in 3...2...1...
9 seconds in someone off camera throws half a previously chewed cucumber into shot. It hits Puma on the bum. And the hunt is on.
11 seconds - Grizzley digs in, nom nom nom etc.
17 seconds – A tussle begins with Puma.
26 seconds – Puma wins! But not for long…
28 seconds – Grizzley gets it back
A break in proceedings
30 seconds – Whitie has the cucumber for just a moment
31 seconds – Grizzley again!
36 seconds – Puma grasps the cucumber and triumphantly raises it above his head. “I am Puma, destroyer of worlds and this cucumber is mine!”
I will crush you, crush you with this mighty cucumber!
43 seconds – Grizzley takes charge, Whitie is tentative, Puma goes around the other way.
47 seconds – Grizzley gets in paws and all. But wait…
51 seconds – Whitie lunges and lunges again! Grasping the cucumber firmly, Whitie makes a break for it!
Look at that little face
55 seconds – Puma is nonplussed. Ate earlier perhaps?
60 seconds – Whities victory is short lived.
Nooooooooo
But wait! At 66 seconds, madness ensues. It is a guinea pig cucumber free for all with bottoms in the camera, fierce eye rolling and fevered scurrying.
Get off!
69 seconds – Whitie almost kills the camera person with the cucumber. Chaos!
Aaaaggghg!
71 seconds – There is some giggling off screen.
72 seconds – Grizzley will not be denied.
78 seconds – We are left hanging, with a final glimpse of Grizzley firmly grasping cucumber until Puma blocks the camera’s view. And where is Whitie? Perhaps we will never know.
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Enjoy your fleeting fame, guinea pigs. Today it’s 3 guinea pigs and a cucumber, tomorrow it’ll be 4 hamsters and a stick of celery. By this time next year we’ll be watching youtubes of 4-year-old kids fighting to the death with tridents over a chupa-chup.
See how the little white one gets muscled out? Clearly a case of racial discrimination! 8-)
How can we nominate First Dog as the Patron Saint of Animals?
When you have a minute, this piano playing cat is really gorgeous, plus the sequel, when she plays duets:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ze2DUybBEhg&NR=1