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Animals in Trees

Posted by Joseph / October 22, 2008

animals in trees ossingtonA funny thing is going on with stuffed animals around Queen and Ossington. For one, Pikachu has been spotted climbing a tree on Queen St. West near Dovercourt.

There are more occurrences North on Ossington outside of C1 Art Space.

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I asked Ross Bonfanti of C1 Art Space (where you can see two of the animals). He said he put the tigger in the tree in August and added the panda in the following weeks, but he had no idea about the Pokemon on Queen.

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I don't know if the trend will continue to spread, but I think it's a better way to recycle/reuse soiled stuff animals than throwing them out or perhaps even donating them. Stuffed animals I've seen at second-hand stores never look clean enough to be cudded.

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13 Comments

Carlos / October 22, 2008 at 03:21 pm
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Hahaha! awesome i was going to do a post about it but i took the photos at night and where not that good, nice!
Pedantic Geek / October 22, 2008 at 04:04 pm
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Actually, that's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pikachu";>Pikachu</a>, one of the Pokemon (literally, Pocket Monster) species.
joseph / October 22, 2008 at 04:14 pm
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Thanks Pedantic Geek... it's been changed! Won't make that mistake again!
Ratpick / October 22, 2008 at 04:29 pm
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"...I think it's a better way to recycle/reuse soiled stuff animals than throwing them out..."

You mean tying these soiled lumps of fluffy plastic to trees is eco-friendly? Aesthetically pleasant?

Frankly, I think it makes us look shabby and cheap.
rek / October 22, 2008 at 05:42 pm
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This is why we're the #4 culture city in the world.
Jerrold / October 22, 2008 at 05:50 pm
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London, Paris, and New York all have WAAAY more animals in their trees. :P
Jonathan / October 23, 2008 at 12:13 am
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I'm surprised no one has mentioned the mis-matched (lame-ass) ballet-slippers hanging on queen from random posts/trees between University and...John-ish...maybe farther.

Typical of 'arte' of the area, I suppose; probably some OCAD students thesis...haha ; P

I kid, I kid,

Jonathan.
Jonathan / October 23, 2008 at 12:15 am
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ps.

THESE:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3164/2957025144_756991a89c_b.jpg

Jonathan.
W. K. Lis / October 23, 2008 at 10:26 am
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What about these animals in trees: http://www.emma-o.net/Pix/June21_05_raccoon.jpg ?
RadioWonkLance / October 23, 2008 at 12:34 pm
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There's another tiger on the "north" side of Dundas just west of the Wallace Avenue footbridge.
patricia storms / October 23, 2008 at 01:58 pm
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Ha ha!! That's great! I saw the Tigger a couple weeks ago and took some photos; wondered why he was stuck in a tree...
jack / October 24, 2008 at 10:54 am
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maybe they should replace these stuffed animals with Worry Dolls
addict / October 27, 2008 at 11:19 am
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well... *i* think they're cute. kinda like the monkeys that were hanging in the Broadview/Danforth area a few years back.

http://x7a.xanga.com/db0c814009633217122860/b169926847.jpg

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