ME: … HER: Tigers too. HER: *points to a photo of a tiger gnawing on a large plastic object of indeterminate species* ME: Yeah, okay, give me the hundred gallon in speckled sandstone now and I’ll order more as soon as I get dimensions. - ThreadSky

tkingfisher.com • 37 days ago

ME: …
HER: Tigers too.
HER: *points to a photo of a tiger gnawing on a large plastic object of indeterminate species*
ME: Yeah, okay, give me the hundred gallon in speckled sandstone now and I’ll order more as soon as I get dimensions.

Comments

lizgloyn.bsky.social•37 days ago

A very *niche* marketing strategy, but an extremely effective one.

robspages.net•37 days ago

Please weave this into an upcoming story. It's magical.

tkingfisher.com•37 days ago

Behold! If you need to buy polar bear toys or elephant feeders, there’s a place for that! Which also makes rain barrels.

https://www.wildlifetoybox.com

grendraws.bsky.social•37 days ago

when i was a keeper we LOVED wildlife toybox. those looky lou mirrors are a hit

pyperkub.bsky.social•37 days ago

I think I'd love it if this became part of your next book.

A Polar Bear comes to call (and play in the rain barrels)! ;)

shadowmaat.bsky.social•37 days ago

Aw, nice! They even have a page for the wish lists of zoos/rescues that want their products!

cariboom.bsky.social•37 days ago

I know they are trying to be cute, but this joke on their website strikes poorly

tkingfisher.com•37 days ago

It’s a widget that displays a random quote. I got Jung.

fuzzwolf.bsky.social•37 days ago

Gross

feather-dancer.bsky.social•37 days ago

Given /gestures particularly here at the moment/ that would put me off instantly. Yergh.

thornwolf.bsky.social•37 days ago

This is such a weird thing?

clarbar.bsky.social•37 days ago

the one I landed on was a Henry Kissinger quote!

tkingfisher.com•37 days ago

I got Jung!

tkingfisher.com•37 days ago

And just now, Eisenhower. Suspect it’s a third-party widget.

nocatsnomasters.bsky.social•37 days ago

They have a product section for "Round Thingies", because there comes a point at which the product is... well, a thingie that animals like to fuss with. Does it need to be more than that? I tell you, it does not.

tkingfisher.com•37 days ago

Really, there is no point in getting too wild on the names.

janelindskold.bsky.social•37 days ago

Great story. We make do with 32 gallon trash barrels and lots of muscle moving water to other containers. Sadly, we don't get enough rain to justify monster barrels. But I covet.

kipwilliams.bsky.social•36 days ago

Why does this round thingy cost twice as much as the other round thingies?

"That one has AI! Built in!"

jakebailey.dev•37 days ago

amazing https://www.wildlifetoybox.com/shop/round-thingie?size=685&duty=All&resin=All

lnclarke.com•37 days ago

I was not prepared for the product names! 😂

gritmonger.bsky.social•37 days ago

Love the dome home held by the polar bear like it's a snack tray... and my life is complete for now

wolfsilveroak.bsky.social•37 days ago

Industrial. Grade. Bird. Feeder.

You find the best things!

abookishgirl.bsky.social•37 days ago

This website needs more photos, stat. And by that, I mean *I personally* need to see more photos of large wild animals playing with toys. For my mental health.

itsjustbeej.bsky.social•37 days ago

I’ve done the tour at Carolina Tiger Rescue where they show the “indestructible” plastic ball made for horses…and what the tigers left of it after half an hour. 😳

nocatsnomasters.bsky.social•37 days ago

Horses are hard on toys (I've seen videos of them just flopping sidelong onto bouncy balls and letting the ball bounce them back onto their hooves) (also a vid of a ball failing when flopped on and the horse ending up on the ground with an appalled expression). But tiger beeg. Tiger so beeg.

amylynnrj.bsky.social•37 days ago

I KNOW THOSE TOYS. Wildlife Toy Box!!!! It's GOOD STUFF

tkingfisher.com•37 days ago

*looks them up* Yes! That’s them!

knockknockzebra.bsky.social•37 days ago

I used to volunteer at the zoo & can attest to the Big Cat play those barrels can withstand, as well as to the sobering effect of counting matched sets of incisor poky-holes, when you’re alone in a building with the incisor owners.

warcabbitmwm.bsky.social•36 days ago

The best thing about Ursula is not just the weirdness magnet stories, but that there's always someone going 'Oh, Ronco left handed turnip twiddlers! Yeah, use them for work, that's a great brand!'

readasaur.bsky.social•37 days ago

Best marketing imaginable

gritmonger.bsky.social•37 days ago

This would have 100% worked on me.

And I can't use rain barrels

ripperelse.bsky.social•37 days ago

this is magical and lovely

priorplanning.life•37 days ago

Now THAT'S verification.

Comments

Posting Rules

Reply