By Sharanya Gopinathan
Ah Twitter, endless provider of That We Did Not Know We Needed.
A behavioural ecologist named Blair Costelloe posted an amazing flurry of tweets yesterday with pictures of animal mothers being troubled by their babies. How could Mother’s Day be complete without this!
Please enjoy this thread of animal moms putting up with their offsprings’ nonsense: pic.twitter.com/f7kA4vBRG0
— Blair Costelloe (@BlairRCostelloe) May 14, 2017
One need not be a cat to be a burden to one’s mother pic.twitter.com/Osf7St23jS
— Blair Costelloe (@BlairRCostelloe) May 14, 2017
Cheetah mom as long-suffering plaything:#thanksoffspring pic.twitter.com/t9i54lvCUK
— Blair Costelloe (@BlairRCostelloe) May 14, 2017
Nothing like a muddy, pointy paw to the face. Thanks, offspring! pic.twitter.com/3cN5KO3KhJ
— Blair Costelloe (@BlairRCostelloe) May 14, 2017
Look at this mom. She’s seen things. pic.twitter.com/LhCKPRTUv1
— Blair Costelloe (@BlairRCostelloe) May 14, 2017
When your mom’s caught you a nice zebra for dinner, and the only way you can think of to thank her is to bite her on the ankles… pic.twitter.com/K845cnwAuQ
— Blair Costelloe (@BlairRCostelloe) May 14, 2017
…and on the tail… pic.twitter.com/AFdV1fghvS
— Blair Costelloe (@BlairRCostelloe) May 14, 2017
…and of course on the butt.#happymothersday pic.twitter.com/TCMWtIfAkv
— Blair Costelloe (@BlairRCostelloe) May 14, 2017
May 15, 2017 at 8:06 pm
Adorable!