It’s cold out here
Published July 23rd, 2007
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France on July 24, 2007
OMG! This is so cute!
Weee ^^ on October 27, 2007
Aww ^^ how cute… I want a pet, but my dad has allergies :’(
Random Forest on October 27, 2007
OMG, I actually shivered while looking at it.
LittleKnown on October 27, 2007
Poku lesche!!
Too cute!
Cristian on October 27, 2007
This has got to be the cutest thing since that gif of the kitty falling asleep.
Jenna on October 27, 2007
Yes it is very cute… but look at the bones sticking out of the puppy. Looks like a starving stray; I hope whoever took these pictures gave the poor baby some food.
Brittany on October 27, 2007
all i have to say is you need to watch aspca because if that puppy is yours you’d be going to jail for undernourishment plus France its not cute its sad a little puppy is freezing and by the looks of it hungry so instead of taking a picture get the animals a blanket and some food
Wesa on October 27, 2007
Awww! That’s just so sweet!
Made my day.
whatever on October 27, 2007
cute but I hate to see my little dogs out side shaking when its cold, either let them inside or get a dog house to protect them from the cold, same for cats.
bill on October 27, 2007
Pantherkut on October 27, 2007
sooooooooo cute … really really nice
pam dobyns on October 27, 2007
Awwww these photos make my heart weep. Very sweet
mizShae on October 27, 2007
woowwwwwww extremely adorable.
Rakel on October 27, 2007
Not cute, symbiosis.
HASSAN' on October 27, 2007
see thats y they said when u need to fight, fight together.
afra on October 27, 2007
animal love…..omg…..so2 cute
Eliena Andrews on October 27, 2007
now that’s what i call frenship. thanks for sharing these nice pictures.
Eliena
Bill Vincent on October 27, 2007
Very cute.
Aeryn on October 27, 2007
awww, that is soooo cute!
emma on October 27, 2007
i think this is the most adorable picture i have ever seen , really made my day ,, bless its little heart , thanx emma
Kelly on October 28, 2007
This is the saddest picture i have ever seen every time is come across it i cry
Gary on October 28, 2007
In rough times, we truly have no enemies.
J on October 28, 2007
That’s so sad. I hope they were taken in somewhere. It’s sick how many poor animals get left out in the cold.
kenner on October 28, 2007
Stupid people, the dog isnt starving and it is possibly even not cold outside. its a puppy and puppies want to sleep in groups
dida on October 28, 2007
awwwwwww poor creatures!!
andreas on October 28, 2007
thats realy cute
Douglas on October 28, 2007
Now if mankind could gain such wisdom the world would be a better place.
Christian Dior Butor on October 29, 2007
this just proves us that animals like humans have feelings too and should not be maltreated in any way. So Prince William and Kate Middleton? stop hunting those poor whatever you call those animals coz they did nothing to you
Tiffany on October 30, 2007
I don’t know what y’all mean about that being sweet and making your day, that made me want to cry.
Emma on October 30, 2007
OMG that is pretty cute. LOL the first person who wrote tat wrote it on my b day!! YAY. I wish i had those cute lil animals
Sean on October 30, 2007
This doesn’t prove that animals have feelings, and I’ll show you why. Here’s your argument:
1) A and B are animals
2) A and B are behaving in a way similar to humans
3) Conclusion: A and B, who are animals, have feelings.
The problem arises in premise 2). It is only your perception that the dog and cat are behaving like humans. There is no way to tell if they actually are, to ask them if this is what they’re doing, or to look into their brains. It’s not a proof that they have feelings like humans.
Of course we know that animals respond to stimuli from their environment through their nervous system. But do animals attach normative meaning to this stimuli, like humans do? Do they say, for instance, it’s cold and then say I’m unhappy because it’s cold?
I have heard that there are studies that have looked into the behavior of dogs in particular. That they express happiness, sadness, grief, depression, etc. I’ve also read, I believe in the NYT, that elephants remember their dead loved ones and come back to the spot they died to, in a way, to mourn. It’s not that I’m saying animals do not have feelings, I wanted to remark on Christian Dior’s comment.
Think about this. Do fish have feelings? Or Do frogs? Where do we draw the line? My point is, do we believe only those creatures who exhibit human like ways of acting have feelings? Or is it because they exhibit human ways of acting that they have feelings?
Kevin on November 3, 2007
I think the dog got the best deal. lol
Charles on November 6, 2007
It’s funny how are species holds a specific likeliness for other species’ struggles. People would rather film a helpless species struggling, than help them for the sheer provoking thought of adorable.
P.S. If you have allergies, like me, I would prefer looking into herpetology. Snakes are wonderful, intellectual, dependent creatures that can, at sometimes, provoke the adorable relapse you crazy cat&dog lovers love.
Ewan on November 7, 2007
Not it was the dog that moved and the cat merely invited it or was that tolerated it
Callan on November 7, 2007
So, so, so…. Cute!!!!!!!!!! I hope there is a pup out there for everyone! ^.^
jas on November 12, 2007
not cute!
animals freezing to death
daywhite on November 15, 2007
anyone else hear the james taylor song, you’ve got a friend, playing as you look at this. great. enjoyed it. especially love how the pictures are set in stages of communication. besides, whether it’s hot or cold, when you’re lonely, who wants to sleep alone.
hevil on November 18, 2007
omg … how cute … i wish i can feed them what i want…jail them in my house….make them do antics and tricks for morsels…throw my temper tantrums at them and take my bad moods on them….make them wear uncomfortable clothing and cosmetics…carry them around in portable handbag straight jackets. They love me back for all this kind treatment because of instinctive feeder loyality and out right lack of options. I don’t care, because I think they love me.
Bull3t on November 20, 2007
Aww, that is really cute!
Kevin on November 22, 2007
Damn. Even I think that’s cute.
chungy on November 22, 2007
sweet
andie on November 28, 2007
are you people nuts???? CUTE????? SWEET????? are you blind???
They are starving and cold!!!!!!!!!!!! Using each other for warmth….its sad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NOT cute and NOT sweet……poor little babies and the picture taker probably took this and ran to their nice warm home…..think about that…..cute and sweet my foot!!!!!!!!!!!
DazzleCat Website Design on May 12, 2008
i sent this to my gf already
mariah on November 18, 2008
cute but not funny!
Leo on November 20, 2008
I almost cried. It’s simply too cute and innocent.
Mod on November 25, 2008
This is nice. Though I must point out if you look at the paint splatter on the wall you’ll notice the pup does all the moving. The cat could care less about its current situation, but hey it’s a cat.
Brett on December 4, 2008
Alright, I usually hate all you peta and environmentalist whack jobs. But this is probably the second cutest thing I have seen in a while. Damn, the tears are coming, I gotta go club a seal.
MC on January 7, 2009
this is NOT cute NOR sweet or any other gushy sentiment that blind humans want to woo-woo at, these are two animals that look like they’re freezing, and if that is the case, then there’s nothing cutsie about that……let’s turn the tables around and take a picture of ourselves outside freezing in the cold huddled with others freezing, and show it to people who say, “ooh, ahh”, eeh” how cute…..how long can you stay outside in the cold while you watch and hear them saying these stupid things inside their warm and confy homes…..sorry but I don’t take pleasure at other sentient beings suffering….
angelo on January 17, 2009
thats right when your lonely like me all the time who wants to be alone
Mark on January 24, 2009
What is really cute is how everyone here is only interested in posting their own comments and not in reading what other people say! You have a comment that the puppy looks like it is starving, by someone saying ooooh it’s sooo cuuute (puke)! Looking at the picture rationally, the cat does not look as though it is necessarily cold or underfed. It may be, but there is no evidence of that in the picture. The puppy looks distressed. The position of its tail and its whole body language indicate some kind of distress – it may be cold, hungry or lonely (it has no collar, I don’t know if that is significant). It may be undernourished, but puppies tend to look thin as they start growing, so there is no evidence of that either.
The dog has approached the cat without being rejected (and no, cats do not always accept puppies approaching them, they often use their claws) , so they may come from the same household – they may be right outside their own front door for all we now. The dog appears to get some comfort by snuggling close to the cat, and the cat seems OK with it as well (its eyes are shutting in the last frame.
Now that is all I could deduce from looking at the pictures, you guys are probably a lot cleverer than me, but I suspect you are all just tinting your interpretations with your own prejudices, which is OK by me, but it does seem a bit silly. Oh, and that applies to the “they are starving and cold” group as well!
Mark on January 24, 2009
Sorry – I left out “followed” in between “starving” and “by” in the second sentence
sherril on February 26, 2009
outstanding pictures.. if only people could get along like animals, especially cats/dogs, what a better world this would be.. thanks for sharing
Marcuss on March 28, 2009
lesson to humans: enmity must be forgotten in time of crisis. LOL. their so cute.
Cheryl on March 31, 2009
I hope whoever took this picture had the smarts and compassion to get those animals out of the freezing cold. Also, that puppy looks dehydrated and undernourished. Suggest you put away the camera, take out your compassion and get them some help. There is nothing “cute” about these pictures. They are exploiting inhumanity.
jeremy on April 3, 2009
Nice comment mark, on the other hand.
I love the scope of humanity, to think advertising and marketing want us all to be the same, but thankfully people can still think for themselves.
I see the instant remarks often come from a generation brought up to think puppies and greenhouse gasses are more important than art.
Art is revolution and freedom of expression, the piece is nice.
debbie on May 22, 2009
we can share a little body heat,its free!
bex on June 15, 2009
the puppy did *most* of the moving… Judging by the crack in the yellow part of the wall. Its barely visible in the cat photo, fully visible in the cat/dog photo… so the cat did nuzzle up a bit.
And no; neither animal is starving. Just a bit chilly.
Katherine on July 18, 2009
I’ve grown up around animals my entire life. My dad was a canine officer. These animals are not starving. The dog’s skin looks loose because of its breed. Also, it’s a puppy and is still growing. If the puppy was malnourished, the ribs would be more visible and the skin tighter. The cat is actually fat like many happy cats are. The animals seem to be perfectly healthy and not mistreated in any way. The cat seems to be a bit perturbed, but that’s the worst thing happening in these photos. And yeah- it is a pretty sweet scene.
Ethel on August 5, 2009
That is unbearably adorable ^^
Realist on August 10, 2009
Damn, you guys that are screaming about animal rights and freezing cold and stuff, you guys are douches. This is Art, man. Art that shows love and stuff. These animals couldn’t even begin to fathom the effect that those pics could put on the world, but I’m pretty fucking sure, that whoever took the pics, wasn’t “randomly” walking down an alley and saw a cat and dog. It was THEIR cat and THEIR dog. And just cause a dog has loose skin doesn’t mean it doesn’t eat. You can tell the cat isn’t missing meals. Just see the art for what it is and if you can’t see it, click the next button. Jeez. Douches. I can’t believe I actually wasted the time it took to give you a lesson in being human.
Carson on August 15, 2009
alright, I know that none of you will come back and see this after looking at the dates of your comments, but still…
To all you people complaining how the puppy looks so under nourished and that it is so very very cold need to do us all a favor and not reproduce.
I do not see at all where that dog looks like it’s starving to death, I have seen plenty of animals that are, and that is not one of them. I have owned 2 dogs that are skinnier than I would personally like because they just don’t eat much, don’t know why, they just don’t. I always leave plenty of food out for them and have changed foods several times to see if it’s just a taste preference, and no change in eating habits. An fyi, animals aren’t supposed to be fat, they are supposed to eat to survive, not because they see something that might taste good like us humans and like the pets that many of us have turned these once wild animals into. Also, you can’t tell how cold it is there at that time at all. Someone supposedly stopped and took the time to take pictures of this supposedly random occurrence, so it obviously is not life threatening temperatures. Cats sit like that often enough, and that could just as easily be a the position of a somewhat nervous puppy (note the puppy being nervous is the weakest part of this comment). Puppies like to cuddle whether it’s cold or not, however I will begrudge you that it is more than likely a little chilly at the time. Now back to where I said “supposedly random” how would a person know to stop and take pictures of what was happening if they were to walk up at even the second frame? The person obviously knew the two animals and knew that they had a habit of such acts otherwise would have no reason to believe that such a thing would happen.
Before you go looking for the bad in everything/everyone approach it like you may have been educated at some point and with an attitude that maybe, just maybe, the world isn’t your own personal never ending nightmare.
oh, and yes, this is pretty darn cute.
robb on August 28, 2009
moral of the story: a little extra fat is good. keep u warm at all times.
oh btw they look adorable.
Banner on September 19, 2009
More power to Carson. I am a sucker for animal’s, I would give the shirt off my back for an animal, however these two seem fine! Why would anybody take these photo’s for anything than what they are CUTE AS ALL GET OUT! Also one of you (Brittany on october 27, 2007) wants to preach about the aspca, I work for a animal rescue service and I would pet that puppy on the head and give you a warning for wasting my time!