This is Jingle-Jangle, but he reponds better to Ji-Ja! His parents were a purebred French mime and a purebred British jester. He makes very low grunts and his purrs sound like a motorcycle. He is also very big, 7’4 and 260 pounds. He’s a lot of work but I love my baby!
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he is a very cute boy and i love him thank you for the positivity
lithe male circus mix nicknamed ‘lemon’. walks tightropes and takes to high places, he tends to clamber up onto any poles and sit directly on top. moderately venomous, he is docile and has only bitten a few times, best to avoid his saliva though. he’s very airy and goofy, aggravated when touched. we think he was a pet store clown originally, he was dropped off at the reserve at young age after biting the owners acquaintance.
My gf: mimes are to clowns as dogs are to wolves
Me, trembling: what
I love clown shitposting as much as the next person, but for once my weirdly specific college education of mimes has a chance to shine because the opposite is actually true. Modern western clowning is directly descendant from ancient greek pantomime. Clowns are actually the watered down, domesticated funny makers to the raw stylings of mimes.
…Man, I’d even make fun of myself for adding this comment on.
You look at a mime and tell me that doesn’t have the raw, untamed energy of a wolf. The clown is the tamed household one, colorful and designed to warm hearts and bring chuckles and entertain. But a mime…..that is something savage and unbridled from the wilderness. You ask a mime to make you laugh and it will go for the jugular. Not to say a clown is unable to go feral, just the opposite. It’s just that approaching a mime in its natural habitat without due respect, expecting it to be the same creature as your auntie’s pedigree purebred Bozo, will be the last mistake you ever make.
JESUS, how many times do I have to tell people this: neither mimes or clowns are tame. Comparing them with this “dogs vs. wolves” junk is just spreading misinformation! Just because a grizzly bear looks more cuddly than a shark does NOT mean you should give it a hug. People trying to get friendly with clowns, feeding them from campsites, etc. is dangerous and shouldn’t be encouraged.
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