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Up, up and to the pub? Very Happy

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Just doing my civic duty. Very Happy

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I believe this is something a human male tried at least once in his life Laughing

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Though, in a furry community, it could be seen as a rude gesture. Going around pulling people's tails and sarcastically joking "Got a piece of tail"

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This, of course, is not to be confused with chasing your own tail. Though that is always amusing to watch.

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Royal Member of BonBon Joined: 27 Jul 2007 Posts: 167

*giggles* Chessy may sometimes do that... maybe... when overexcited... *blushes*

Royal Member of BonBon Joined: 23 Sep 2007 Posts: 1462

*Gives Chessy a reassuring rub of her shoulders* Oh, pay them no mind Chessy. They just like to target you because you dance about.

Royal Member of BonBon Joined: 15 Feb 2007 Posts: 4668

You both act as if it's a bad thing. That most certainly is not the case here, at least, not as far as I can see. And I can see pretty far.

Royal Member of BonBon Joined: 31 Jul 2008 Posts: 1578

Chasing your own tail is not a bad thing. It's adorable to watch.

Back to the subject of tails. Whatever tail a woman has, or even if she has one or not, does not make a difference to whether or not I like her. However, I do tend to prefer ones that are rather more prehensile. The only ones I've actually come across in my experience so far are those of tigers and lizards, both types long and slender, with the ability to do rather.. intimate things. My own tail included.

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Maybe you should hope for a lady lemur or kinkajou then, Tadelesh... they are quite prehensile-tailed Very Happy

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What about monkey tails? I've often seen them be able to do all sorts of things in regular comics and such, but I haven't seen many monkies in the furry fandom. Those tails must be useful in so many ways.

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Lemurs do seem to be another favorite to members on FA, or at least ones I've run into.

Symphony, I think most tend to steer away from monkeys given their closeness to humans.

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It's been my personal experience that many people shy away from monkey furries because of their hand-feet, for lack of a better term, and the so-called "puckishness" of their face, as well as their closer than most resemblance to humans.

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I say "to hell with that, bring on the monkeys!!"

Seriously, monkeys freakin' rule... I'll never understand why folks freak out about some simians having opposable thumbs on their feet, it just sounds darn useful to me. Same with prehensile tails. And the only reason lemurs are so bloody popular instead of monkeys is because they have pointy, canid-like muzzles that furries seem to love to death.

Screw that, I'm gonna start drawing tons of anthro-monkey art now, just to make up for the terrible lack of it! Now I just need to find myself a scanner...

[Special Note: JohnnyPsycho was born in the Year of the Monkey, and takes any criticisms to monkeys and simians in general as personal insult... I'm just wacky that way]

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You'll get no argument from me, Johnny. I've never really understood it either, why people shy away from monkeys. Personally, I'd love to have feet like theirs and a prehensile tail, so long as I could make them inconspicuous by wrapping the tail around my waist or wear shoes. As much as I'd love them, I would'nt want to freak people out with them while walking down the street.

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I concur. Hmm, that reminds me of the movie, Aeon Flux. One of the characters in that literally had hands for feet.

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bah, simian folk should be proud of their highly-dexterous toes! Barefoot is the only way to go!

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I'm not a monkey fan, myself. But I think one big stumbling block is that anthro monkeys or apes tend to look disturbingly like the nastier old racist parodies of Africans. And that thought is a big turn-off to me.

Royal Member of BonBon Joined: 15 Feb 2007 Posts: 4668

Ugh, I never made that connection before but now that you mention it, I can't help but agree.

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I wonder if the movies and then the remake of Planet of the Apes has anything to do with the decline of anthro monkeys?

Though, fear not Johnny, I've seen some folks do a good rendering of them. If anything, you could consider monkeys one of the few true furry. Having so many human characteristics, the only thing you need to add to them is a bit of personality and speech and you have yourself a furry character.

So settle down ya big ape. *Gives him a bump with her hips*

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