Hurtful Animal Taunts

Larrylambert
3 min readJul 19, 2023

If animals taunt each other, it might go something like this.

Cartoon by Lambert-King

When it comes to humor, what humans can say has changed. What used to be acceptable has been taken off the board. Ethnic backgrounds, unusual physical characteristics and a whole bunch of other things are now taboo subject matter. But that may not be the case in the animal kingdom.

Let’s take a look at possible animal taunts.

1: “And none of your videos went viral.”

Cats are especially susceptible to this taunt. Imagine the pressure on a cat when another member of the cat family has a video go viral. Some of those videos can even be monetized. If a cat is bringing in money to its humans, who do you think their favorite pet will be.

2: “I’m the computer password!”

As an owner of multiple pets, it’s important that you keep your passwords secret. Especially from your pets. If they find out you are using one of their names as a password, can you imagine how the other pets would feel? Don’t create tension in your family, guard your computer passwords.

3: “For heaven’s sakes, put some pants on!”

I don’t know if baboons are sensitive about the appearance of their butts, but they should be. I would…

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Larrylambert

You probably don't know my name, but have likely seen my work. I've written for numerous syndicated cartoon strips and my gags have appeared in national pubs.