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Flying Mounts changed the game.
It's the dead of an Woodpecker attacked by an Weasel, A Weasel is a predator and even when the Woodpecker try to escape, the weasel don't let him go and at the end he will kill the bird in the first occasion. It's like a Lion riding a Cebra.
Which Redwall book is this?
"Follow that cab!"
ded
Ride Shadowfax! Show us the meaning of haste!
I can show you the world.
Bloody squirrels, comin' over ere, takin our jobs, you stoats are all right but bloody squirrels, let me tell you
Anyway here you are, elephant and castle, that'll be 30 quid mate
"LOL" said the weasel, "LMAO".
Lmao where did you even find this
Got it from a friend who themselves probably got it from /r/196
"And to your right you will see the birch tree where my ex-wife, Tammy, lives, a thin-leaved deciduous hardwood that is short lived, but still lasts longer than our marriage."
A modern scorpion and frog tale.
"The eagles are coming!"
"Hold on Atreyu!"
“Their early work was a little too new wave for my taste. But when ‘Sports’ came out in '83, I think they really came into their own, commercially and artistically. The whole album has a clear, crisp sound, and a new sheen of consummate professionalism that really gives the songs a big boost. He's been compared to Elvis Costello, but I think Huey has a far more bitter, cynical sense of humor.”
Don’t just stare at it Weasel….
The ride began comfortably enough, but when the bird started asking him whether he enjoyed the green and purple sky too and if his feathers were melting too much, Bob began to realize that he had made a terrible choice by not walking today.
And he didn't even notice the sticker on the birds bumper that read gas grass or ass, no free rides
i am the captain now
record scratch anyway, this is me, you might wonder how I got into this situation...
That's just Banjo Kazooie
Is this rea life? Is this just Fantasy AI?
Its real, i think the weasel attacked the bird
Indeed, kinda became a super meme for a bit https://youtu.be/_5YzexpX7es
I believe the bird didn't get very far.
Caught in a landslide?
'Have you ever heard the story of the scorpion and the frog?'
Just look at those eyes. I think the correct caption is "FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK FUCK"
WOAH YEAH KICKSTART MY HEART, HOPE IT NEVER STOPS WOAH YEAH BAAAAAABYYYYYY
Voiceover: “Their love was forbidden…”
Whow - I'm going to Ibiza Whow - back to the island ...
The Pixar's Hoppers and Avatar movie franchise crossover nobody asked for.
Uber trying new systems to pay drivers even less
And so the king of wood bore me away from Isengard faster than the wolves and orcs released from the gates could match. Though he more me, his take was only to bear information; so I bade him take me rohan where a small toad and I would race to the shire in a sucession of expensive cars, likely to wreck a great number of them.
"Straighten up and fly right!"
Titanic: the woodland creatures version
Just here will be perfect, mate.
"Aha! Gotcha you biiiig AAAaaaaaaaaaiiiiiiiiigh!"
The aristocrats!
Can fly
Still loses to a land based predator
Toruk Makto?
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