Furry Festivities
Yale Parties with Fox
Who says that animal rights activities are bound to be dull?! Even the most dedicated activist can have fun - and spread her cause along the way.
The legedary Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies's parties herald a new term and are a venue for incoming and continuing students, for friendship and vanity, extravagant costumes and unspeakable follies.
Needless to say that Fur-was-alive mascot Rudolf Redpelt fits all these categories. So, what does the fox say? Let's party!
Week 1: Animal Kingdom
The first week's theme, "Animal Kingdom", came as a VIP invitation for Rudi. At nightfall, fox time, we head out.
![Schattenspiele Schattenspiele](/media/snippet_images/content_big/215b5e430287c9daa1229c4e13b73af57382119c-schattenspiele.jpg)
An Indonesian and Japanese friend interpreted the theme biologically correct and dressed up as homo sapiens. They were the party seniors - having arrived punctually as invited (and having found themselves alone for quite some time before every one else dropped in). Lecture number one for international students: An invitation for 9 pm actually means "arrive at some point after 10.30 pm if you will".
Rudolf and I found another American trait even more adorable: Their support and appreciation for everything extraordinary.
![first time party guests first time party guests](/media/snippet_images/content_big/3fece315f2acfb91b8a526a35544507562de5a30-first-time-party-guests.jpg)
![Friends Friends](/media/snippet_images/content_big/48a4c3888c5bfacb90e079143cb2355cd7eb71f8-friends.jpg)
Also, American rabbits, ...
![bunny bunny](/media/snippet_images/content_big/089215c88da624cb866ff50363e6b931a941722d-bunny.jpg)
... snake-women and lobsters, as well as Korean cats, ...
![Lobster Lobster](/media/snippet_images/content_big/d88cd2d08aee9022078b0fa7c2847d111dd64d79-lobster.jpg)
... Hollywood jaguars and Afro-American leopards, ...
![other friends other friends](/media/snippet_images/content_big/15e4f5a9f70edeca66b943e7f0eea35fa1f85920-other-friends.jpg)
![Leopard Leopard](/media/snippet_images/content_big/d36da6f0fdd090a219362a5823b7d15eefdd671f-leopard.jpg)
... crazy chicks and hammerhead sharks ...
![chicken chicken](/media/snippet_images/content_big/4d4b8bd8d396dccddab3fc80768f0c9996d86657-chicken.jpg)
![Shark Shark](/media/snippet_images/content_big/97229372c832b06f82a46b577e74943fabfa9ad4-shark.jpg)
... are nothing short of a-w-e-s-o-m-e! This fun anthrozoological community really makes you want to dance!
Week 2: A Land before Time
Have there been foxes in a land before time? Probably not, but there must have been creativity. And you really don't need a lot of creativity to figure out who was Rudolf Redpelt's prehistoric ancestor: Pteranodon rudolfensis, of course.
![Abflug Abflug](/media/snippet_images/content_big/917da810069ce82d49f426e2ab6f2fc7f81b9da4-abflug.jpg)
We had so much fun with Kate-osaurus, more or less modern (and increasingly tipsy) cave people...
![Calf woman and kateratops Calf woman and kateratops](/media/snippet_images/content_big/1f30b22cf55fa2615265beb5315ce9a6c3dca22a-calf-woman-and-kateratops.jpg)
![neanderthals neanderthals](/media/snippet_images/content_big/45420f534a7c9305622d0b62f09bedebb175a9d1-neanderthals.jpg)
![dinosaur friends dinosaur friends](/media/snippet_images/content_big/549679648a79450ec27b1db503f7b0027e91206f-dinosaur-friends.jpg)
![whatever dinosaur whatever dinosaur](/media/snippet_images/content_big/0c115b67fc239474a73e4cc3aca4e5aab3d34df7-whatever-dinosaur.jpg)
![Caveman Caveman](/media/snippet_images/content_big/b67ac8657c65b399163d6bf03ce660f5cac2255f-caveman.jpg)
![drunken homo sapiens drunken homo sapiens](/media/snippet_images/content_big/1e707c83c4afabb0fd6d8d00ffcf30f33b8b07eb-drunken-homo-sapiens.jpg)
... prehistoric greens...
![guy guy](/media/snippet_images/content_big/183f43d22073fae1f7c6688b3d5ac08bae5ddd22-guy.jpg)
![Mr Plant Mr Plant](/media/snippet_images/content_big/48ef67ceef808b8a222d89347d2d8ad9e7e5d30f-mr-plant.jpg)
... a bunch of Crazysaurusses, a TriceSTARtops...
![colourful lot colourful lot](/media/snippet_images/content_big/08da98be35412561d1ba7263ce668d08f85af615-colourful-lot.jpg)
![tricestartops tricestartops](/media/snippet_images/content_big/029ea1bcec0fac8d7818e1cc0608ded61055d845-tricestartops.jpg)
... a Saber-toothed cat from Burkina Faso ...
![Cool cat Cool cat](/media/snippet_images/content_big/82825e6c96faff96bf176f373f3406d9b8c92679-cool-cat.jpg)
![Pteranodon friend 1 Pteranodon friend 1](/media/snippet_images/content_big/ce0a7a8a0f70183f6be9ffef3bc56c1c400892f9-pteranodon-friend-1.jpg)
![Pteranodon friend 2 Pteranodon friend 2](/media/snippet_images/content_big/959af1d1ee1c5ff83cdefd009f6fb458a65b692f-pteranodon-friend-2.jpg)
... and even two Pteranodon friends!!
Week 3: F&ES
The third and last party challenged our inventive talents. The theme "F&ES" allowed all costumes that somehow related to "F", "E" or "S".
No problem. Rudi's father evidently was an ant-eater and his alter ego is a human female. That makes the perfect F&ES jackalope.
![FoxANTeater Species leaves home FoxANTeater Species leaves home](/media/snippet_images/content_big/bff5f3ed0dea47f64c94f5748f2a807ef73ba030-foxanteater-species-leaves-home.jpg)
![sign sign](/media/snippet_images/content_big/f661f4750e1e7e9ae0e3794544dc8b8033d0a263-sign.jpg)
The Fox-ant-Eater-Species partied with "Fleckles", "Farmers", and Students, ...
![freckles farmer student freckles farmer student](/media/snippet_images/content_big/2f617c3db32b51ce30ea8cc62b65eccbfc587202-freckles-farmer-student.jpg)
...mingled with Frances Elisabeth Sawyer, Kroon Hall,...
![Frances Elisabeth Sawyer and Kroon Hall Frances Elisabeth Sawyer and Kroon Hall](/media/snippet_images/content_big/7927951bbc752930d09b4431d14e7c793b87f30a-frances-elisabeth-sawyer-and-kroon-hall.jpg)
...was tempted by a Sandwich and the "Fucking Evil Socially"...
![Fucking Evil Socially Fucking Evil Socially](/media/snippet_images/content_big/becdc1c4698627e50cb007fc07db142a1ecaf919-fucking-evil-socially.jpg)
...hugged Snigdha, and the "Flying Evil Squirrel", ...
... and deemed its personal favorite of the night: the "Farmer whose Epidermis is Showing"!
Thanks, F&Es, thanks my dear fellow students for three colorful nights and for your cordiality!