Anorexic Lolmammoth

Abusive Megafauna

The World Wildlife Fund apparently classes the Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) as 'charismatic megafauna'. I would argue that all megafauna are charismatic (what's not to like? Although as a character in one of my favourite books notes, big versions of extra-small versions of very big versions of normal-sized things are best of all, hence the concept of a "giant baby giant panda" (Pamela Brown, The Swish of the Curtain). 


However, this particular megafauna is anything but charismatic. He is very funny though - when excavating in Morocco last year, these ads on TV used to make us roll round the floor laughing. Incidentally, the product in question is absolutely and comprehensively vile.