As most of you know, on Labor Day the site crashed when Johnny tried something new, and it took him overnight to repair from the crash. Yikes! So we'll say goodbye to summer with Labor Day Caucus Critters one week late.

I thought to make sure your Labor Day is hoppy, I'd see how many hopping critters I could find.

We'z a diverse group!

But first, The Recommendations:

•Our intent is to create a safe place to relax and play; please use common sense and have fun.
•Share any and all pootie/woozle/furry/feathery/leathery photos or issues that you would like.
•When it comes to problems, we may just have someone with experience who can help.
•If you would like a pic from the posts, please ask the poster. He/she may have a copyright to those pics. Many thanks.
•We love critters, so any/all photos that encourage human violence against an animal will be frowned upon and considered out of bounds!

So of course there are kangaroos.

What about their fellow countrycritters? Do koalas hop?

Yes, koalas hop from branch to branch!

Then of course there are bunnies who hop, with and without competition.

I just know I can win this!

Wait. One of these is not a bunny!

Close enough, I guess (especially about the 20 second mark!).

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Did you know elephants can hop? Me neither!

In fact, all the photos I found looked so unreal that I'm not convinced they're not all Photoshopped. Elephants can, though, apparently make it over fences.

I'm free!!

Which is more than I can say for this adventurer:

You're a moon jumper, they said. A fence is a piece of cake, they said.

Although horses do just fine.

Kind of surprising fences keep them in, isn't it?

So who's the least likely hopper if not the elephant? Giraffe maybe? Too ungainly, right? Well no, not exactly:

I iz hoppy baby!

Sloth? Well yes, I couldn't find any photos of hopping sloths.

Swinging is good enough for me!

So since it's the end of summer, let's turn to diving, which is kind of like hopping, or close enough.

Dive!

Of course you have your dolphins:

And your whales:

And your seals:

We play in surf just like ew!

And even your polar bears:

Doesn't that look nice and cool?

And of course, the ever-popular synchronized diving giraffes!

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OK, that one's totally fake, but so cute I had to end with it! Who knew giraffes could be so graceful?

Hoppy unofficial end of summer, critter lovers!!

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