The Queue: Adorable baby giraffe

Sacco showed us this picture of a baby giraffe on Monday. Seriously -- look at that guy.
Massive update: It's not a giraffe. Thanks, Mike Sacco, Wrong Animal Guy, Ph.D.
Connellyreceipe asked:
The bosses in Cataclysm seemed like they where pulled out of the abyss, with the exception of the final bosses. Yet, in previouse expansions we all knew they where coming sooner or later, like for example Blood Queen, Sindragosa, Thorim, etc...
Am I wrong about this? Is there any lore that backs up some of the Cataclysm bosses prior to their releases?
I can sort of understand where you're coming from with that. For the most part, I think it feels that way because Wrath of the Lich King was fairly self-contained but for the story of Arthas, which has permeated three games already. Everything sort of led into the next thing -- characters like the Blood Princes and Sindragosa were woven in through the story, and we eventually got to fight them. Many of the villains in Cataclysm were returning villains from farther back in people's minds because it has been a while since we've seen any of them relative to how recently and neatly we saw them packaged in Wrath.
To be honest, there are a lot of bosses we don't have lore for or that just sort of appeared out of nowhere. That doesn't stop us from being interested in them and enjoying their fights and mechanics. Sometimes a boss just doesn't need a story. I want to kill him all the same, you see.
mordred asked:
is there a way to get one of the winter veil hats for a level 85 character who doesn't normally run dungeons and isn't geared for heroics? thanks.
I believe that there are Winterveil hats that drop off of non-heroic bosses and potentially bosses that you grossly outgear at level 85 to get your hat from -- at least I hope so ... I would imagine that this year, Blizzard will add in more hats to more dungeons in Cataclysm, so even if you still have to enter a heroic to get a hat, it can be one of the original Cataclysm heroics that you should breeze through these days or even get carried through.
Defias Bandit asked:
What happened to characters that people camped out on Darkmoon Isle once the Faire left?
You are teleported to Mulgore or Elwynn, respective of faction.
Comedy answer: You belong to the Faire now.
stephpaul7 asked:
Is it possible to complete the Fangs of the Father quest chain thru LFR? Or can I at least start off the chain? I wasn't thinking much about it last night that I would be able to pick pocket the first quest.
No, you must be in normal- or heroic-mode 10- or 25-man Dragon Soul to begin and complete the legendary quest chain for Fangs of the Father. Raid Finder is still not equal in terms of progression quests and mechanics, so Raid Finder difficulty is locked out of legendary quests. Blizzard wants to keep those items rare enough to stay legendary while rewarding guilds that put in the time and effort to get them.
Blomblom asked:
Do you have any info about the Runescroll of Might? It would seem to be made by inscription, and was mentioned in the patch notes, but yet doesn't seem to be available anywhere. Cheers.
I don't believe that the Runescroll of Might is available to players right now in game. It was included in the patch notes, but Wowhead is still displaying that the item is not available to players. It's probably an oversight, to be honest. At this point we have no idea; however, it does look like it's made with inscription or dropped somewhere.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 6)
mamaryno Dec 14th 2011 11:06AM
I can hear Mylune now "I want to hug that baby giraffe--RIGHT NOW!!"
Thon Dec 14th 2011 11:18AM
Sure you wouldn't want a Petite Lap Giraffe? :D After all, the babies grow up and become big giraffes that may or may not leave piles of [Infracted] on your lawn. Petite Lap Giraffes stay small though!
http://www.petitelapgiraffe.com/photos.php
Drahken Dec 14th 2011 11:30AM
Ha, Thon. That link is so stupid. I love it.
Ullaana Dec 14th 2011 11:36AM
Not trying to be rude, but how were you fooled by that photo? A baby giraffe is about 6' tall at birth, and even if this were a premature infant, the size of the hands should have been a dead giveaway.
I will accept that you were distracted by cuteness as an answer, though.
Ullaana Dec 14th 2011 11:47AM
And I should have included this with my previous reply.
http://www.ultimateungulate.com/Artiodactyla/Madoqua_kirkii.html
mamaryno Dec 14th 2011 12:40PM
Its that eye--like Puss in Boots when he sees the ball of yarn.
BTW, Mylune still wants to hug it.
Noyou Dec 14th 2011 1:54PM
With the white around it's eyes it looks more like a baby deer. It's still the damn cutest thing I have seen since, well, ever?
Pyromelter Dec 14th 2011 2:05PM
I was gonna say, that looked more like a deer-type animal.
Here is a baby giraffe (3 days old per the article the pic is attached to):
http://www.zooborns.com/.a/6a010535647bf3970b0111689f3363970c-pi
here's the article for the daaaaaaawwwwwwww crowd (it's a nice little heartwarming story):
http://www.zooborns.com/zooborns/2009/02/new-born-giraffe-molly-has-a-close-call.html
Anonymous Dec 14th 2011 3:40PM
More specifically, it's a baby dik-dik.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dikdik
llcjay2003 Dec 14th 2011 7:48PM
@Anonymous: Umm...giggidy?
Dillioney Dec 14th 2011 11:06AM
You're my wife now......
alexpbj Dec 14th 2011 11:11AM
"Hey dave... your my wife now!"
League of Gentlemen ftw!!
(cutaia) Dec 14th 2011 11:08AM
It looks like he's strangling it. You're a monster, McCurley!
Poonkin Dec 14th 2011 11:15AM
I thought the same thing, it looks like one hand gives life and the other takes it away
Ryan Dec 14th 2011 1:00PM
I thought the other hand was feeding it glue..
Gendou Dec 14th 2011 11:08AM
Baby giraffes are cute...
... but ducklings is where it's at: http://ducksducks.tumblr.com/
It's a scientifically proven fact! http://i39.tinypic.com/r8ckyd.jpg
Nagaina Dec 14th 2011 11:34AM
Thank you. I wasn't doing anything with the pancreas you just sent into shock from adorable sweet cuteness.
hicks Dec 14th 2011 12:57PM
I'll take bats any day. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=FkeSSdwbnPg
Mortenebra Dec 14th 2011 1:52PM
www.cuteoverload.com
You're welcome. :)
(And also where I originally learned about dik-diks, which happen to make little "dik dik dik" noises when they run... or something... And if that isn't cute enough, I don't know what is.)
Blayze Dec 14th 2011 2:18PM
I see your cute baby animals, and raise you one sloth.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kTkOgHO4pA