If you thought the knitted Lab Rat and Frog were cool, check out these guys:
They're Food Chain Friends!
Thanks to someone's great insight at FAO Schwarz, you can buy your kids these loveable critters which demonstrate the food chain in all its plushy goodness. Food Chain Friends are from Daro, a small green planet modeled after the planet Earth 200 mya. "Daro teems with wildlife, and its exceptionally social and gracious species flourish in a complex - but oddly, very friendly - ecosystem." The best part, however, might be the slogan: "They're friends. They eat each other. It's a complicated relationship!"
Tell me you don't want them. I dare you.
Hat Tip to BioEphemera
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