furry

Only weeks earlier I’d run into a tarantula on the trail’s edge clutching a still-living insect in its long furry arms — several hikers were hovering over it, snapping photos with paparazzi-like fervor.

They come by the hundreds, all vying for the latest Labubu, a furry toy character with rabbit-like ears and a nightmarish grin stretched wide over a row of serrated teeth.

But once I saw Awesome Restoration’s rehabilitation of a furry little bear riding a wind-up scooter — which included building a little wooden chair for the bear to sit on while the scooter was being taken apart, repaired, repainted and reassembled — there was no going back.

A 9-year-old girl who fell in love with the goat she raised for the Shasta District Fair was heartbroken when deputies, wielding a search warrant, confiscated the furry livestock, taking him away to be butchered.

Bat Conservation International, a nonprofit, has launched the Fat Bat Project, which seeks to help the furry mammals pack on the ounces before and after winter sets in.