Washington, D.C. - July 10, 2006

Animal Planet

Ferdinand Home Store

As many a nature lover will tell you, animals aren’t so different from us. They mate for life (about as often as we do). They teach their young. They play the accordion.

Well, at the least the ones pictured on Ferdinand’s products do.

The online outpost offers clothing, accessories, and housewares depicting animals engaged in activities we can all relate to. How about a T-shirt with a ravenous wolf desperate to devour a plate of pastries, a tea towel with a grouchy cat, or a pillow with a squirrel looking pensively into space?

And it doesn’t stop there. You can find hens in birthday hats, ponies on swings, squirrels playing drums, and bears with violins.

It’s enough to make getting in touch with your animal instincts a lot more civilized.

Available online at ferdinandhomestore.com.