Staring Marathon

In a staring contest, whoever looks away first loses. Staring Marathon is AHB’s character line of animals locked in a deadpan stare — a mandrill facing down a leopard cub, a tortoise gazing at the sky, a young elephant caught mid-doodle.

Nasreddin the Mandrill & Tutu the Leopard Cub

In a staring contest, the rule is simple: whoever looks away first loses. Nasreddin, a hulking mandrill with a rainbow face, has met his match in Tutu, a leopard cub whose grin is far too big for his little spotted head.

Sulcata Tortoise

Round two of the Staring Marathon goes to a tortoise who seems to have forgotten that tortoises don’t sit up. Rocked back with his front legs planted wide and his neck stretched as far as it goes, he stares straight up — while a baby sulcata, stuck belly-down on a stone, waits for somebody to notice.

Asian Elephant

The third Staring Marathon contestant is a chubby young Asian elephant, sitting with its feet stuck out, twig in trunk, eye fixed sideways as if someone just interrupted its art project.