{"id":291502,"date":"2010-02-08T02:20:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-08T06:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"tag:www.reallynatural.com,2010:\/\/2.2487"},"modified":"2010-02-08T02:20:00","modified_gmt":"2010-02-08T06:20:00","slug":"freaky-plush-toys-based-on-endangered-species","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/291502","title":{"rendered":"Freaky Plush Toys Based on Endangered Species"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"yoohoo.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.reallynatural.com\/pictures\/yoohoo.jpg\" class=\"mt-image-center\" style=\"margin: 0pt auto 20px; text-align: center; display: block;\" height=\"225\" width=\"225\" \/>Aurora has created a line of plush toys called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B001444JFI?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=reallynatural-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B001444JFI\">Yoo Hoo &amp; Friends<\/a>.  Each character is based upon an endangered species, and a virtual world accompanies the toys at <a href=\"http:\/\/yoohoofriends.com\/\">yoohoofriends.com<\/a>.  From lemurs to capuchin monkeys, each toy can be squeezed to make a noise and have certain characteristics online, like being &#8220;creative &amp; smart&#8221;.  <\/p>\n<p>Personally, I find these toys a bit freaky. Their color schemes are bizarre, and the sounds are not genuine to the animals they represent. I am not sure what the educational benefit is as far teaching children about endangered species, and these toys are made of synthetic materials.  Unlike <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reallynatural.com\/archives\/business\/aurora_naturally_plush_toys_ma.php\">Aurora&#8217;s Natural plush toys made from soy and kapok<\/a> that more accurately resemble animals, I feel the Yoo Hoo line is all about marketing and trying to tap into the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&amp;location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fs%3Fie%3DUTF8%26x%3D0%26ref_%3Dnb%255Fsb%255Fnoss%26y%3D0%26field-keywords%3Dwebkinz%26url%3Dsearch-alias%253Dtoys-and-games&amp;tag=reallynatural-20&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957\">Webkinz<\/a> frenzy. <\/p>\n<p>Disclosure: I was sent free samples of these products to review. No prior assurances were given as to whether the review be positive or negative.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/sgVIdRXXaK9njqS-iWnv_rpZZiU\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/sgVIdRXXaK9njqS-iWnv_rpZZiU\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/sgVIdRXXaK9njqS-iWnv_rpZZiU\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/sgVIdRXXaK9njqS-iWnv_rpZZiU\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aurora has created a line of plush toys called Yoo Hoo &amp; Friends. Each character is based upon an endangered species, and a virtual world accompanies the toys at yoohoofriends.com. From lemurs to capuchin monkeys, each toy can be squeezed to make a noise and have certain characteristics online, like being &#8220;creative &amp; smart&#8221;. Personally, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":640,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-291502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/640"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=291502"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291502\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=291502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=291502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=291502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}