I've never been able to save these gifs either, though my system is quirky and others may have had better luck. As for clicking on the thumbnail, I don't think the gif can be opened any further than it already is in thumbnail form (that really threw me at first). The thumbnail is as much of the gif as there is. When it initially loads, the gif needs to cycle through all the "frames" in the cartoon before animation becomes smooth. This can take a couple of minutes. Hope you finally get to see this thing, as it's really cute. If you still have problems, don't hesitate to mention it. Someone out there must know the answer. We'll lick this yet!