Mon Apr 19, 2010 2:19 am   Reply with quote         

There's some critters in the photo for May 6th (I think)
Are they squirrels?
I have never seen them, but then you may not have koalas,wombats or platypus at your place

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Mon Apr 19, 2010 2:30 am   Reply with quote         

claude edwards wrote:

There's some critters in the photo for May 6th (I think)
Are they squirrels?
I have never seen them, but then you may not have koalas,wombats or platypus at your place

Try Meercats, as in Meercat Mansion.

Wrong setting though, these critters are African bush dwellers.
God knows what they're doing up a Fir tree!

Wiz

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Mon Apr 19, 2010 2:45 am   Reply with quote         

If there's two of them, do you say 'mongeese'?

Mon Apr 19, 2010 2:53 am   Reply with quote         

Thanks. Goodness knows how anyone mixed a mon with a goose. And I thought platypus were weird.

Mon Apr 19, 2010 3:03 am   Reply with quote         

The Yellow Mongoose (Cynictis penicillata), sometimes referred to as the Red Meerkat, is a small mammal averaging about 1 lb (1/2 kg) in weight and about 20 in (500 mm) in length. A member of the mongoose family, it lives in open country, from semi-desert scrubland to grasslands in Angola, Botswana, South Africa, Namibia, and Zimbabwe.

Not sure what's up with the pine trees though. Kinda interesting that their pupils of the eyes appear to be horizontally rectangular.

Mon Apr 19, 2010 3:09 am   Reply with quote         

who the hell cares what they're called. Just stick their head on a body like everyone else does.

Mon Apr 19, 2010 3:52 am   Reply with quote         

I literally searched through the taxonomy database for an hour and a half. The Yellow Mongoose was the closest I could find, but it just didn't seem to be close enough. Needless to say, I know a lot of weird animals now and there's no doubt that we are speaking of a yellow mongoose. :phew:

bigbuck wrote:

If there's two of them, do you say 'mongeese'?

BTW bigbuck, came across this in the search.
"A yellow mongoose group is called a 'mongeese or mongaggle'."
However, mongeese are often referred to as "mongooses."

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Mon Apr 19, 2010 5:04 am   Reply with quote         

Rett, thanks that is great info if you're interested in animals and insects etc as I am. Clearly Eve is not. Takes all types I guess.Call it pictorial education.
However it IS necessary for me to know in this case. or I would not have asked.

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Mon Apr 19, 2010 12:04 pm   Reply with quote         

claude edwards wrote:

Rett, thanks that is great info if you're interested in animals and insects etc as I am. Clearly Eve is not. Takes all types I guess.Call it pictorial education.
However it IS necessary for me to know in this case. or I would not have asked.

That's called humor, Claude Edwards...something not often found around here these days...

I'm sorry if your idea was to actually place the critter's head on a man's body.