08-28-2003, 04:05 PM | #1 (permalink) |
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Identify this Critter
Okay, so lurkette and I were taking a hike in the mountains on a recent trip, and as we were making our way up a trail that crosses the site of an old rockslide, this fuzzy little <i>something</i> came running past us. It perched on a rock and made a sort of dog-like "Rawp!" noise. Another of its kind Rawped from a rock above, and he took off like a shot, looking for its friend.
We figured it was half squirrel and half rabbit. We named it "Squabbit". Before long we were singing, "Kill the squabbit.. kill the SQUAbbbit!" as we tromped along the trail. Showing these pictures (and making the "Rawp!" noise) to our family yielded no help in identifying said critter. They mumbled things like "Potgut" and "Rockchuck" and "Yellow Bellied Marmot". So what the hell <i>is</i> this thing? Anybody know? |
08-28-2003, 04:13 PM | #2 (permalink) |
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I hafta amend my dear husband's entry - the "rawp" noise was sort of like a high-pitched, well, "yawp" but it didn't sound like a dog to me, it sounded like a croaky sort of bird call.
I know this probably doesn't help, but had to pitch in my $.02.
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08-28-2003, 04:25 PM | #3 (permalink) |
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Dear Lord!
That face, those eyes, those merciless black eyes from some sunless stygian pit in the bowels of the nethermost regions of hell. I hoped to never return that calculating, impenetrable gaze, ever again. The malignant intelligence, the steel-coiled muscles rippling beneath tawny fur, the unspeakable ears, this is a foul recipe for macabre horror on the most profound and mind-blasting level. I can barely type. It’s a marmot. -GH |
08-28-2003, 05:15 PM | #8 (permalink) | |
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08-28-2003, 05:15 PM | #9 (permalink) |
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dude...... that on the leftf with the leaves? that's lurkey!
YOUR WIFE geeeeeeeeeeeeez ----- it looks like a giant sized mouse with manners or a short chubby otter... its like plummie's chinchilla.. its a CUTE little..... ohmygodwhatthehellisthat! |
08-28-2003, 07:07 PM | #12 (permalink) |
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looks kinda like a rabbit and a geuinie pig
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08-28-2003, 09:25 PM | #15 (permalink) |
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By the off chance that you're the first to find/report it, i would take the pictures to a wildlife conservation or somethin to report it, you may get to name it and classify = )
my .02$ = )
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08-28-2003, 09:53 PM | #17 (permalink) |
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What you found there is a Degu.
See the following link: http://www.degus.org/ This will tell you everything about the lil tike
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08-28-2003, 10:34 PM | #18 (permalink) | |
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08-29-2003, 01:26 AM | #22 (permalink) |
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Hmm guinea pig sized eh? Wombats get pretty fuckin big prolly not
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08-29-2003, 01:43 AM | #24 (permalink) |
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Okay so far we have...
Degu Marmot Muskrat Wombat The deciding factor would be the tail....if you saw the tail. Cause one has a very thin tail....other has a thick one....and I think the other two have small short ones. Asta!!
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08-29-2003, 02:17 AM | #25 (permalink) |
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Actually now that I think about it....It looks more like a Pika than anything else. They live in western north america. In places like Colorado. By process of elimination....Degu's on top a bein pretty rare are primarily found in the Andes Mountains, The Marmot is a rock dwelling creature but is too bulky and the ears are too small, Muskrats are aquatic dwelling animals like beavers, and Wombats live on land and burrow or live in hollowed out tree trunks. So unless you were mountain journying in Chile the creature you saw is actually more than likely a Pika. By process of elimination. Your mind can rest easy now hopefully.
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08-29-2003, 04:53 AM | #26 (permalink) |
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Halleluia! My mind can rest easy now! It'll be the first time in 29 years!
K-Wise has nailed it, I think. These pictures were taken at the top of Big Cottonwood Canyon just east of Salt Lake City. Not too likely to run across a wombat, unfortunately, but the geograpy is just right for a Pika. That picture you included there even captured his nonchalant and sort of dismissive attitued toward the larger mammals in his presence. He was kinda snooty. Thanks everybody! |
08-29-2003, 07:58 AM | #30 (permalink) |
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could it be a jackalope without his horns?
http://www.sudftw.com/jacklope.gif
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08-29-2003, 09:00 AM | #32 (permalink) | |
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Wow, I'm even more impressed now. K-Wise, how much time did you spend researching this? Edit: theguyondacouch thought of it first! Way to go! guy: How did you come up with this? Last edited by Double D; 08-29-2003 at 09:29 AM.. |
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08-29-2003, 09:12 AM | #33 (permalink) | |
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08-29-2003, 09:57 AM | #34 (permalink) | |
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Between the two of you, I'm convinced. And I have a new favorite varmint! Pika!!!! |
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