Question 9
What kind of animal is this?
Value: 196 blerns less 9 blerns for each day that the question remains unanswered.
posted by Steve at 12:30 PM
Thursday, May 25, 2006
What kind of animal is this?
Value: 196 blerns less 9 blerns for each day that the question remains unanswered.
posted by Steve at 12:30 PM
6 Comments:
I supose you expect something more creative than african shorttailed mouse.
i say it is a rock dassie.
I can feel my lead slipping just looking at this question...
Is it a Bush Hyrax?
Rock dassie or rock hyrax is correct. 196 blerns for Maike! 20 blerns for Michelle too - thankfully your answer was late because I still don't know if it is right or not.
The hyrax is the closest living relative to the elephant, now that the Elephant Man is dead.
The standings:
Michelle K: 430 blerns
Maike L: 406 blerns
Brian K: 128 blerns
Dave T: 113 blerns
Annalise J: 112 blerns
Andrew B: 97 blerns
Noah W: 48 blerns
Gord B: 36 blerns
Paul D: 12 blerns
Shaun H: 10 blerns
Hugh L: 10 blerns
Rob A: 10 anti-blerns
A Vole???? I've only ever seen one while flying past on my skis. Hmmmmm. OK fine, I'm sue it's something much more prestegious than a vole, but it does look strangely familiar......
A vole seems to be different (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vole). Voles seem to be related to lemming.
As a result of checking this out, I learned this about lemmings: "(T)he behavior of lemmings is much the same as that of many other rodents which have periodic population booms and then disperse in all directions, seeking the food and shelter that their natural habitat cannot provide. The actual reason for their 'suicide' deaths is because these mass migrations may last many months and the lemmings become too tired to avoid cliff edges or swim when they normally could."
I am certain that this information will be useful soon.
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