My daughter and I came upon the detached tail of some sort of rodent in a park near the American River this weekend. Follow the “Continue reading” link to help me identify the animal.
Here it is: the end on the right seems to be the natural end, the end on the left was once attached to… something. It’s the color combination that really confuses me. Could it possibly belong to a baby fox? Or a really huge chipmunk?
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Isn’t that Gameguy’s merkin? [SNAP!]
posted 10/28/08 at 10:57 am #
Racoon?
posted 10/28/08 at 10:59 am #
I would vote fox.
posted 10/28/08 at 11:39 am #
Racoon came to mind as well because of the appearance of stripes, but that’s where the reddish hair threw me off. Though I suppose a reddish racoon is in the realm of possibility. After losing his tail, did he go into his room, only to find Gideon’s bible?
posted 10/28/08 at 11:46 am #
Panda.
posted 10/28/08 at 12:31 pm #
red panda? Was it near the zoo?
posted 10/28/08 at 1:00 pm #
Skunk
I have a wonderful book on scatology, immensely helpful for identifying animal droppings on trails and in the backyard but there was no section on animal tail identification
Bill
posted 10/28/08 at 1:01 pm #
Wiley Coyote
posted 10/28/08 at 1:01 pm #
basuraman: didn’t the red panda go to red panda heaven? This was not near the zoo and I’m going with No on Skunk… That’s Measure D, right?
posted 10/28/08 at 1:40 pm #
It was some animal investor who “lost his tail” in the volatile market
posted 10/28/08 at 2:32 pm #
Really Really big caterpillar?
posted 10/28/08 at 2:54 pm #
Sasquatch mustache?
posted 10/28/08 at 3:46 pm #
Look, Smithers, I’m Davy Crockett!
There are a lot of critter options down on the river. I vote fox.
posted 10/28/08 at 6:26 pm #
posted 10/28/08 at 9:28 pm #
OK, let’s try that again: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfMUwCKtWMI
posted 10/28/08 at 9:29 pm #
Wookie pelt. Beware of Mandelorians by the river. [Geek FIVE!]
posted 10/29/08 at 12:51 pm #
Wookie Pelt is, coincidentally, what Turty Squip calls his whatchmacallit thing that he said.
posted 10/29/08 at 1:11 pm #
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