Thread: off topic anonymous

I'd have guessed groundhog

Originally Posted by MickR

Thanks Roy. Now can you tell me what this critter is called?
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But that is a "Whistle Pig!" And don't let it near a foundation or wall!
~Richard

MickR

You want to drive yourself crazy look up Rock Chuck, Groundhog and Woodchuck.

Bob

So you blokes change the name of your animal to suit it's fur colour. You have the black bear, brown bear and the grizzley bear




You have a similar thing going with deer...and groundhogs/woodchucks/rockchucks/marmots are the same except they part their hair in different ways. And don't ask me what the difference is between Bison and Buffalo, because I just don't know!




The there is the mountain lion, or is it a Puma?!

And then you have about a billion of these furry little buggers...




As well as these...




I hope you got a single name figured for them...Oh wait. You don't do ya?!

At least this bloke seems to be one of a kind...We have two kinds of Croc, but you blokes only have one kind of 'gator...





Mick

MickR

You can add Cougar to Mountain Lion/Puma and there are others to for the same cat. There are also the Elk/Wapiti or the Bobcat/Lynx things too. Yes, we aim to baffle but not always with brilliance.

Bob

Originally Posted by MickR

So you blokes change the name of your animal to suit it's fur colour. You have the black bear, brown bear and the grizzley bear




You have a similar thing going with deer...and groundhogs/woodchucks/rockchucks/marmots are the same except they part their hair in different ways. And don't ask me what the difference is between Bison and Buffalo, because I just don't know!




The there is the mountain lion, or is it a Puma?!

And then you have about a billion of these furry little buggers...




As well as these...




I hope you got a single name figured for them...Oh wait. You don't do ya?!

At least this bloke seems to be one of a kind...We have two kinds of Croc, but you blokes only have one kind of 'gator...





Mick

"Grizzley" is not a colour mick.

Originally Posted by edhewitt

"Grizzley" is not a colour mick.

Good catch Ed. The Grizzly Bear is a different species from the North American Black Bear.

It gets a bit confusing especially with the different colourations. This is a Black Bear sow, in cinnamon/brown colouration with her two cubs.

Originally Posted by edhewitt

"Grizzley" is not a colour mick.

Is bloody so! My goatee is grizzly! That's what my missus tells me anyhow!


Mick

You can add Polar Bear to the list which is a white color.

And just add a little trivia to the mix, it's the one that consumes the most meat in it's diet all of our others eat berries and other plant matter.

Oh, and a black bear can also look blue, I've seen one.

Now in your spare time perhaps you can answer a child's riddle from over here;

How much wood could a Woodchuck chuck if a Woodchuck could chuck wood?

Originally Posted by BobH

MickR

You can add Cougar to Mountain Lion/Puma and there are others to for the same cat. There are also the Elk/Wapiti or the Bobcat/Lynx things too. Yes, we aim to baffle but not always with brilliance.

Bob

Also referred to as "painter" or panther in some regions. What we call a moose is referred to as elk in some parts of Europe. Like Bob said, our elk are sometimes called wapiti.

Brown Bear