What happens to a Penguin Person while waiting for the Spheniscidae superpowers to develop
Tuesday, September 13, 2005
Now If I Can Get Him To Chuck...
I think I've finally pinned down the species of the mystery creature I've spotted eating the fallen pears in the early evenings. He's a squat, nondescript brown rodent/mammal-type critter about the size of a large housecat. For a while, I suspected he was a badger, but it turns out we're too far east for that, plus he's clearly diurnal, which eliminates most predatory mammals his size. I can't be certain since I haven't gotten closer than a couple hundred feet, but he seems to match the physical and behavioral descriptions of a marmota monax, your basic woodchuck (aka groundhog). This should save me some time come February 2.
Shouldn't he be after that log you got stuck on and not the pears you're trying to butter?
ReplyDeleteHeh, I have an entire family of woodchucks. Sounds like you're lacking some muskrats though. Have Emp Peng build a pond and I'll send over some housewarming gifts.
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Funny you should mention that, Guillimot. Emp. Peng. has floated the idea of putting a pond in back there. That, and a moat filled with ill-tempered sea bass, but I think he's serious about the pond.
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