Strange Animals

[eredien]

rax needs to know the names of more strange animals for Anthrocon. I gave her a long list but if you can further help her out that would be awesome.

In other news, both of us woke up late this morning because we were awoken by a hideous animal screeching at around 4 am, coming from the backyard. We didn't bother getting up to see what it was; it sounded sort of like that time I heard a rabbit screaming while getting killed by an owl, but went on for longer in a repeating pattern, twice, so I think it was a bird. "Eastern Screech Owl" was my first thought too, but that is definitely not it; the Screech Owl is much too melodious. Any ideas?

Oolong, slightly less than a month after her well-cat visit to the vet, has hives and is licking all her fur off again. Her skin causes new problems approximately every 6 months. Selene, of course, seems fine. We're going to the new vet today. Yay?

Edit: Fleas. Now we get to mop and vaccum everything! And I need to find somewhere less expensive to buy the special by-prescription cat food!

Comments

[eredien]

Wow! Out of six animals I had only heard of one, and that was because I was seriously considering going on a fossa-tracking trip in 2011 before I remembered that I had no money. That is serious animal knowledge cred!

Also, the German-language wikipedia page that appears to be the only thing on Wikipedia about the mušḫuššu seems to think that the dragon in Disney's "Mulan," one Mushu, is named after the Babylonian creature. I would correct it, but I don't know German; moreover, I would kind of be sad to have to correct what was an *awesome* assumption to say, "no, sorry, it's not Babylonian mythology--it's, um, a kind of pork pancake that you generally see on menus at Chinese restaurants in the states."

[sovay]

I was seriously considering going on a fossa-tracking trip in 2011 before I remembered that I had no money.

I hope you can get some, however, because a fossa-tracking trip would be awesome.

That is serious animal knowledge cred!

Welcome to my brain!

moreover, I would kind of be sad to have to correct what was an *awesome* assumption to say, "no, sorry, it's not Babylonian mythology--it's, um, a kind of pork pancake that you generally see on menus at Chinese restaurants in the states."

Yeah. I prefer German Wikipedia's version.