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

[audesapere.livejournal.com]

Are you going to Bloomington Cat Hospital? They're the best in town (though maybe not the cheapest). I hope your kitty feels better soon!

[wormulus.livejournal.com]

Echidna? Platypus? Older monotremes that are now just fossils? Naked mole rats? Kangaroo rat? Aye-aye? Tapir? Sea pig?

I hope your cat feels better!!

[q10.livejournal.com]

could we have a little more clarification on what kinds of strange animals, and what access of strangeness, we're looking for? or even just a few examples of animals exemplary in their strangeness? the question as it stands is a little to open-ended for me to know where to start.

[zdenka]

aardwolf!
hyrax!
chupacabra!
rust monster
Jabberwock
umber hulk
floating eye
owlbear
quasit
hydra (either the one from Greek mythology or the weird nifty sea creature)
chimaera

The list of "I have no idea what these things are but what the heck":
rothe
leucrotta
titanothere
baluchitherium
wumpus

What's that creature in nethack that stabs your shins with a pin? A xat?

I'll let you know if I think of any more.

Oh no, poor cat. I hope the vet is able to do something for her.

[gaudior.livejournal.com]

Good luck with the new vet!

Also: The huma-huma-nuka-nuka-pu-a-a. It's a fairly normal fish, but it has a great name!

[ab3nd.livejournal.com]

I hope Oolong is better soon.

In the strange animals category, the Okapi and Coatimundi (which has the advantage of being really cute, also smart and dexterous) spring immediately to mind. Quick searching reveals that the Coati is related to the Cacomistle, which is just fun to say. Pangolins look kind of like ambulatory pinecones, but are probably already on your list.

If you want to get really obscure, there are a ton of weird things that only exist as fossils now, like Marrella Splendans, Opabinia Regalis (5 eyes! Bitey snout!), Anamalocaris, Wiwaxia, etc. Those are all Cambrian critters from the Burgess Shale, and all look like oversized bugs from space.

Strange animals

[copperwolf.livejournal.com]

kakapo and takahe -- two flightless birds from New Zealand
hoopoe -- another bird with a fun name
star-nosed mole
elephant shrew
elephant seal
thylacine
thylacoleo
tuatara
archer fish
peccary, a.k.a javelina

How about invertebrates?
peripatus, a.k.a. velvet worms, phylum Onychophora -- freakishly strange
hydra polyps that asexually bud jellyfish that sexually spawn more hydra
sphinx moths
ant lions
horseshoe crabs

[sovay]

more strange animals for Anthrocon. I gave her a long list but if you can further help her out that would be awesome.

Strange like falanouc, fossa, and colugo, or strange like afanc, leokampos, and mušḫuššu?

[doma.livejournal.com]

I am sorry. My brain only has room for Pokemon.

I hope Oolong feels better. :/

[zeeth_kyrah]

I do energy work for animals as well as humans; both primarily as an add-on to other forms of medicine. It might not stop the problem entirely, but it should make Oolong more comfortable.

The fleas are vicious this year, it seems, though that may not be what's going on with her.

[thoughtsdriftby.livejournal.com]

Almi'raj, Anggitay, Karura
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Likely I'm willing to go a bit more toxic, fogging the house and putting flea/tick stuff on the dog and the stray cats in the front yard. The strays have also been broken by the vet, got their shots, and get worming stuff added to their food annually (I don't call it fixed if it no longer works).

Haven't tried a UV light over a sticky pad yet, but I haven't had to. It's supposed to work.