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"Name that Animal" picture game.


Post: # 2,037,751
rosborne979
 
Reply Mon 15 May, 2006 05:15 pm
The object of the game is to identify the animal pictured.

Along with your identification of the animal, post a link to some information about the animal (also serves to validate the identification).

Once you have correctly identified the animal, post a picture of your own.

Provide as much detail in your identification as is reasonable.

For example,



Identification: Red Eft

Post: # 2,037,752
rosborne979
 
Reply Mon 15 May, 2006 05:15 pm
Here's the first one...

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Post: # 2,037,772
littlek
 
Reply Mon 15 May, 2006 05:23 pm
Do we get to ask questions like: is it a type of lemur?
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Post: # 2,037,791
Joe Nation
 
Reply Mon 15 May, 2006 05:29 pm
Crap! I thought this was going to be easy, like Horsey, Piggie and Bow-wow. I guess I am just going to have to lurk.

Joe(It's not a sheep either)Nation
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Post: # 2,037,796
rosborne979
 
Reply Mon 15 May, 2006 05:31 pm
littlek wrote:
Do we get to ask questions like: is it a type of lemur?


Yup, ask all the questions you like. I just hope I can answer them. Smile

I don't think that animal is a Lemur. It's common name implies something other than lemur. But I'll do a bit of research to make sure.
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Post: # 2,037,801
rosborne979
 
Reply Mon 15 May, 2006 05:32 pm
Joe Nation wrote:
Crap! I thought this was going to be easy, like Horsey, Piggie and Bow-wow. I guess I am just going to have to lurk.

Joe(It's not a sheep either)Nation


It's not a sheep Smile (I think you beat Gus to that guess).
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Post: # 2,037,833
sozobe
 
Reply Mon 15 May, 2006 05:56 pm
Is it a type of bushbaby?
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Post: # 2,037,843
littlek
 
Reply Mon 15 May, 2006 06:03 pm
Night/Owl monkey?

Quote:
The huge eyes of a captive owl monkey from the lowland rain forests of Peru betray this small monkey's nocturnal lifestyle.
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Post: # 2,037,845
rosborne979
 
Reply Mon 15 May, 2006 06:04 pm
sozobe wrote:
Is it a type of bushbaby?


Not a Bush Baby.

This nocturnal animal lives in small family groups, and spends the hours of daylight hidden in hollows in the trees, or in vine tangles. Location: From Panama to northeastern Argentina. It's a bit larger than a Bush Baby. It's also the only nocturnal monkey in the New World.
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Post: # 2,037,846
rosborne979
 
Reply Mon 15 May, 2006 06:04 pm
littlek wrote:
Night/Owl monkey?

Quote:
The huge eyes of a captive owl monkey from the lowland rain forests of Peru betray this small monkey's nocturnal lifestyle.


Correct. Night Monkey. You're up.
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Post: # 2,037,849
littlek
 
Reply Mon 15 May, 2006 06:06 pm
That monkey looks so soft! Like a rabbit.

Ok, who's been paying attention? What kind of spidie is this?

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Post: # 2,037,852
sozobe
 
Reply Mon 15 May, 2006 06:07 pm
Wolf spider? Jumping spider?

What's the scale?

(This is fun, rosborne!)
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Post: # 2,037,855
littlek
 
Reply Mon 15 May, 2006 06:09 pm
No, Soz. He's about 2 inches from front toe to back toe (spiders don't have toes do they? Oh well).
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Post: # 2,037,864
rosborne979
 
Reply Mon 15 May, 2006 06:16 pm
littlek wrote:
That monkey looks so soft! Like a rabbit.

Ok, who's been paying attention? What kind of spidie is this?


I would guess Wolf Spider. Oops... I missed Soz's guess above... Hmmm.
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Post: # 2,037,865
littlek
 
Reply Mon 15 May, 2006 06:17 pm
$Nope, less hairy and darker than a wolf spider.
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Post: # 2,037,884
rosborne979
 
Reply Mon 15 May, 2006 06:30 pm
littlek wrote:
$Nope, less hairy and darker than a wolf spider.


Hmmm, tough one.

What is its range? Tropical, desert, temperate?

Can you provide another picture of one?
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Post: # 2,037,888
littlek
 
Reply Mon 15 May, 2006 06:35 pm
This beauty was found in my basement (typical location for the species). There is reference to him on another A2K thread. It took Dasha and I days to figure out what type he is.
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Post: # 2,037,893
rosborne979
 
Reply Mon 15 May, 2006 06:40 pm
littlek wrote:
This beauty was found in my basement (typical location for the species). There is reference to him on another A2K thread. It took Dasha and I days to figure out what type he is.


I found the following pic on the web, which I think might be the same spider... unfortunately, it's posted on a site called "name that pest". Just my luck, nobody else can identify it either.

I'm headed out for dinner, but I'll try again when I get back... if someone else hasn't ID'd the culprit before I get back.

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Post: # 2,037,895
littlek
 
Reply Mon 15 May, 2006 06:42 pm
It looks like a very similar spider, but I can't say for sure whether it is or not! Now what? If I had a name for it, I could tell you one way of the other.

On further searching, I think rosborne's spider is a dolomes (nursery web spider).
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Post: # 2,038,189
rosborne979
 
Reply Mon 15 May, 2006 10:19 pm
littlek wrote:
That monkey looks so soft! Like a rabbit.

Ok, who's been paying attention? What kind of spidie is this?


Is it a Fishing Spider, or Dock Spider?
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