Help me identify a wild animal that ran in front of my car when I was driving through a park in

[applegrove]

Ottawa. At first i thought it was a fox because it had a long snout but it seemed to be too big. Next thing I noticed was a really thick tail (like a big wildcat's). What gives.

[pinboy3niner]

1. One word: OSCAR!

:rofl:

Edited to add link:

I inherited a mixed animal from Uncle living in woods.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x624815

[guitar man]

13. Rofl!!

Now that's a classic, I had almost forgotten about that thread. :rofl:

[nolabear]

16. Sweet Jesus, I just spent most of an hour reading that thread and HOWLING!

Is this the DU of yesteryear? Is A-Schwartznegger still around? Did he turn out to be Al Franken (amazingly that was my husband's fantasy as I read him bits and pieces so he'd know why I was lying over the arm of the sofa in hysterics).

And is it was in 2004 why did post 199 have a photo of an oil-soaked bird on it? Is there really a rip in the space-time continuum?

Oscar? Is that you?

[pinboy3niner]

18. The thread is a DU classic

Yes, the poster--a published author--is still around and still posting here.

As for the bird pic in the old post: any change made in a sigline (or avatar, for that matter) will apply not only to a member's subsequent posts, but to past posts as well. Sorry, no rip and no time machine (though admins are reported to be working on one :) ).

[A-Schwarzenegger]

20. It's always so heartwarming when somebody meets the animal for the first time.

:)

[nolabear]

22. Man, I genuflect in your general direction.

You played that like a Stradivarius.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

26. It took a village named DU.

:hi:

[tigereye]

21. those were the days- much, much cleverness was in evidence.

[Bunny]

25. We had some really witty and hilarious people here, didn't we?

Hey, tigereye! How's everything? All ready for the holiday? :hi:

[tigereye]

28. that we did! I miss those folks.

Well, the tree is up, most of the decorating is done, I still have Christmas cards to write and I even did some baking already. (cherry-chocolate shortbread, cranberry oatmeal and peanut butter blossoms.) I still have nut breads to do, though. And most of my Christmas shopping is done with just a few things to get. So I'm actually a bit ahead of schedule for a change.

Thank goodness for Amazon.


How about you? :pals:

[Bunny]

29. You've been busy!

I don't do much cooking or baking, to be honest. But I've got all the decorating done, and the shopping is pretty much finished (other than some assorted stocking stuffer things). Now I've got to get everything wrapped and figure out what the menu is going to be on Saturday. I'm thinking ham along with a salmon filet + the usual side dishes. I'm off between the holidays so I'm really looking forward to resting up and
drinking a ton of wine.

Have a nice holiday, hon! :hi: :hug:

[tigereye]

33. salmon! Nice idea. We were talking about that too, or maybe paella.

We don't really eat ham, and usually have veggie lasagna Christmas Eve. But my folks aren't coming to the big X-mas Eve do this year due to health issues, so we can make something a bit more adventurous that night, I think. Then we will go out to their house X-mas Day.


I haven't been working as much this month, so it was really nice to have time to actually enjoy holiday prep. Enjoy your time off, holidays, wine consumption and time with the family!


:hug: :toast:

[driver8]

31. "have you tried dressing like a porcupine and seeing if it tried to bite the back of your neck?"

My favorite line from that thread!

Oh man, that shit is funny!

[Withywindle]

2. What color was it?

(Did you hit it?)

[applegrove]

6. It was too far down the road from me for me to see its color. I just saw its size and

a few shapes. But it definitely was wild...it just moved like a wild animal.

[Withywindle]

9. Wolverine?

er, I mean

[applegrove]

11. It did kinda look like that at the front. Maybe. Didn't know there were wolverines in Ontario/quebec

[Withywindle]

12. I think there are.

I know they like northern-woodsy type places.

They're huge weasels and they're FIERCE.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. Chupacabra?

A long snout like a fox and a thick tail - possibly a coyote. They are everywhere.

[applegrove]

4. Oh that could be.

[Kali]

5. coyote

[applegrove]

7. I could be a coyote. But it didn't have a shaggy tail. It was a thick long one with short hair.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

8. Pumas have tails like that, but they have short snouts.

So it's probably a chupacabra.

[Kali]

10. I don't think they go that far north, must be the Beast of Banff

:rofl:

[csziggy]

14. If you were closer to Florida, I'd have an explanation for that

This past year a lot of the wild canines have had bad cases of mange. The last time I saw a fox, it was growing back its coat. Instead of being longish hair, it looked short and plushy, kind of like a domestic cat's coat. The coyote I saw the other day had a thick looking tail, but I suspect its hair was growing back, too.

[applegrove]

15. Okay. I'm convinced. I hope people's pets are okay because it is a suburban neighbourhood.

[csziggy]

23. Pets may not be safe - coyotes will live anywhere

And they do not respect humans or their possessions. Just look at the American Southwest Indian legends of the Trickster!

[SoDesuKa]

17. How to Trap a Wolverine

Wolverines are pretty clever, but they've been known to be captured without injuring them:



Hail to the victors valiant, hail to the conquering hero . . .

[hyphenate]

19. Sounds like a fox

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox

See if anything jumps out at you.

[Orrex]

24. Was it Jacob?

Quick way to tell: was he followed by swooning emo tweens?

[alfredo]

27. It was Danny DaVito.

[stuntcat]

30. There was a fox in my backyard the other day!

I mean I'm in a busy city too, it was exciting! I was surprised how big he was, he was a little bigger than I thought a fox would be.

[DeadEyeDyck]

32. I brake for hullucinations