tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post109887996886258973..comments2024-03-18T04:55:23.399-04:00Comments on Terrierman's Daily Dose: Fantasy Creatures and HalloweenPBurnshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05781540805883519064noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post-72429317462446089752009-11-03T16:31:29.474-05:002009-11-03T16:31:29.474-05:00THANKS! I see you are right -- the subspecies is ...THANKS! I see you are right -- the subspecies is extinct ("The last male purebred Columbia Basin Pygmy Rabbit, found only in Douglas County, Washington, died March 30, 2006, at the Oregon Zoo in Portland. The last purebred female died in 2008."), but the larger species itself is still scurrying around out there in the sage. See >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pygmy_Rabbit<br /><br />The max weight is 1.1 pounds.<br /><br />PPBurnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05781540805883519064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post-45152209663944384942009-11-03T16:23:12.519-05:002009-11-03T16:23:12.519-05:00The pygmy rabbit is not extinct in the wild. It is...The pygmy rabbit is not extinct in the wild. It is not common, but I have never read any biological account that suggested they were extinct. They are still out there in sagebrush country around the West. <br /><br />There is, however, a subspecies in the Northwest that is believed to be extinct.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post-40499265897805487662009-10-31T11:22:20.330-04:002009-10-31T11:22:20.330-04:00Yes, I know of the "blue fox" that is th...Yes, I know of the "blue fox" that is the arctic fox. There is also a "blue fox" that is a marketing device in Asia for some sort of fur.<br /><br />This fellow, however, claimed to be hunting them in ... Kentucky. <br /><br />Not likely. What he was seeing is a "cross fox" -- a red fox with a dark patch on its shoulderss. As common as rainwater, and simply a color variant of red fox which goes from straw-colored, to red, to black (on rare occassions).<br /><br />As for the Mothman, I am saying it's Mom was from WVA and its Dad was from Ohio, and its from WV if you are Jewish and from Ohio if you are a North American Reformed Druid (my church, it turns out) where lineage springs from the fathers side :).<br /><br />PPBurnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05781540805883519064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684843.post-37477341204825104802009-10-31T10:58:18.844-04:002009-10-31T10:58:18.844-04:00Anyone who thinks Vulpes and Urocyon can interbree...Anyone who thinks Vulpes and Urocyon can interbreed is a moron. Anyone who thinks Vulpes and Urocyon are closely related is also a moron.<br /><br />There is a blue fox. It is a color variant of the Arctic fox that turns bluish gray in the winter, instead of white. In the summer it turns solid blackish or chocolate-brown. Some of them also have blazes on their faces that make them look like collies: http://bioweb.uwlax.edu/bio203/s2008/olson_alex/blue%20morph%20arctic%20fox%20kit.jpg<br /><br />(These are not Belyaev foxes.)<br /><br />One little correction the Mothman is from West Virginia. He is associated with a bridge collapse on the Ohio at Pt. Pleasant, WV. Pt. Pleasant makes a big deal out of the Mothman as tourist trap. Although the bridge was going to Ohio, West Virginia owns the Ohio River and all the bridges, so technically, this happened in West Virginia.<br /><br />You ought to read all the craziness on the Mothman. It's surreal!Retrievermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15780519136583108632noreply@blogger.com