This is just for fun and the only rule is: no researching. Post your best (or most terrible) guesses in the comments. Reading other people’s answers before posting your own is punishable by jail time and/or fines optional. Answer will be posted in the comments tonight.
I love this animal’s seemingly out of proportion paws.
Posted by YesBiscuit on May 29, 2015
https://yesbiscuit.com/2015/05/29/name-that-animal-74/
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Chris_B
/ May 29, 2015Honey Badger. I’ve seen it before but I can’t remember. Just guessing.
Eucritta
/ May 29, 2015Fisher? That’s my best guess.
KateH
/ May 29, 2015At first I thought…kinkajou, but then I thought fisher because the tree looks more like it’s from a northern forest, so fisher makes more sense. Then Eucritta guessed fisher, so I’m sticking with fisher.
YesBiscuit
/ May 29, 2015I was going to send you to jail for reading eucritta’s answer before posting but since you are one of only 3 people who commented on this post, I guess I’ll have to give you a pass. This time.
YesBiscuit
/ May 29, 2015ANSWER TIME
This is a yellow throated marten. (Also, how come no one guessed ferret? That was my guess.) From this animal’s Wiki entry:
I’m not sure how anyone figured out that such a “fearless animal” with an “unpleasant odor” was “easily tamed” but I guess there’s someone for everyone.
Eucritta
/ May 29, 2015Nice! At least I was in the Mustelidae. I’ve never heard of these – only pine martens – which, oops. Apparently (following a link from above) true pine martens are a European species, and what we’ve got is the American marten. And wow, these yellow-throated guys are known to take down musk deer? I’m impressed.
YesBiscuit
/ May 30, 2015Show off!
KateH
/ May 31, 2015I think this is the creature that is the ‘god’ in the short story by Saki (H.H. Munro), titled Shredni Vashtar. It’s available online and is a really cool read!
angie
/ May 30, 2015Quick question- I read your 2010 post about heartworm prevention:
I have a 12 month old boston terrier. He’s around 27lbs-28lbs (he’s lean but on the taller side). I purchased 2 whole packs of the “Up to 25 lbs Hartgard Plus” about 4 months ago before his major growth spurt.
Will the up to 25 lbs be enough for my boston? Or would I have to trade it in for the higher lbs prevention?
Thanks in advance.
YesBiscuit
/ May 30, 2015I am not a vet and would defer to whatever your vet instructs you to do. If my dog weighed 27 – 28 pounds, and I chose to give him Heartguard, I would get the product labeled for dogs over 25 pounds.
QMD333
/ May 30, 2015Hm…… Not a weasel…..not a marmoset, I dont think……my mind’s blank (nothing new there)
QMD333
/ May 30, 2015Yellow throated marten……yeah, that was going to be my next guess.