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| Dec 14th, 2003 12:26 AM | |||
| Jeanette X |
Read the first page of this thread. And go to the mustelids thread and see what people said about it. 
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| Dec 13th, 2003 09:33 PM | |||
| Anonymous | To quote Austin Powers, "WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE!?" | ||
| Dec 13th, 2003 09:13 PM | |||
| Jeanette X |
Fuck you. People enjoy my animal threads.
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| Dec 13th, 2003 08:33 PM | |||
| Anonymous |
 Manatee (Trichechus manatus) Large, seal-like body that tapers to a powerful flat tail. Two agile forelimbs with three to four toenails on each, which act like arms to help the manatee maneuver in shallow water, grasp and move food toward their mouths, and act like flippers during swimming. Thick and wrinkled skin with a rough texture - a bit jiggly under the neck and arms. Their skin reacts to touch, as their bodies are very muscular - contracting and changing shape slightly when scratched or tickled. Powerful upper lips which articulate to help maneuver food or dig through sediment. Gentle and slow-moving. Most of the time is spent eating vegetation (100-150 lbs. per day), resting, and traveling. On average manatees can travel about 40 to 50 miles a day, sometimes farther. Chessie, the famed manatee rescued from the cold waters of the Chesapeake Bay and returned to Florida, was tagged with a locating device which showed he traveled as far as Rhode Island during hot summer months. Let the thread go, Jean. |
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| Dec 13th, 2003 08:26 PM | |||
| Jeanette X | I have no mongoose for you in this post, I'm just adding this so I don't lose the thread again. :/ | ||
| Dec 11th, 2003 01:16 AM | |||
| Jeanette X |
I know! I'm just saying that...fuck it, nevermind.
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| Dec 11th, 2003 01:13 AM | |||
| camacazio | Pumbaa was the wart hog. | ||
| Dec 11th, 2003 12:56 AM | |||
| Jeanette X |
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| Dec 11th, 2003 12:03 AM | |||
| Suck 'n' Fuck | You forgot about Pumbaa. | ||
| Dec 10th, 2003 11:59 PM | |||
| Jeanette X |
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| Dec 10th, 2003 09:37 PM | |||
| The One and Only... | One thought my penis was a snake. | ||
| Dec 10th, 2003 09:25 PM | |||
| Pliers the Goron King |
HERPESTIDS? THEY LOOK LIKE MY PENIS ON DRUGS 
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| Dec 10th, 2003 09:01 PM | |||
| Jeanette X |
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 Dwarf Mongoose (Helogale parvula)  Baby dwarf mongooses.  Dwarf mongoose in a mug. The dwarf mongoose lives in Ethiopia, Angola, and South Africa, and is the smallest African carivore. They have a complicated social group in which an older female is the dominant, and her mate is the second dominant. All females are dominant over males. The dominant female and her mate are the only breeders in the group, nevertheless, other females will nurse her babies and care for them. They often use termite mounds as dens, lookout posts, and sources of food. They primarily eat insects, but they have been known to kill and eat snakes in a group effort. They break open bird eggs to eat by holding the egg between their paws and throwing them between their back feet onto a rock. They hunt in semi-nomadic packs and vocalize with whistles and twittering noises, and will growl when angered. They are watchful for predators, and have a complex system of vigilance in which they make different vocalizations for different predators to warn the pack and they relieve each other of guard duty in a regular sequence. Dwarf mongooses have an interesting symbiotic relationship with a couple species of hornbills in eastern Kenya. In this relationship, hornbills give out warning calls when a predatory bird is in close proximity (even if it is a predator to just the mongooses). Since hornbills eat the same food as mongooses, they benefit from the relationship because the mongoose does all the foraging. Hornbills rarely compete for food with the mongooses and will usually submit to them anyhow. The hornbills and dwarf mongooses wait for each other to begin foraging; if no mongooses are present, the hornbill will call down the den to wake them up. If no hornbills are present, the mongoose will display stress and decreased efficiency of foraging (Postanowicz). (http://www.bio.davidson.edu/people/v...03/rizi/SC.htm) |
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| Dec 9th, 2003 01:08 AM | |||
| Jeanette X |
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| Dec 8th, 2003 11:46 PM | |||
| Evil Robot | [center:7f9ec24c81]I'm not special anymore[/center:7f9ec24c81] | ||
| Dec 8th, 2003 11:17 PM | |||
| Protoclown |
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| Dec 8th, 2003 11:16 PM | |||
| Ihach |
youd be more special if i got my goddamn tiger thread
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| Dec 8th, 2003 11:07 PM | |||
| Jeanette X |
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I'm not special anymore. 
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| Dec 8th, 2003 10:37 PM | |||
| Anonymous |
 Egyptian Mongoose (Herpestes ichneumon) The Egyptian mongoose is diurnal, gregarious, and polygynous. The name "ichneumon" means tracker on Greek, which refers to the fact that this mongoose relies on its sense of smell to locate prey. They tend to forage alone, and this led many people to believe that they were solitary mongooses. They are commonly seen in groups of 3-7 individuals. Each family consists of a male, 2-3 females, and their recent offspring, along with some offspring from previous litters that had not dispersed. They have established foraging paths, latrines, eating and sleeping sites, and anal-gland marking areas. The male tends to be more or less solitary, but the females have strong social bonds with each other and their young. The females take turns babysitting the juveniles as the other females went foraging. The male does babysit but rarely interacts with the young. The male is more tolerant of his female offspring than the males, and it is often the males that disperse first, and the females who disperse later, if at all. The Egyptian mongoose produces only one litter a year, but is able to produce another if they loose the first litter. The young are weaned at 4-8 weeks old, and forage with their mother until they are 4 months old. Male offspring will disperse as early as 4-6 months, sometimes staying up to a year, while the female offspring will stay longer, even permanently. You see, Jean? Anyone can do what you do. |
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| Dec 8th, 2003 10:22 PM | |||
| camacazio |
Another animal I can add to my "list of things in Madagascar that I like." So far, all I have is a mongoose and a chameleon.
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| Dec 8th, 2003 09:39 PM | |||
| Jeanette X |
 Malagasy Ring-Tailed Mongoose (Galidia elegans) This mongoose is located only in Madagascar. It lives in humid forests. It digs burrows, and it swims. It is less social than most mongoose species, usually living alone or in pairs. |
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| Dec 8th, 2003 08:30 PM | |||
| executioneer |
he's whatever kind lives in india :/ -willie |
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| Dec 8th, 2003 06:20 PM | |||
| Jeanette X |
I'm damned if I know what kind of mongoose Riki-tiki-tavi was supposed to be. I don't think they ever actually tell you in the story. :/  Cusimanse (Crossarchus obscurus) The cusimanse is a very small, diurnal mongoose from west Africa, and they wander through their territories constantly, sometimes taking shelter under fallen logs, or digging their own burrows. They live in groups of 10-24 members, usually compromised of small family units. It's name is also spelled with a K. I have also added some new information to the marsh mongoose, yellow mongoose, and slender mongoose entries, so be sure to look at those again as well. |
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| Dec 8th, 2003 03:35 PM | |||
| Snatchtastic |
. Hellz yeah, Riki Tiki Tavi washed up in the Gardens of some dudes house after a rainstorm and they fed him bananas and put him in a loin cloth. And then theyre were two EEEEEEEEVIL cobras named NAAG and NAGAINA and they wanted to kill the family and raise COBRAS  Then Riki Tiki loved the family so much he killed the family of Cobras and lived happily evar aftar forever.Riki Tiki should have slashed the Muskrats face and worn his skin as a suit. |
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| Dec 8th, 2003 02:55 PM | |||
| Crimson Ghost |
What kind of mongoose was Riki Tiki Tavi? Someone has to know the story of Riki Tiki Tavi. |
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