Guess the Critter
Amy and I are in Seattle. She works about five or six days a week, but we were able to have the whole weekend together. We did a day hike at Rainier today. On the way back down the mountain we came just a couple of feet away from a ....
At the time, we didn't actually know what it was. I guessed nutria. Amy said woodchuck. We were both wrong until we googled "Mt. Rainier mammals" and positively identified the mammal we saw.
Amy and I are in Seattle. She works about five or six days a week, but we were able to have the whole weekend together. We did a day hike at Rainier today. On the way back down the mountain we came just a couple of feet away from a ....
At the time, we didn't actually know what it was. I guessed nutria. Amy said woodchuck. We were both wrong until we googled "Mt. Rainier mammals" and positively identified the mammal we saw.
posted by c. @ 9:45 PM
6 Comments:
At 10:14 AM,
norrin radd said…
I know from marmots. What the fuck is a nutria!?
At 11:15 AM,
c. said…
A nutria has a rat-like tail. They're common in the SE and in Washington and Oregon. I think they are the largest rodent in N. America.
(I've only heard of woodchucks in tongue-twisters.)
At 8:18 PM,
Dern said…
I thought Nutria weren't native to N. America. What color is the bible that far North?
At 10:40 PM,
c. said…
you may be right about nutria not being native. i'll have to look that up.
the word according to sullivan -- sadly i don't think the good word has reached these parts (or has it).
At 3:39 PM,
Christopher said…
They look like squirrels who had the munchies. How in the HELL have you been Christian?
At 3:40 PM,
Christopher said…
check out muh new hair
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