splodefromcute: I don't know what this is but it's adorable!

Fruvous (

fruvous) wrote in

splodefromcute,
@ 2008-10-11 20:16:00

I don't know what this is but it's adorable!

I don't know what it is but it's cute!

Awwwww!! But seriously.... what the heck kinda critter is this? :P

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	she_with_teeth 2008-10-12 03:22 am UTC (link)
	itsa kinkajou! <3 (Reply to this) (Thread)

	kappyjeanne 2008-10-12 03:48 am UTC (link)
	Yes! I found a stuffed kinkajou at Value village and I FREAKED out, it didn't even have a tag and I knew what it was! I had to take it home to find out. Best $6 ever spent. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	fifteensixty 2008-10-12 05:04 am UTC (link)
	It's not a kinkajou, it's a baby brushtail possum. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	curiouser_ 2008-10-12 03:56 am UTC (link)
	I'm pretty sure it's a possum. I always get circus music stuck in my head when I see them walking along the power lines. It's so funny. ^_^ (Reply to this) (Thread)

	curiouser_ 2008-10-12 03:59 am UTC (link)
	And by possum I mean an Australian possum. Not the ones that look like vicious giant rats. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	squinting_kitty 2008-10-12 04:21 am UTC (link)
	Ah, I was about to say... that's definitely not a(n American) possum, at least not the kind I've seen around the southeast. Those are fuller through the midsection and aren't as cute. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	ferdiaferlin 2008-10-12 05:30 am UTC (link)
	The American ones are opossums; the Australian ones are possums. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	kagomeshuko 2008-10-12 04:37 pm UTC (link)
	I didn't know that. I had always learned the terms were interchangeable. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	ferdiaferlin 2008-10-12 05:39 pm UTC (link)
	Yup, officially there is a difference although Americans often refer to theirs as 'possums (dropping the o); technically the O makes the difference--one of many tidbits I learned when I studied mammalogy. (Reply to this) (Parent)(Thread)

	kagomeshuko 2008-10-12 10:26 pm UTC (link)
	That's neat. I had to check that people had that on Wikipedia . . . and they do. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	piperrhiannon 2008-10-12 04:14 am UTC (link)
	I don't think it's a kinkajou...don't they have rounded ears? (Reply to this)

	rodshark 2008-10-12 04:20 am UTC (link)
	It's a baby Australian Common Brushtail Possum. (Reply to this)

	nipper 2008-10-12 04:47 am UTC (link)
	Definitely a Possum. Nice pic! (Reply to this)

	sphelx 2008-10-12 02:06 pm UTC (link)
	Kinkajou! ^_^ (Reply to this)

	kelpie_dingo 2008-10-12 09:10 pm UTC (link)
	Definately a Brushtail. we've got a family of them that live in our roof which is always great fun when you hear the "Holy shit someone's trying to break into the house at 3 am" noises as they crawl about in there. (Reply to this)

	fruvous 2008-10-12 11:10 pm UTC (link)
	I seem to have sparked a very slight debate. :P But consensus seems to be that it's an Australian Brushtail Possum. Is it just me, or is everything in Australia either adorable, or horribly poisonous, or both? :P \ (Reply to this) (Thread)

	shinyhappygoth 2008-10-15 10:19 pm UTC (link)
	"The second confusing thing about Australia are the animals. They can be divided into three categories: Poisonous, Odd, and Sheep." (Reply to this) (Parent)

	just_skitch 2008-12-22 11:37 am UTC (link)
	It is most definitely a brush tail possum! I have some in my roof too. :/ <3x (Reply to this)

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