Sounds like a Hodag.
Sounds like a Hodag.
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sometimes a porcupine will get sick and loose its quills.
Last edited by troy_mclure; 05-08-2011 at 12:40 AM.
HI,
I lived in Panama as a teenager.
There are several species of Tree Sloth, older ones in nature even get a slight greenish tint to their fur from algae growing in it. Your description sure sounds a bit like a tree sloth. Look up some pictures of them & see if it is a sloth.
It would have to be an escapee or released pet. It would also die in the cold.
I lean toward an "escaped exotic pet" as an explanation. Assuming it's NOT a chupacabra, of course. Or, an anteater.......ZOT!!
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Could it have been a wolverine?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wo...ansand_Zoo.jpg
I know color is wrong, but I am going to tend to ignore color since that is typically widely
variable in subspecies and individuals. How about general body and head shape? Possible
that the weird long skinny fingers could have been mistake for claws? Trying to see what
approximate genus we may be talking about here.
What an easter egg hunt. If I find out you are pulling our legs, I'm going to be irritated.
Bill
If it was easy, anybody could do it.
I don't have any idea what it might be other than someone's exotic pet that got loose. It's probably used to being around humans. I'd bait up a live trap and see what happens.
Chuck
Not gunna lie, I would have smoked it then thought about why I did later.
I think you did right leavign the critter be. If it wasn't hurting anything what the heck live and let live.
Paper targets aren't your friends. They won't lie for you and they don't care if your feelings get hurt.
Since its your property why not put a trail cam there and hope for a picture of the animal? Maybe some food as bait too for the picture.
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Here are a few photos of a Fischer, he was in my backyard and on my deck, some pics where taken through the screen door so quality suffered.
I think the color you described is wrong for any North American animal and so I agree with what shepard2 said about it being and escaped exotic pet.
Last edited by dragonrider; 05-08-2011 at 08:57 AM.
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+1 Jal5...put out trail cams and bait it and maybe will have picture to compare with other species. I have to agree with some's pet loose but then I never been that far north. Maybe baby Windago?
Have you given any thought to phoning a zoo or a vet and giving them a description of what you saw? A zoo may be a better bet for identifying it and perhaps helping to capture it.Robert
We have (probably) thousands of species of non-native plants and animal life that have spread and ravaged parts of our country and our economy.
If you see something, weed, flower, or animal, that you know doesn't belong here you should take whatever means are at your disposal to eliminate it from the ecology.
DON'T let it go to seed ... DON'T let it breed.
CM
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MOONBAT ! Not related genetically to wombats, an Australian animal. NY is noted for its large population of MOONBATS.
Several other states also have large populations, and all states have some. Listen for their calls such as : Vote & then find out what you voted on; Hundreds of thousands of people come to that little town to hear cowboy poetry; the volt is exactly what America needs for the future(under ubama);Gun control is good for you, us polititions already gots our carry licenses fixed; 30 millions of hard working illegals NEED you working to provide their health insurance.
The varieties of impossible sounding calls is endless..........The calls are regional and unearthly, like something usually not heard. Panthers scream; moonbats whine.
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Since almost all aspects of our cultural existence are LIBERAL in most states, this means that the nation is on a trajectory to dissolution by the burden of toleration and acceptance of LAWBREAKING as a norm, a trajectory back to the dark ages of history.
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