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Holy cow! 5"10 dude in a suitcase! That’s some skills right there…

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**There are a lot of strange things on the internet. But one of my favorite sites is a streaming live view of P.D.'s remarkable pet. Now in real time you can see what P.D.'s pet is up to. You can watch people take selfies with P.D.'s pet. Or perhaps you can just “people watch” the various folks who come to look at and contemplate the wonder and mystery that is P.D.'s pet. When this is solved I will provide a link so that you too can experience P.D.'s pet in all its glory. Exciting indeed!

So why is P.D.s pet so remarkable?

Hint: P.D.'s pet died in 1902 and has been thrice featured in Ripley’s Believe it Or Not.**

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So, it looks obvious but it’s always worth asking just in case…

Is P.D.'s pet a stuffed animal?

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No.

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All right.

Is it a skeleton?

Is it something else that only died metaphorically, as in a clock that stopped working?

1746

reply to Go_Arachnid_Laser

All right.

Is it a skeleton? No

Is it something else that only died metaphorically, as in a clock that stopped working? No

1747

Is (or rather, was) the “pet” an animal?

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Does PD’s pet move at all?

Does it have legs?

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Is PD’s pet taxidermied?

Is PD’s pet larger than a Great Dane? Larger than a Beagle?

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The pet was an animal.

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No to all.

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Is “PD” someone you would expect us to have heard of in his/her own right, regardless of his/her pet?

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**There are a lot of strange things on the internet. But one of my favorite sites is a streaming live view of P.D.'s remarkable pet. Now in real time you can see what P.D.'s pet is up to. You can watch people take selfies with P.D.'s pet. Or perhaps you can just “people watch” the various folks who come to look at and contemplate the wonder and mystery that is P.D.'s pet. When this is solved I will provide a link so that you too can experience P.D.'s pet in all its glory. Exciting indeed!

So why is P.D.s pet so remarkable?

Hint: P.D.'s pet died in 1902 and has been thrice featured in Ripley’s Believe it Or Not.**

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reply to Cheesesteak:

Is PD’s pet taxidermied? No

Is PD’s pet larger than a Great Dane? No

Larger than a Beagle? **No…unless you are talking about a puppy. **

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I certainly would not “expect” you to know. But I would not be at all surprised if you did know.

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Is the pet fossilized?
Is it preserved in a jar?

Was it famous before its death?

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No to all.

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Was the pet’s manner of death the thing that made it famous?

Is the pet a type of animal I could easily obtain at a local breeder or pet store?

1758

Mammal?

Reptile?

Bird?

Fish?

Amphibian?

Arthropod?

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Is the pet a combination of more than one species?
Is the pet altered in some other way than normal appearance?
Is the pet naturally preserved?

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reply to Cheesesteak:

Was the pet’s manner of death the thing that made it famous? No

Is the pet a type of animal I could easily obtain at a local breeder or pet store? **I doubt your local pet store has this animal, but you could get the creature from a breeder I think. **