# What kind of animal is this? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 21, 2012, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-animal-is-this/635357 "2012-09-21T05:14:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Deadhead\_Dave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/838e76/32.png) [@Deadhead\_Dave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deadhead_Dave)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-animal-is-this/635357/1 "2012-09-21T05:14:22Z")
Does anybody know? ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-animal-is-this/635357/2 "2012-09-21T05:18:01Z")
It looks like a hoop snake. ---
**Author:** ![Sudden\_Kestrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Sudden\_Kestrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sudden_Kestrel)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-animal-is-this/635357/3 "2012-09-21T05:19:46Z")
Yup. Looks exactly like every other hoop snake I’ve seen. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-animal-is-this/635357/4 "2012-09-21T06:21:33Z")
It could be a pink unicorn ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-animal-is-this/635357/5 "2012-09-21T06:23:36Z")
Polar bear hiding under a snowdrift in the middle of a snowstorm? ---
**Author:** ![kp\_72110](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e68b1a/32.png) [@kp\_72110](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kp_72110)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-animal-is-this/635357/6 "2012-09-21T06:35:40Z")
It’s a Jackalope. Got one living under my bed. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-animal-is-this/635357/7 "2012-09-21T06:55:55Z")
It’s one of those “all-the-way-down” turtles. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-animal-is-this/635357/8 "2012-09-21T07:00:48Z")
Could be a glassfish. ---
**Author:** ![Mavic\_Chen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e56c9b/32.png) [@Mavic\_Chen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mavic_Chen)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-animal-is-this/635357/9 "2012-09-21T10:03:57Z")
A Hooloovoo (hyperintelligent shade of the colour blue). ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-animal-is-this/635357/10 "2012-09-21T11:12:56Z")
It’s ManBearPig. ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-animal-is-this/635357/11 "2012-09-21T11:26:21Z")
Albino dust bunny. . . ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-animal-is-this/635357/12 "2012-09-21T11:26:55Z")
Could be a Snipe. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-animal-is-this/635357/13 "2012-09-21T11:28:49Z")
A Snark, possibly of the Boojum variety. ---
**Author:** ![Blake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9a28c/32.png) [@Blake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blake)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-animal-is-this/635357/14 "2012-09-21T11:32:36Z")
Frumious Bandersnatch. As distinct from the Common or Garden Bandersnatch. ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-animal-is-this/635357/15 "2012-09-21T11:33:46Z")
C’est ne pas une animal. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-animal-is-this/635357/16 "2012-09-21T11:57:19Z")
> [@Machine\_Elf](#): > > C’est ne pas une animal. …c’est un homme? ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-animal-is-this/635357/17 "2012-09-21T11:58:25Z")
It’s a snipe. I hunted one once. ---
**Author:** ![Alka\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Alka\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alka_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-animal-is-this/635357/18 "2012-09-21T12:06:16Z")
> [@Mavic\_Chen](#): > > A Hooloovoo (hyperintelligent shade of the colour blue). My monitor needs adjusting, it’s a bit dim here and called Tim here. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-animal-is-this/635357/19 "2012-09-21T12:07:03Z")
Moved from General Questions to [del]too stupid to live[/del] MPSIMS. **samclem** ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-animal-is-this/635357/20 "2012-09-21T12:07:11Z")
I believe I have conclusively identified it as… [The Missing Link](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missing_Link) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-animal-is-this/635357.md?page=2)