# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![WotNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19b73/32.png) [@WotNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WotNot)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-animal-is-this/635357/21 "2012-09-21T13:14:40Z")
> [@SeaDragonTattoo](#): > > Could be a Snipe. > [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > It’s a snipe. > > I hunted one once. You guys must have very different snipe from the ones we have around here, because that doesn’t look like any kind of wading bird to me. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-animal-is-this/635357/22 "2012-09-21T13:37:53Z")
Wow, have you guys really never seen a zebra before? This is just half of one. ---
**Author:** ![Soylent\_Juicy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-animal-is-this/635357/23 "2012-09-21T14:48:33Z")
Crunchbird? ---
**Author:** ![One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/838e76/32.png) [@One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/One_And_Only_Wanderers)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-animal-is-this/635357/24 "2012-09-21T14:52:15Z")
It’s not lupus ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-animal-is-this/635357/25 "2012-09-21T14:52:56Z")
Cheshire cat ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-animal-is-this/635357/26 "2012-09-21T15:06:12Z")
A Royal Nonesuch. ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-animal-is-this/635357/27 "2012-09-21T15:26:08Z")
It could be Schrodinger’s cat, but I’m not certain. ---
**Author:** ![Small\_Clanger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc348/32.png) [@Small\_Clanger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Clanger)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-animal-is-this/635357/28 "2012-09-21T15:47:02Z")
[QUOTE=One And Only Wanderers] It’s not lupus [/QUOTE] It’s never lupus. A drop bear? That is, where a drop bear dropped from. ---
**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, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-animal-is-this/635357/29 "2012-09-21T16:09:01Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > I believe I have conclusively identified it as… > > [The Missing Link](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missing_Link) That’s excellent. ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-animal-is-this/635357/30 "2012-09-21T17:18:55Z")
It’s either a Henway or a Grecian Urn. If we could see the back of it we’d know. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-animal-is-this/635357/31 "2012-09-21T17:25:26Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > It’s ManBearPig. It’s coming right for us! ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-animal-is-this/635357/32 "2012-09-21T17:29:54Z")
It’s a coyote with mange. It’s almost always a coyote with mange. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-animal-is-this/635357/33 "2012-09-21T17:34:45Z")
> [@BubbaDog](#): > > It’s either a Henway or a Grecian Urn. If we could see the back of it we’d know. 😕 What’s a back? ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-animal-is-this/635357/34 "2012-09-21T17:38:51Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > What’s a back? Oh, about two or three pounds. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-animal-is-this/635357/35 "2012-09-21T17:53:12Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > Oh, about two or three pounds. What does that come out to in drachmas? ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-animal-is-this/635357/36 "2012-09-21T17:54:13Z")
It appears to be a grue. You’ll have to turn the lights out to be sure of it though. I’ll wait in the next room with the lantern. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-animal-is-this/635357/37 "2012-09-21T17:55:54Z")
Puff the Magic Dragon. ::toof:: EAR! ---
**Author:** ![getitrite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47774/32.png) [@getitrite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/getitrite)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-animal-is-this/635357/38 "2012-09-21T17:58:42Z")
Could you explain where you found it? ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-animal-is-this/635357/39 "2012-09-21T17:59:57Z")
> [@Projammer](#): > > It appears to be a grue. You’ll have to turn the lights out to be sure of it though. > > I’ll wait in the next room with the lantern. It can’t be a grue! A grue would have exploded by now! 😉 Weaker grues can die just by a glow in the dark watch face! :eek: 😃 ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2012, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-animal-is-this/635357/40 "2012-09-21T18:03:26Z")
Sorry, I was wrong. It is a [non-rabbit](http://web.warwick.ac.uk/philosophy/pli_journal/pdfs/Vol_12/12_5_Brassier.pdf). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-animal-is-this/635357.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-animal-is-this/635357.md?page=3)