# 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:** 18\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![harmonicamoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/65b543/32.png) [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-animal-is-this/635357/61 "2012-09-27T03:26:57Z")
silly people! He forgot to attach the photo! ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-animal-is-this/635357/62 "2012-09-27T06:38:32Z")
> [@Colophon](#): > > I so hoped that was going to go to a 404 error. I’m not sure what I was hoping for but it was soooo much better than what I could have imagined. ---
**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 27, 2012, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-animal-is-this/635357/63 "2012-09-27T07:17:13Z")
> [@harmonicamoon](#): > > silly people! He forgot to attach the photo! Are you sure it wasn’t just a photo of something very pale, against a white background? ---
**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 27, 2012, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-animal-is-this/635357/64 "2012-09-27T09:07:45Z")
No, he attached it. It’s right there, taped to his monitor. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-animal-is-this/635357/65 "2012-09-27T11:52:12Z")
It’s 1- .9999… ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2012, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-animal-is-this/635357/66 "2012-09-27T23:49:57Z")
I’m not sure what it is to be honest, but I can tell you without a shadow of a doubt that it’s carrying 14 K of G in a F P D. ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2012, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-animal-is-this/635357/67 "2012-09-28T01:55:51Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > Are you sure it wasn’t just a photo of something very pale, against a white background? It’s a white knife, handle-less and with no blade, in a snowstorm. ---
**Author:** ![MonkeyWithATypewriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9e8a1a/32.png) [@MonkeyWithATypewriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MonkeyWithATypewriter)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2012, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-animal-is-this/635357/68 "2012-09-28T08:12:53Z")
That… is a thestral ---
**Author:** ![Bingo\_Pajamas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9fc29f/32.png) [@Bingo\_Pajamas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bingo_Pajamas)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2012, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-animal-is-this/635357/69 "2012-09-28T13:09:26Z")
I’m not certain, but it sure looks suspiciously like this. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2012, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-animal-is-this/635357/70 "2012-09-28T16:28:32Z")
What’s–what’s that, what’s she’s doing to his…is that a CHICKEN up there? No, no, it’s just the way she’s holding the grapefruit… Whoah, ho ho… ---
**Author:** ![cjepson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@cjepson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cjepson)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2012, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-animal-is-this/635357/71 "2012-09-28T18:11:59Z")
It’s only swamp gas. Let’s all hope to God that it’s only swamp gas, because the alternative is too horrible to contemplate. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2012, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-animal-is-this/635357/72 "2012-09-28T19:28:25Z")
> [@Autolycus](#): > > I’m not sure what it is to be honest, but I can tell you without a shadow of a doubt that it’s carrying 14 K of G in a F P D. It was all fun and games and then you had to post this… ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2012, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-animal-is-this/635357/73 "2012-09-29T22:24:02Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > I’m not sure but whatever it is, I will name him George, and I will hug him and pet him and squeeze him. You’re such a sucker for a pretty face. ---
**Author:** ![Crab\_Rangoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Crab\_Rangoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crab_Rangoon)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2012, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-animal-is-this/635357/74 "2012-09-30T01:03:30Z")
Well I guess this proves the old saying: A flea eats an elephant one bite at a time. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2012, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-animal-is-this/635357/75 "2012-09-30T02:53:27Z")
Mr. Snuffleupagus? ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2012, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-animal-is-this/635357/76 "2012-09-30T12:07:42Z")
No wait, of course, it has to be a [Shadow](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow_(Babylon_5)). ---
**Author:** ![ddaug4uf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@ddaug4uf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ddaug4uf)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2012, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-animal-is-this/635357/77 "2012-09-30T21:28:09Z")
[It is clearly a wa-won-dee-a-megw](http://www.pantheon.org/articles/wa-won-dee-a-megw/.html). ---
**Author:** ![j666](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9de0a6/32.png) [@j666](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/j666)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2012, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-animal-is-this/635357/78 "2012-09-30T23:28:01Z")
> [@Autolycus](#): > > I’m not sure what it is to be honest, but I can tell you without a shadow of a doubt that it’s carrying 14 K of G in a F P D. > [@Anaamika](#): > > It was all fun and games and then you had to post this… It _ **has** _ to be a full pinocle deck. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-kind-of-animal-is-this/635357.md?page=3)