Ford's Fantastic Critter Challenge

[58ford]

Real easy.
I'll post the picture of a critter.
First one to identify it gets.......
You guessed it....A DONUT!!!!!

First Critter:
This fuzzy tailed little fella is exclusively a termite eater. He scoops them up with his long sticky tounge. He is so adapted to this diet that although he has 52 teath that are all different in size & shape his jaw configuration, & musculature make him totally unable to chew!
http://www.abc.net.au/nature/australasia/img/ep4/gall8.jpg

[wilebill]

Noway.

[pEtAl pUrr-Dog]

NO!!! its a numbat!!! a.k.a the "Banded Anteater"!

http://www.milamba.com/australia/inhabit/animals/numbats.jpg

[pEtAl pUrr-Dog]

here's more about them! I LOVE ANIMALS!!!!!!!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numbat

Can i have some FRUIT, 58Ford???

[58ford]

Yes! It's a NUMBAT!!

Althought Noway was a close guess.

[58ford]

Now, try this one.

This charming arthropod can grow to 11 lbs. & over 3 ft. in length!
Although he is a strict vegetarian, he is capeable of lifting over 60 lbs. with his claws.

http://www.rananim.com/images/ba_birguslatro.jpg

[Southern_Belle]

shouldn't this be in the forum games section?

[58ford]

shouldn't this be in the forum games section?
Probably, but Daisy's gun quiz was here, & that was the inspiration for this quiz , so I guess I just plopped it here.
should have thought more about it.

[big john]

Probably, but Daisy's gun quiz was here, & that was the inspiration for this quiz , so I guess I just plopped it here.
should have thought more about it.Cant we just talk about war,wynn and dupree,lets try to keep anything fun out of here.
ohhh i stumped my toe this morning,i think its wynn fault woe is me
bush is a bad man woe is me,lets list stuff we HATE woe is me,that guy didn't spell correctly in his last post woe is me,GOD,PLEASE KILL ME,kill MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

[jmb]

coconut crab

[58ford]

coconut crab
Correctamundo!!!
When you see them in a restaurant DO NOT eat them!!!
They ar endangereed, and honestly a good Dugeness is better.

[58ford]

This guy is pretty & found in florida
http://www.johneasley.com/gallery/albums/Underwater/Quillfin_Blenny.jpg

[wilebill]

Hubbarrister.

[daisy]

58ford, I didn't start mine as a game. It was one ? I did and it grew. I like yours. I don't know that the forum game would work since it is generated from us and we have to watch it and post it and feedback it.

You have some pretty funny ?'s

:smt006

[58ford]

Okay a hint:
this little fella has fins named after something pocupines are famous for, & his sirname sounds like a breakfast pastry.

[amanda]

It looks like a Hawkfish...but I'm not sure of the variety.

[58ford]

Nope.
It's very small 4" or less.

[amanda]

Got it! Thanks to my saltwater friends! Its a Blenny, still looking for the exact type!

[58ford]

That's the porcupine part of the hint.

[jmb]

quillfin blenny

[58ford]

the quill fin Blenny it is!!!

[amanda]

Dang it. I had to go to lunch. ;)

[58ford]

Here's an eazy one.
http://www.encounter.co.za/photos/163_1.jpg

[pEtAl mIsFiT]

armadillator???? ha ha
armadillo/gator

you got me....

[58ford]

It's a mammal, but totally unrelated to the armadillo.
they are slow moving & have poor eyesight, but when endangered they roll in a ball and through a strong & complex musculature they can vibrate their scales back & forth like an electric carving knife, so obliously they have few predators.

[pEtAl mIsFiT]

Pangolin

[58ford]

Bingo it's a lovely (endangered) Pangolin!

[58ford]

I know it's a rattle snake.
What species?
http://krlphotography.typepad.com/photos/mammals/web1.jpg

[threekidspa]

LOL! There are at least 85 different species!

[pEtAl mIsFiT]

western diamondback?

[pEtAl pUrr-Dog]

Crotalus adamanteus

http://fsc.fernbank.edu/STT/VertBio/pics/Reptiles/diamondback2.jpg

[threekidspa]

All I care about is if it IS a rattlesnake! :smt118

[58ford]

Crotalus adamanteus

http://fsc.fernbank.edu/STT/VertBio/pics/Reptiles/diamondback2.jpg
Purrdog, I need the common name of the species since I dont know the latin name.
Sorry

[pEtAl pUrr-Dog]

Eastern diamondback rattlesnake

now can i have my pretty fish for my NUMBAT win, 58??????

[58ford]

Eastern diamondback rattlesnake

now can i have my pretty fish for my NUMBAT win, 58??????
Sorry, not a diamond back.
You didn't think th eBlenny was pretty?

[pEtAl pUrr-Dog]

eblenny?

Oh! and my fish is BEAUTIFUL!!!! THANKS YOU!!! :yes:

[pEtAl pUrr-Dog]

Is this a prairie rattlesnake, 58?

[58ford]

Nope.
You got the eastern right, but this is distinct & rare species.
They are endangered. They are colorfully marked as juveniles but darken to a chocolate brown or black as the age. amount of color change is dictated by the area in which they are found which includes Ontario, Canada, New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, and Missouri.

[big john]

Massasauga Rattlesnake FO SHO

[pEtAl pUrr-Dog]

Massasauga Rattlesnake FO SHO


BACK OFF! this is MY win Big John! hahahaha J/J :)

[58ford]

Big John got it is an Eastern Massasagua Rattlesnake!

[pEtAl pUrr-Dog]

dang it!

[big john]

EASTERN Massasagua Rattlesnake! i MEANT LOL

[big john]

i was bitten by one at a rattlesnake roundup once.

[58ford]

i was bitten by one at a rattlesnake roundup once.
I got hooked by a copperhead myself.
The bite's bad enough, but the way it rots out & doesnt heal for months is what really sucks.
Anyway, on with the show!
Who is this darling little guy?
http://www.worldbirder.com/photo/photos/3735.jpg

[wilebill]

A pointy-headed Hawkeyed Codger?

[pEtAl mIsFiT]

Vermilion Cardinal

[58ford]

And the vermillion cadinal it is!
Yea!!!
You didn't ever get bit by one of these did you misfit?

The next critter is.......
http://www.hero.ac.uk/resources/C_2_Deep_sea_creatures_300.jpg
The fishes not the sea urchin.

[pEtAl mIsFiT]

not bites here...

[58ford]

Okay, nobody's getting this.
Hint they are extreme deep sea creatures.

[kevin]

A couple stingrays?

[58ford]

No, these are bony ray finned fish.

[pEtAl mIsFiT]

i looked and looked and could never find anything so I just gave up!

[58ford]

JIt's named after a mythological animal, composed of the charicteristics of two or more animals.

[daisy]

58ford, it looked like a minnow transposed onto an airplane. A confusing little critter.

[58ford]

I'm gonn a take a couple of more guesses then I'm gonna move on.
Back in the 1970's geneticists experimented with combining species & came up with creatures like the Leopon (leopard/lion) & the Liger (lion/tiger) they these invented animals after this mythological creature.

[58ford]

Oh, well.
The answer was Chimera monstrosa.

[dollfus46]

I guessed the infamously deadly, Extreme Deep Sea Thingamabob.

[pEtAl pUrr-Dog]

Lets do another one 58!!! :smt038

[58ford]

This little fella has the ears of a bat, the teeth of a rat, and an enlongated middle finger so he can flip ya off, but good.
http://www.animalinfo.org/image/mada6%20j%2018.jpg

[amanda]

NO-HALO! Oops. Wrong thread! :)

[No-Halo]

NO-HALO! Oops. Wrong thread! :)
Smack!! :smt118

[pEtAl pUrr-Dog]

IS it an Aye-Aye (Daubentoniamadagascariensis)!!!!???????
The Aye-aye is a lemur (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemur) native to Madagascar (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madagascar) that combines rodent (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodent)-like teeth with a long, thin middle finger to fill the same ecological niche of a woodpecker (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodpecker). It is the world's largest nocturnal (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nocturnal) primate, and is characterized by its unique method of finding food; it taps on trees to find grubs (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grub), then gnaws holes in the wood and inserts its elongated middle finger to pull the grubs out.

http://www.thewildones.org/Jersey/ayeAye.gif

[58ford]

Congratulations Purr dog!
The Aye-aye it is!

[58ford]

Say hello to this prickly little guy?
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/images/645672175

[N-Flight]

Christmas or jewel spider or Austracantha minax

[big john]

the jason bug-dont his back look like jasons mask?

[58ford]

Christmas or jewel spider or Austracantha minax

Nope. Try again.
We have several similar species right here in the Pine Belt, but this particular 8 legger is a Floridian.

[N-Flight]

spiny orb weaver?

[N-Flight]

spined micrathena???

[58ford]

spiny orb weaver?
we have a wiener!!!
It is indeed the Spiney Orb Weaver!

[pEtAl pUrr-Dog]

I LOVE THIS GAME FORD!!!! :smt038

[58ford]

This hansom univalve, though small, can devestate costal vegetation when they have population explosions.
http://www.biosbcc.net/ocean/marinesci/03ecology/flimg/01711per5727.jpg

[pEtAl pUrr-Dog]

hermit crabs???

[amanda]

That's my thought too...PPD.

[58ford]

Its a mollusk not an arthropod.

[jmb]

That's a periwinkle snail.

[58ford]

That's a periwinkle snail.
Winner!!!

[58ford]

Next up is this guy sporting a No-Halo hairdo.
http://img.news.yahoo.co.kr/picture/24/20060522/ananhj_243286_117%5B462990%5D.gif

[pEtAl mIsFiT]

Red uakari - CACAJAO CALVUS

[pEtAl mIsFiT]

Snow Monkey

[58ford]

Red uakari - CACAJAO CALVUS

Correct it is the Red Uakari!

[58ford]

Now for you amphibian lovers.....
http://www.utexas.edu/tmm/sponsored_sites/biospeleology/tmolge.jpg

[pEtAl mIsFiT]

flat headed schlong crawler

[pEtAl mIsFiT]

so did i get it, did i get it? ha ha

I love this game!

[SouthChic]

Texas Horned Lizard

[58ford]

Ya got the right state pardner, but it ain't no horny toad it ain't even a reptile.

[pEtAl pUrr-Dog]

Texas cave salamander???

http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/learning/webcasts/caves/images/47_tx_blind_salamander.jpg

HOW ABOUT ANOTHER PRETTY FISH 58?????!!!!! : )

[58ford]

Oooh, so close.
Right state but the salamander you have a picture of is the Austin blind salamander

[pEtAl pUrr-Dog]

Oooh, so close.
Right state but the salamander you have a picture of is the Austin blind salamander


OH NO!!! i was so sure..... hahaha

[pEtAl pUrr-Dog]

Texas Blind Salamander ??

[58ford]

Texas Blind Salamander ??
BINGO!!!

[58ford]

The name in this pic URL is a nick name, I'm looking for the real name of this fuzzy chinese crustacean.
http://www.shanghaiist.com/attachments/shang_dan/hairylobster.jpg

[Pop]

hairylobster--Kiwa hirsuta.

Pass the butter

[58ford]

hairylobster--Kiwa hirsuta.

Pass the butter
Kiwa Hirsuta is correct!

[58ford]

Ani't he cute! He has a three word name.
http://www.nmnh.si.edu/vert/mammals/marmosa.jpg

[58ford]

I'll take the French or the English.

[pEtAl pUrr-Dog]

Is it a mouse species recently discovered in the phillipines?

[58ford]

Nope not a rodent.
It's from South America.

[pEtAl pUrr-Dog]

Is this the same thing?? the South American Mouse Oppossum?


http://www.mammalogy.org/mil_images/images/mid/636.jpg