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urbpan

3:00 snapshot, #97.

May 05, 2007 21:40

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woodchuck, enrichment, garlic mustard, 3:00 snapshot

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perspicuity May 6 2007, 02:57:42 UTC

okay great, you've given me nightmares. arboreal woodchucks. GREEEEEAAAAATTTTTT idea :)

fantastic :>

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wandererrob May 6 2007, 03:38:24 UTC

I love chuckers!

I still have a picture at my desk of one we had at NEWC when I was an internt there. Funny, after 9 years I still miss that place. :)

bellelvsbeast May 6 2007, 07:32:23 UTC

He's such a cutie! :)

fledchen May 6 2007, 11:10:55 UTC

Is it just me, or do they look an awful lot like wombats?

urbpan May 6 2007, 20:19:11 UTC

Yep! Wombats and Woodchucks are very similar, ecologically and morphologically.

convergent evolution candent May 6 2007, 21:08:11 UTC

Are they basically the marsupial equivalent of woodchucks?

Re: convergent evolution urbpan May 6 2007, 22:36:30 UTC

exactly.

Examples of convergence

Eutherian Marsupial
cat quoll
antelope kangaroo
flying squirrel sugar glider
mole marsupial moles
marmot wombat
wolf thylacine

http://www.life.umd.edu/classroom/bsci338m/Lectures/Monotremes.html

Thread 5

candent May 6 2007, 21:05:04 UTC

Is he a permanent resident?

urbpan May 7 2007, 14:26:05 UTC

Almost all of our animals are. We have a special arrangement with a couple rehabbers at the moment to temporarily house a pair of kestrels with feather damage (when they molt they should be releaseable) but in general our animals are with us until they die.