Re: [PIC] Common Pika

On Tue, 17 Aug 1999, Amykate wrote:

> In article <Pine.GSO.3.95.iB1.0.990816144650.7861D-100000@vtn1>, Geraldine Jones <we9...@victoria.tc.ca> wrote:
> >On Mon, 16 Aug 1999, JRO wrote:
> >> 
> >> Geraldine Jones <we9...@victoria.tc.ca> wrote in message
> > news:Pine.GSO.3.95.iB1.0.990808215407.11301A-100000@vtn1...
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> >> > I tried using a tranceparancy, but can't seem to do whiskers.  Please feel
> >> > free to diddle....and he needs a bushy tail.  The picture looked so much
> >> > better..sigh...
> >> >
> >> Maybe his tail is gone, because Clover's cat got ahold of it. That could be
> >> why her cat is mad; this is the one that got away....
> >> 
> >> JRO
> >
> >So that's what happened to Pika's tail.  Clover...talk to your cat, get
> >the tail and put it back on!  Or, if someone else's cat took it, put it
> >back.  (in other words, Pika needs a tail...diddles needed)
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> The pika resembles a small rabbit and is included in the rabbit order,
> Lagomorpha, but it belongs to a different family. It has broad, rounded
> ears, and all four of its legs are about the same length. The pika is
> tailless and reaches a length of 6 to 9 inches (15-23 cm). Its deep,
> soft coat is grayish or buff in color.
> 
> Copyright © 1996 P.F. Collier, A Division of Newfield Publications, Inc.
> George G. Goodwin, PIKA,., Vol. 19, Colliers Encyclopedia CD-ROM,
> 02-28-1996. 
> 
> I think someone is pulling all our tails .... because pikas don't have any!
> I played with the whiskers a bit, rounded the ears, and some minor body
> changes.
 
Does anyone have a copy of Beautiful British Columbia magazine..Winter
1997..Vol. 39, No. 4?  See page 44.  The picture of "Ochotona
Princeps"..the Common Pika..HAS a tail!  It lives at about 2,700 metres in
the Rockies...above the treeline.

OR...it's the back or rear-end of another...but looks like a small bushy
tail to me.  I need an animal encyclopedia!

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