Let us start with the beaver:
Now to the muskrat:
And finally, the otter (I implore you - no links to the otters holding hands, if you please):
* Apart from this one:
Thursday, May 24, 2007
Day 317: I Consider The Aquatic Rodent
I am very confused! Which is better, the beaver, muskrat or otter? I do not know what the criteria for judgement are, but do let me know what you think. (No beaver jokes, if you please.*)
Let us start with the beaver:
Now to the muskrat:
And finally, the otter (I implore you - no links to the otters holding hands, if you please):
* Apart from this one:
Let us start with the beaver:
Now to the muskrat:
And finally, the otter (I implore you - no links to the otters holding hands, if you please):
* Apart from this one:
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I am fond of the otter for both cute and clever, but you have the great love for the beaver and I will not gainsay your affection.
Otters! They have small hands and they bark and they like playing with stones and also they sometimes bite the nose of their loved one when mating. Poor technique.
"Anyone who has seen otters having sex knows that they have a lot more fun doing it than humans do. Otter love tends to be a bit violent, with the male otter biting the female on the nose and holding her underwater for extended periods of time. This alternates with bounding, playful chases through the kelp as the female otter tries to get away. But she doesn't try very hard, and it's never very long before the male catches her again. As the picture above illustrates, the female's nose takes a real beating. This leads to permanent scars by which individual otters can be identified."
I've just stopped myself from presenting for your delectation a variation of the weasel/stoat joke.
At least I had the grace to stop myself. As for that beaver in the basin ........
I live in the village of the Otter Trust, which reintroduced them to many British rivers, to the frustration of coarse fishermen. So I am duty bound to give them my vote.
My children used to have a splendid book about a muskrat named Harvey.
Beavers are ace.
It's a draw, really. In the same way that I find it hard to choose between frogs, toads and newts for loveliness. Though, admittedly, I've never kissed a toad.
Well beaver would be my natural choice although otters are rather cute.
Thought you might like to take a look at this given your own collection of coffee pictures.
http://www.baraskit.se/random/archive/16/latte_art.html
-Sarah
I'd have to say muskrat, even though otters do indeed hold a special spot in my heart. Muskrats are so cute, that they have been nicknamed Swamp Bunnies, and swim around their nifty cattail-and-mud houses.
But now you must tell us: which do you like the best?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coypu
often berated by owners of fisheries in norfolk, the coypu is a much underrated aquatic rodent and should be included in the list.
MM - please wheel out the weasel/stoat joke as it is Splendid.
Anon - I love a coypu too.
Tiphanie - Are you saying muskrats make houses out of CATS' TAILS? This is a sensational revelation!
Sarah - I am speechless and now in a slough of despond! I can never hope to attain this level of genius! I have to say I am utterly delighted by that link. Thank you for it.
Z - Otter trust! Hoorah! (Newts.)
Miss Tickle - I find nothing extraordinary in the sexual behaviour of the otter. In fact, I am reminded of last Saturday night.
CO - you must and should state your own preference.
As to my favourite: I have none! They are ALL EXCELLENT. Although I want to see a beaver most. (I have only recently been told they are nocturnal, which is devastating.)
But bigger may be best, what of the capybara?
I thought my preference for otter was stated, but consider it confirmed.
As to beavers being nocturnal, tell it to the ones on the rivers around here who chase off canoeists who come too close (by the beavers' standards, that is.) If you come canoeing with me, you'll not only see beaver but also mink. Cute critters.
the mink does straddle two camps -that of the aquatic rodent and also tree dwelling rodents such as drum roll brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!
please be upstanding for
The Polecat
and
The Pine Marten
Which brings us back to the weasel and the stoat:
Q. How do you tell the difference between a weasel and a stoat?
A. The weasel is weasely recognised, but the stoat is stoatally different.
Thus, the answer to NWM's question must be otterly obvious.
I feel a little tired now, so I think I'd better check myelf into a nearby home for the bewildered, or start writing jokes for Christmas crackers.
I might go with the elf, just to keep him company.
What are you? Mad?
IT'S THE OTTER! O-T-T-E-R. The finest creature on this green earth I'll have you know.
Now please go and wash your mouth out.
Otters are not rodents...
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