Last week, Clare and Larry correctly guessed that the mystery animal in question was no other than the Hoatzin. Larry knows his animals, that much is true. In the summer, Larry and his lovely wife visited The Manor, and Larry was guessing every animal he saw, it was amazing. “Hey, there’s a cat–look, a dog!, Oh man, that’s a skunk.” To be honest, after about 5 minutes it got a little awkward and we had to have Larry removed, but his wife is lovely, salt of the earth.

As for this Clare person, who is this woman that comes along and immediately classes up this joint we call Mitchieville with all her right answers and her heaping helping dose of Clareness? Well, Clare lives in Arctic Bay, which is just a tad bit up north and out west from Mitchieville. She has a blog with great pictures and wonderful stories that you should all read. I believe Arctic Bay is in Nunavut, but only a Google map and a lack of laziness could get me to confirm that. In other words, I’m not confirming that, but I’m pretty sure I’m right.

As for the animal I have posted today, let’s go and find out who and what it is all about:

“little mountain monkey” is a semi-arboreal South American marsupial which is thought to be more closely related to the marsupials of Australasia than to those of the Americas. Many scientists believe that marsupials traveled from South America to Australia via Antarctica, where fossils of marsupials have been found.

It is only a little larger than a mouse: about 8 to 13 cm long with a thick-based, moderately prehensile tail about the same length again. Weight varies between 17 and 31 grams. It has a coat of short, dense, silky fur, brown on the upper side with a number of ashy white patches, and paler underneath. The ears are short and rounded, and there are black rings around the eyes.

largely carnivorous. Most of their diet is insects and other small invertebrates, although they may also take some fruit. They are nocturnal, and excellent climbers with both feet and tail, but equally at home on the ground. They have an extraordinary ability to rapidly accumulate a reserve of fat in the tail, being able to double their body weight within a week. This reserve is enough to sustain them through periods of cold weather, during which they hibernate.

This animal sounds like a tyrant. I’m sure I’m not alone in calling for its extermination.

I would say your guess is as good as mine, but seeing as though I already know the name of this animal, your guess pretty much isn’t worth spit, unless you know what it is, then your guess is as good as mine. Some days this whole blogging thing can be downright exhausting.

So, What the Hell Am I?®

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