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Monday, June 09, 2008

...what is this? Just saw this
on one of my field visits. A baby opossum?

At 11:23 AM, marscat said...: looks like a baby possum to me...
At 11:31 AM, Ippoc Amic said...: look at its weird front paws...
At 11:53 AM, ~ lauren said...: was it dead? it looks dead.
At 12:16 PM, Itinerant Rick said...: It is a mole, Scapanus latimanus.
At 12:18 PM, Ippoc Amic said...: yeah...little thing was dead or playing opossum
At 12:21 PM, Ippoc Amic said...: moles have snouts?
At 12:54 PM, Itinerant Rick said...: Yep, moles have snouts, some quite bizarre like the star-nosed mole. This page has the best photo of the Broad-footed Mole (Scapanus latimanus) I can find of one on-line at the moment.
At 1:00 PM, EB said...: That is a mole.
At 1:01 PM, EB said...: Baby opossums look scary. Seriously. Not real cute, scruffy, big teeth. Just like big opossums.
At 1:57 PM, Velo Bella said...: yep, a mole

mol-eh
At 2:30 PM, Ippoc Amic said...: star nosed is creepy...broad nose is sort of cuter...now I am curious about their extra special oxygen carrying blood physiology...
At 3:32 PM, ~ lauren said...: i have a dead possum pic if you want to see it.

godamn moles keep digging up my garden. i hate those things.
At 3:58 PM, Ippoc Amic said...: thx lauren, I'll pass on the dead mammal...how about a baby opossum?