Mark Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 I really should know this, but I don't: just seen a beaver-like creature (unfortunately dead) by the side of the road, where the road passes over a stream. As I say, beaver/badger-shaped, shiny/oily brown fur, BUT ratty tail, rather than a squat, flat one. Other than beavers and otters, I don't really know any other water-loving mammals of that ilk. Any ideas? Probably very obvious and I'll be acutely embarrassed, but hey-ho, you live and learn..... Thanks.[:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperlola Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 Not the dreaded...?http://www.the-piedpiper.co.uk/th1f.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassis Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 Ragondin aka nutria (aka coypu as I've just noticed Coops posted at same time), perhaps?I saw a big beaver-otter-ragondin like creature near Col de Tourmalet on hols in the Pyrennées but was not close enough for definite ID. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted December 20, 2006 Author Share Posted December 20, 2006 [quote user="cooperlola"] Not the dreaded...?http://www.the-piedpiper.co.uk/th1f.htm[/quote]That's the fella!! Thank you Coops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassis Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 We had one in the garden last year - only a small one, but a hell of a swimmer and Jude called him Spitz the Rat (after Mark Spitz, for those who remember the moustachioed one).[IMG]http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i26/cassiscassis/wildlife/ragondin.jpg[/IMG]I disposed of him last year on the advice of our neighbours. Is there still a price on their tails? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted December 20, 2006 Author Share Posted December 20, 2006 [quote user="Cassis"] Is there still a price on their tails?[/quote]Hope so. Looking forward to manfully striding into the Mairie tomorrow with it slung over my shoulder, collecting my €5,000, and striding back out without telling them I scooped it up off the roadside. They'll think I'm handy with one of those rifle things - instant kudos.[:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted December 20, 2006 Author Share Posted December 20, 2006 Er, hang on, has this thread matured enough to allow cliquey silliness yet? Probably not. Sorry.Anyone else spot any interesting roadkill aujourd'hui? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meg Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 Anyone else spot any interesting roadkill aujourd'hui?Sadly not Mark.Maybe if you'd taken a piccy you could start a thread in the photography section?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted December 20, 2006 Author Share Posted December 20, 2006 [quote user="Meg and Mog"]Anyone else spot any interesting roadkill aujourd'hui?Sadly not Mark.Maybe if you'd taken a piccy you could start a thread in the photography section??[/quote]Sicko [+o(][:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meg Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 [:D]You started it!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted December 20, 2006 Author Share Posted December 20, 2006 [quote user="Meg and Mog"][:D]You started it!!! [/quote]I draw the line at pictorial gore, senstive soul that I am. You want the whole hog - or the whole coypu, as it were. That's just ghoulish Meggy. [+o(][+o(][+o(] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meg Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 As I say, beaver/badger-shaped, shiny/oily brown fur, BUT ratty tail, rather than a squat, flat one. You obviously had a good old look though! And as for asking if anyone else had seen any interesting roadkill today............!!Me ghoulish..........lets just count how many posts i have started about something i found dead on the side of the road..................ummmmmm that'll be none then! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassis Posted December 21, 2006 Share Posted December 21, 2006 Nothing to match a ragondin. A hedgehog and a rabbit on the way back from the bakers this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Posted December 21, 2006 Author Share Posted December 21, 2006 [quote user="Meg and Mog"]Me ghoulish..........lets just count how many posts i have started about something i found dead on the side of the road..................ummmmmm that'll be none then! [/quote]Good, unanswerable point M&M. Haven't been out monitoring today, too chilly....[Www] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andymr Posted December 21, 2006 Share Posted December 21, 2006 Was it like this[Www][IMG]http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o96/andymr2006/roadkillpossum.jpg[/IMG] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meg Posted December 21, 2006 Share Posted December 21, 2006 I only saw one squished creature today. It was a bit too minced up though. And unlike Mark i didn't want to have a proper good look at it.[:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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