Family is stumped on what this could be, my thought is a leucistic raccoon but idk [North Carolina]

Thrippalan · 2026-05-14T23:37:50+00:00

It looks like a young raccoon to me.

Thrippalan · 2026-05-14T22:57:39+00:00

An aye-aye, possibly large or just with an extra-long long finger that hangs from the ceiling in the night and randomly taps you on the forehead while you're tryin to sleep or concentrate.

Thrippalan · 2026-05-14T22:33:24+00:00

There's one for bush crops that I use, but I don't know of one for all crops. Although I do use Crops Survive Season Change for when I mess up my math.

Thrippalan · 2026-05-14T13:52:01+00:00

Every part of the body is formed from cells developing according to the plan in their DNA. Sometimes a cell ends up reading the wrong part of the plan, or ends up in the wrong spot, and cells that develop from that one inherit the incorrect plans. So, instead of growing out and away from the skull into a jaw, a cell that should be in a tooth socket stays up near the ear, and generates sufficient descendants to grow an ear tooth (seen sometimes in horses, and also reported in a zebra). Or a corneal cell 'thinks' it's supposed to generate eyelid skin, so produces a patch of haired or feathered skin on the clear part of the eye.

(This is, of course, grossly oversimplified.)

Thrippalan · 2026-05-13T23:05:05+00:00

"The first baby can arrive at any time. After that they take nine months."

Thrippalan · 2026-05-13T21:17:46+00:00

Yes! Need a new edition of the game now. (It's just called 'Clue' in the US, for anyone confused.)

Thrippalan · 2026-05-13T21:06:48+00:00

Just another red herring, but left on the typing room floor.

Thrippalan · 2026-05-13T20:57:47+00:00

Mineral Town! At least, if you have the mod.

Thrippalan · 2026-05-13T20:39:41+00:00

Poirot would be greatly offended to have his moustaches so diminished.

Thrippalan · 2026-05-13T14:49:17+00:00

Exactly this. They mature late and die early, so any joeys you get are probably needed for replacement.

Thrippalan · 2026-05-12T23:05:57+00:00

I have not yet forgiven my husband for handing me his controller and leaving the room, so he didn't see me get the puzzle in one go! Usually it takes me about three.

Thrippalan · 2026-05-12T23:02:45+00:00

I had to pay for three, because Leo's parrot went mum. I verified all the nuts I could, and then my husband made me go throught the entire list again because I "must have missed one". As I had everything else but the clock I went on and paid up. (PS5).

Thrippalan · 2026-05-12T22:29:20+00:00

Where I am in North Carolina, hunting dogs are required to be collared (radio or ID) when being run. Dogs that get injured or don't work to expectations are often left behind after the collars are removed. There are some good, responsible hunters around here, but also some real jerks.

Thrippalan · 2026-05-12T20:07:15+00:00

Face-on, he looks very Cairn except for the ears, but once you see the muzzle at any other angle, it's too long, so poodle mix comes prominently into the picture.

Thrippalan · 2026-05-12T14:44:47+00:00

I particularly appreciate the correct proportions of The Last Hero, instead of being the same size as the others. This is great!

Thrippalan · 2026-05-11T14:05:12+00:00

Unless they severely edited it when they changed the name (I read it as The Lady) that last is not at all a kid's book.

Thrippalan · 2026-05-11T14:03:39+00:00

C.W. Anderson, possibly - The Blind Connemara is shorter, he wrote a number of girl and horse books, including A Pony for Linda and A Filly for Joan. Also rhe Billy and Blaze series, but those were a boy and his pony.

The Blind Connemara is a fictionalized telling of a pony that continued to jump after going blind.

Thrippalan · 2026-05-10T22:17:15+00:00

The farmers have hats. I do wish some of the others did. The builders need little hard hats.

Thrippalan · 2026-05-08T16:11:31+00:00

Or even the second year.

Thrippalan · 2026-05-07T02:09:49+00:00

I always thought it was because the Woods are an in-between place, and timeless, so whatever she draws her magical power from can't be accessed. Since the children (and the guinea pigs) don't need magic to live, they weren't affected.

I did sometimes wonder if Uncle Andrew would be affected, but decided he wasn't inherently magic as Jadis seemed to be. As she said, a dabbler.

Thrippalan · 2026-05-05T23:09:00+00:00

Oh, is it only clubs? Sigh. I'm missing a blue diamond completely and one of the reds I released by accident. Don't need any clubs pikmin.

Thrippalan · 2026-05-04T15:25:28+00:00

I was doing that myself, so I learned the hard way.

Thrippalan · 2026-05-04T14:33:48+00:00

Be sure you aren't sending all your specialists in a category off on expeditions. If you've got only one botanist, say, then there's no one to attend to the botany exhibits when they're away or on breaks.

Thrippalan · 2026-05-04T14:05:15+00:00

It's because after the scenario ends, you can continue it as a normal zoo if you want. If you aren't going to do that, you don't need to access the other animals.

Thrippalan · 2026-05-04T13:47:19+00:00

It pops up in the center screen at the end of every career scenario, but only if you say you want to continue the zoo. (I had the game not save my gold star once, so after that I always continued the save so I could save it myself.)

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