6/25/2004: Jerboa

Undertoad · 06-25-2004, 11:28 AM

No, it's not a bat, those things aren't wings. It's a jerboa, a rodent that lives in mostly drier areas of Asia and Northern Africa.

This little guy's best feature is the ears, but that's because he's a "long-eared Jerboa" - not all Jerboas have ears like that. Their best feature as a species is a combination of really powerful legs and a massive tail. They're little tiny things, only about 3-6 inches (8-15 cm) long, but with their super-strength legs they jump - more than 6 feet (1.8 m) in a single bound.

Here, I'll find a picture of a slightly different one that shows the legs and tail.

There ya go.

A small-eared one in takeoff position.

Their metabolism is all oriented around surviving desert climates, and so they never drink - they get all their water from their food, which is plants and insects.

They also use the legs to dig, They're spectacular diggers, kicking up tons of ground behind them.

Strangely enough they are not related to gerbils.

jaguar · 06-25-2004, 11:43 AM

Isn't this the thing that has the chaingun in the orielly spoof?
reminds me somehow of the rabbit in the search for the holy grail, I think it's the eyes.

LabRat · 06-25-2004, 12:16 PM

<fond memories> hmm... i had several gerbils when i was growing up, and i seem to remember reading they were related...based on all of the digging and flinging of pine shavings out of the cage, and they had like 1 drop of pee and the hardest driest little turds, i'd put money on being related. i could look it up but it's almost quittin time. the aforementioned tiolet habits made them great pets because you didn't have to change their bedding every 3 days like a hamster or guina pig.

Beletseri · 06-25-2004, 02:35 PM

Looks like a gerbil sorta

xoxoxoBruce · 06-25-2004, 05:36 PM

Reminds me of a Kangaroo Rat.

ttb · 06-25-2004, 05:36 PM

Tastes like chicken...
BTW nice site

xoxoxoBruce · 06-25-2004, 05:47 PM

It used to be a nice site. Now that you're here, it's a wonderful site, ttb.

Saraax · 06-25-2004, 06:28 PM

In the first pic, it looks like the man is squishing him!!!!!

jojomonkeygirl · 06-26-2004, 03:00 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by xoxoxoBruce
It used to be a nice site. Now that you're here, it's a wonderful site, ttb.

Pi · 06-26-2004, 04:24 AM

That's an Usul...

richlevy · 06-26-2004, 09:08 AM

My first impression when I saw the pic showing legs, is of a monster truck.

My second thouht was of the
THE NOTORIOUS JUMPING FROG OF CALAVERAS COUNTY and how I would love to bet the suck..er...gentlemen that my 'mouse' could jump farther than their frogs.

wolf · 06-26-2004, 09:22 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Pi
That's an Usul...

That's the Strength of the Base of the Pillar.

I think you mean "Muad'Dib."

Oh man. I found this while I was confirming the spelling. Nutty.

Guess · 06-26-2004, 03:24 PM

A small-eared one in takeoff position-

So does that mean that the long eared ones can fly?

http://www.explodingdog.com/january2...icouldfly.html

06-25-2004, 11:28 AM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	6/25/2004: Jerboa No, it's not a bat, those things aren't wings. It's a jerboa, a rodent that lives in mostly drier areas of Asia and Northern Africa. This little guy's best feature is the ears, but that's because he's a "long-eared Jerboa" - not all Jerboas have ears like that. Their best feature as a species is a combination of really powerful legs and a massive tail. They're little tiny things, only about 3-6 inches (8-15 cm) long, but with their super-strength legs they jump - more than 6 feet (1.8 m) in a single bound. Here, I'll find a picture of a slightly different one that shows the legs and tail. There ya go. A small-eared one in takeoff position. Their metabolism is all oriented around surviving desert climates, and so they never drink - they get all their water from their food, which is plants and insects. They also use the legs to dig, They're spectacular diggers, kicking up tons of ground behind them. Strangely enough they are not related to gerbils.

06-25-2004, 11:43 AM	#2
jaguar whig Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 5,075	Isn't this the thing that has the chaingun in the orielly spoof? reminds me somehow of the rabbit in the search for the holy grail, I think it's the eyes. __________________ Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. - Twain

06-25-2004, 05:36 PM	#5
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Reminds me of a Kangaroo Rat. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

06-25-2004, 05:47 PM	#7
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	It used to be a nice site. Now that you're here, it's a wonderful site, ttb. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

06-26-2004, 04:24 AM	#10
Pi desperate finder Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Luxembourg Posts: 437	That's an Usul... __________________ Complex simplex

06-25-2004, 12:16 PM	#3
LabRat twatfaced two legged bumhole Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 3,143	<fond memories> hmm... i had several gerbils when i was growing up, and i seem to remember reading they were related...based on all of the digging and flinging of pine shavings out of the cage, and they had like 1 drop of pee and the hardest driest little turds, i'd put money on being related. i could look it up but it's almost quittin time. the aforementioned tiolet habits made them great pets because you didn't have to change their bedding every 3 days like a hamster or guina pig.

06-25-2004, 02:35 PM	#4
Beletseri Yeah sez you Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 206	Looks like a gerbil sorta

06-25-2004, 05:36 PM	#6
ttb n00b Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: London Posts: 6	Tastes like chicken... BTW nice site

06-25-2004, 06:28 PM	#8
Saraax Jotter of Notes Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Washington, DC Posts: 11	In the first pic, it looks like the man is squishing him!!!!!

06-26-2004, 09:08 AM	#11
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	My first impression when I saw the pic showing legs, is of a monster truck. My second thouht was of the THE NOTORIOUS JUMPING FROG OF CALAVERAS COUNTY and how I would love to bet the suck..er...gentlemen that my 'mouse' could jump farther than their frogs. __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama

06-26-2004, 03:24 PM	#13
Guess What's my name? Guess Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 69	A small-eared one in takeoff position- So does that mean that the long eared ones can fly? http://www.explodingdog.com/january2...icouldfly.html __________________ "Earth laughs in flowers" ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

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