April 20, 2007: Goodman's Mouse Lemur

Undertoad · 04-20-2007, 06:47 AM

Oh gawd yes. Irresistible. Thanks to magilla for sending this along originally; I found a nice summary of what it is to accompany the photo. This is a new species of Lemur that they've identified in Madagascar. They named it after this guy:

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Lehilahytsara means "good man" in Malagasy. The German primatologists chose this name to honor Steve Goodman, scientist with The Field Museum in Chicago and WWF in Madagascar. "Goodman's field research in all remote parts of Madagascar has contributed enormously to our knowledge about the diversity of Madagascar's unique and threatened fauna and flora," Kappeler says.

"It is truly an honor to have such an animal named after me," Goodman says, "but this is really a joint tribute to all of the scientists and students who have taken part in our multidisciplinary surveys over the past 16 years."

Now to the beastie,

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Mirza zaza is nocturnal and the size of a gray squirrel weighing about 10 ounces (300 grams). It has a long bushy tail, relatively small ears and large testes, which are suggestive of a promiscuous mating system.

Wait, is it just the large testes which are suggestive of promiscuity, or are the long bushy tail and relatively small ears also signs of that? Well, going by the pic, the dude is 1/8th sack, which is pretty testicular, you've got to give him that. So I guess it truly would be an honor to have it named after you.

Beestie · 04-20-2007, 08:15 AM

I had the skillet all buttered up and ready then I made the mistake of looking into those sad eyes.

Damnit - guess its gonna have to be grits. Again.

Spexxvet · 04-20-2007, 08:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Beestie

I had the skillet all buttered up and ready then I made the mistake of looking into those sad eyes.

Damnit - guess its gonna have to be grits. Again.

Just eat the eyes first.

"Love to eat them mousies,
Mousies what I love to eat.
Bit they little heads off,
Nibble on they tiny feet"
- B Kliban

Chinditz · 04-20-2007, 09:23 AM

Large teste's, allmost there in the "opposable thumbs" department, all the promiscuity you can shake a stick at, I think I want to be a Mirza zaza when I grow up.

Carpe Noctum.

Sheldonrs · 04-20-2007, 09:27 AM

"After a steady diet of Jolt Cola, Red Bull and No-Doze tablets, UT decided it was time for a vacation."

04-20-2007, 10:34 AM

That's just nuts.

Elspode · 04-20-2007, 06:08 PM

Something fuzzy is stirring in my work-addled brain, but...aren't lemurs primates? I mean, isn't this critter a not so distant cousin. Judging by the size of the yarbles, I know he's related to me somehow.

be-bop · 04-20-2007, 06:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Beestie

I had the skillet all buttered up and ready then I made the mistake of looking into those sad eyes.

Damnit - guess its gonna have to be grits. Again.

What are grits anyway?

Ibram · 04-20-2007, 08:54 PM

Hominy.

wolf · 04-20-2007, 09:35 PM

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Originally Posted by be-bop

What are grits anyways?

Grits are fifty.

They're extra.

sandypossum · 04-21-2007, 05:13 AM

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"Love to eat them mousies,
Mousies what I love to eat.
Bit they little heads off,
Nibble on they tiny feet"
- B Kliban

OMG! Years ago I had a favourite Kliban mug with that on it, and a French musician friend once sang an improvised blues version of it for me.

Elspode · 04-21-2007, 09:23 AM

I had a BBQ apron and a checkbook cover with that, my favorite Bernie Kliban panel.

monster · 04-21-2007, 09:52 PM

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Originally Posted by be-bop

What are grits anyway?

A bit like polenta. Corn porridge. Poor man's food. Gruel.

monster · 04-21-2007, 09:56 PM

I'm thinking I might need a recipe for Madagascan Oysters.....

SPUCK · 04-22-2007, 05:01 AM

Eyes a 1/4 of the size of your head... hmmm. Like eyes the size of your cheeks... I like it!

04-20-2007, 08:15 AM	#2
Beestie -◊\|≡·∙■·∙≡\|◊- Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Parts unknown. Posts: 3,973	I had the skillet all buttered up and ready then I made the mistake of looking into those sad eyes. Damnit - guess its gonna have to be grits. Again. __________________ ♠ ♥ ♣ ♦

04-20-2007, 09:27 AM	#5
Sheldonrs Master Dwellar Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Scottsdale, AZ Posts: 3,033	"After a steady diet of Jolt Cola, Red Bull and No-Doze tablets, UT decided it was time for a vacation." __________________ Laugh and the world laughs with you; cry and the world laughs AT you.

04-20-2007, 06:08 PM	#7
Elspode Serve ice cold, add salt to taste Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,172	Something fuzzy is stirring in my work-addled brain, but...aren't lemurs primates? I mean, isn't this critter a not so distant cousin. Judging by the size of the yarbles, I know he's related to me somehow. __________________ Peas and Logic, Patrick "He felt that his whole life was some kind of dream and he sometimes wondered whose it was and whether they were enjoying it." Douglas Adams

04-21-2007, 09:23 AM	#12
Elspode Serve ice cold, add salt to taste Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,172	I had a BBQ apron and a checkbook cover with that, my favorite Bernie Kliban panel. __________________ Peas and Logic, Patrick "He felt that his whole life was some kind of dream and he sometimes wondered whose it was and whether they were enjoying it." Douglas Adams

04-21-2007, 09:56 PM	#14
monster Blow Out! Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Brit in Ann Arbor MI Posts: 14,538	I'm thinking I might need a recipe for Madagascan Oysters..... __________________ Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak

04-20-2007, 09:23 AM	#4
Chinditz Cuius testicles habet, habet cardeum et cerebellum Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Rotterdam city center Posts: 15	Large teste's, allmost there in the "opposable thumbs" department, all the promiscuity you can shake a stick at, I think I want to be a Mirza zaza when I grow up. Carpe Noctum.

04-20-2007, 10:34 AM	#6
mbrutsch Guest Posts: n/a	That's just nuts.

04-22-2007, 05:01 AM	#15
SPUCK Professor Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,015	Eyes a 1/4 of the size of your head... hmmm. Like eyes the size of your cheeks... I like it!

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