There are now five correct guesses.
Just one more to guess!
Just one more to guess!
Guess the species #6
- Thread starter Chlidonias
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1. Taveta golden weaver
2. White-lipped peccary
3. Single-wattled cassowary
4. Pesquet's parrot
5. Thick-billed ground pigeon
....aaaand...
6. Bobak marmot?
2. White-lipped peccary
3. Single-wattled cassowary
4. Pesquet's parrot
5. Thick-billed ground pigeon
....aaaand...
6. Bobak marmot?
Right family, but wrong species for 6.
I'm surprised no one has worked out how to significantly narrow down the options for that one...
I'm surprised no one has worked out how to significantly narrow down the options for that one...
1) Taveta Golden Weaver Ploceus castaneiceps
2) Southern White-Lipped Peccary Tayassu pecari albirostris
3) Northern Cassowary Casuarius unappendiculatus
4) Pesquet's Parrot Psittrichas fulgidus
5) Thick-Billed Ground-Pigeon Trugon terrestris
6) Groundhog Marmota monax
~Thylo
2) Southern White-Lipped Peccary Tayassu pecari albirostris
3) Northern Cassowary Casuarius unappendiculatus
4) Pesquet's Parrot Psittrichas fulgidus
5) Thick-Billed Ground-Pigeon Trugon terrestris
6) Groundhog Marmota monax
~Thylo
well it looks too large-bodied to be anything but a marmot or other hefty ground squirrel. All the marmots currently in Europe have been named already.
I'll go with Black-tailed prairie dog for my answer.
I'll go with Black-tailed prairie dog for my answer.
Still no correct answers for six.
Think about how you would seriously narrow down the options for what it could be...
Think about how you would seriously narrow down the options for what it could be...
okay, if that vague blur is a side-stripe, then Cape ground squirrel?
So here are the full answers:
1- Taveta Golden Weaver (Ploceus castaneiceps) Taken at Zoo Berlin - First guessed by gentle lemur
2- White-lipped Peccary (Tayassu pecari) Taken at Zoo Berlin - First guessed by gentle lemur
3- Northern/Single Wattled Cassowary (Casuarius unappendiculatus) Taken at Weltvogelpark Walsrode - First guessed by Swampy
4- Pesquet's Parrot (Psittrichas fulgidus) Taken at Weltvogelpark Walsrode - First guessed by Macaw16
5- Thick-billed Ground Pigeon (Trugon terrestris) Taken at Weltvogelpark Walsrode - First guessed by gentle lemur
6- Cape Ground Squirrel (Xerus inauris) Taken at Zoo Dvur Kralove - First guessed by Chlidonias
Well done to all those who guessed correctly and to Chlidonias for getting it overall!
1- Taveta Golden Weaver (Ploceus castaneiceps) Taken at Zoo Berlin - First guessed by gentle lemur
2- White-lipped Peccary (Tayassu pecari) Taken at Zoo Berlin - First guessed by gentle lemur
3- Northern/Single Wattled Cassowary (Casuarius unappendiculatus) Taken at Weltvogelpark Walsrode - First guessed by Swampy
4- Pesquet's Parrot (Psittrichas fulgidus) Taken at Weltvogelpark Walsrode - First guessed by Macaw16
5- Thick-billed Ground Pigeon (Trugon terrestris) Taken at Weltvogelpark Walsrode - First guessed by gentle lemur
6- Cape Ground Squirrel (Xerus inauris) Taken at Zoo Dvur Kralove - First guessed by Chlidonias
Well done to all those who guessed correctly and to Chlidonias for getting it overall!
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1- ?
2- Elephant Seal
3- No idea... just a wild guess but maybe domestic chicken? (if you want the breed then no idea
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4- Tiger
2- Elephant Seal
3- No idea... just a wild guess but maybe domestic chicken? (if you want the breed then no idea
)4- Tiger
1) Hoolock Gibbon
2) Southern Elephant Seal
3) Green Junglefowl
4) Diard's Clouded Leopard
2) Southern Elephant Seal
3) Green Junglefowl
4) Diard's Clouded Leopard
three correct answers so far.
Quick clue: two were taken in Burma and two in NZ.
Quick clue: two were taken in Burma and two in NZ.
Swampy got the cassowary in the post before mine. So I was only first for the ground squirrel.
still only three correct. The missing species is Asian.