Happy Birthday Sooty Mangabey

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happy birthday to Sooty Mangabey, named after a cercopithecid but with a hyaenid as his avatar for some reason.....

I was trying to think of some pun including the word "sweep" but couldn't.



Tomorrow there will be another birthday thread for.....wait and see
 
Chlidonias said:
I was trying to think of some pun including the word "sweep" but couldn't.
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Nice idea! :p

Happy birthday Mr. Aard-Mangabey!
(I know we've never really spoke on here but didn't feel I could comment without wishing you all the best! :D)
 
Happy Birthday Sooty,hope you had a good one and that you get to visit another collection to celebrate.
 
Thank you for your birthday wishes.

Chlidonias said:
happy birthday to Sooty Mangabey, named after a cercopithecid but with a hyaenid as his avatar for some reason.....
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If I can be self-indulgent for a second (and if you can't be self-indulgent on your birthday, then when can you be?) - I do think there's something vaguely absurd about a (as of today) 42 year-old man hiding behind an animal-related pseudonym. However, as a teacher I am wary of leaving my 'real' name in cyberspace (I'm sure my students are desperate to discover my thoughts on Antwerp Zoo); therefore, when I signed up, I chose the name of an animal with which I had enjoyed working when I did work in a zoo. However, I didn't have a picture of a sooty mangabey, and had to 'borrow' one from Google. When an argument (friendly, I hope) about keeping aardwolves was aired on Zoochat, I thought the time had come to nail my Proteles cristata to the mast....
 
Chlidonias said:
happy birthday to Sooty Mangabey, named after a cercopithecid but with a hyaenid as his avatar for some reason.....
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I realised last night that I am named after a tern but have an otter as my avatar, so I shouldn't talk :D
 
Happy birthday Sooty!
 
Chlidonias said:
I realised last night that I am named after a tern but have an otter as my avatar, so I shouldn't talk :D
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I'm Bongorob and have penguins. Zoogiraffe has a lizard. Javan Rhino an owl.
azcheetah2 a tiger, while tiger tiger has a penguin and Tiger Valley a bear.
This strange theme is pretty common.

Some people do have matching avatars, such as Chester Gemsbok, Bongo and Gentle Lemur. Obviously, they know how to do it properly.
 
Happy birthday Sooty Mangabey

My name and picture used to match but I got bored with the picture and needed a change
 
Happy Birthday Sootz :O)

My Avatar is actually a Karoo Cheetah - for once it fits, my facebook Avatar on the otherhand bears absolutely no resemblance to me - for the same reasons you give above.

Anyway - have a corking Birthday Old Chap!!
 
Happy birthday Sooty Mangabey :)

bongorob said:
I'm Bongorob and have penguins. Zoogiraffe has a lizard. Javan Rhino an owl.
azcheetah2 a tiger, while tiger tiger has a penguin and Tiger Valley a bear.
This strange theme is pretty common.

Some people do have matching avatars, such as Chester Gemsbok, Bongo and Gentle Lemur. Obviously, they know how to do it properly.
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And I'm a TeaLovingDave with an owl avatar ;) but for VERY bad pun-related reasons I belong in the second category you listed!
 
Happy Returns :)

I'm Pootle Pootilius Poostopheronneus from the 1970's TV show
'The Flumps' with an avatar of running white rhinos (one of my fav species).
 
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