Who wants to tell Boreman that his BT WR isn’t anatomically correct? vbg There is such a thing as artistic license. :-)
You ain’t lived until you’ve gone into a barn at night, heard rustling noises overhead, and turned on a light to find yourself being glared at by a BT WR whose nightime ramblings you’ve interrupted.
And then, there’s working the compost. I have 3 bins, fresh, working, finished. When I raise the cover on one, it is not uncommon to see a BT WR disappearing into another. Only to surface, sit on top of the cover, and supervise my work.
Folks: Wikipedia: “pack rat” shows something like 30 species that are called pack rat, not just the bushy tailed woodrat. The picture shown looks a whole lot like the one in the cartoon, including non-bushy tail and goofy bent nose.
I was going by my “Peterson Field Guide to Mammals”. It does occur that maybe Boreman’s critter is not the bt wr, but one of the others.
It’s not like the drawing has to look exactly like a known critter. After all, look at the vulture; they’re a lot uglier in real life. On the other hand, we are learning a lot.
I like this story line too. I thought it was going to be a commentary on the economy.
Well, a Bushy-tailed woodrat (Neotoma cinerea) may not have a tail as bushy as a squirrel, but the hair is much denser and softer. I often demonstrate to museum visitors that the woodrat has the softest pelt of any specimen in the collectiion.
A quick Google image search turned up the White-throated woodrat (N. albigula) which looks more like Steve’s character.
bald almost 15 years ago
you never know joe, think about the the ant and what they can do
annamargaret1866 almost 15 years ago
Who wants to tell Boreman that his BT WR isn’t anatomically correct? vbg There is such a thing as artistic license. :-)
You ain’t lived until you’ve gone into a barn at night, heard rustling noises overhead, and turned on a light to find yourself being glared at by a BT WR whose nightime ramblings you’ve interrupted.
And then, there’s working the compost. I have 3 bins, fresh, working, finished. When I raise the cover on one, it is not uncommon to see a BT WR disappearing into another. Only to surface, sit on top of the cover, and supervise my work.
They don’t complain the way chipmunks do though.
desturbedlio almost 15 years ago
the birds r hoping he’s part mighty mouse
ottod Premium Member almost 15 years ago
JAD. Unless someone flagged a comment, I’m pretty sure the reference was to the artist.
ottod Premium Member almost 15 years ago
Folks: Wikipedia: “pack rat” shows something like 30 species that are called pack rat, not just the bushy tailed woodrat. The picture shown looks a whole lot like the one in the cartoon, including non-bushy tail and goofy bent nose.
Just saying.
ottod Premium Member almost 15 years ago
By the way, Boreman (Steve), I like the strip, and I really like this arc.
annamargaret1866 almost 15 years ago
I was going by my “Peterson Field Guide to Mammals”. It does occur that maybe Boreman’s critter is not the bt wr, but one of the others.
It’s not like the drawing has to look exactly like a known critter. After all, look at the vulture; they’re a lot uglier in real life. On the other hand, we are learning a lot.
I like this story line too. I thought it was going to be a commentary on the economy.
JP Steve Premium Member almost 15 years ago
Well, a Bushy-tailed woodrat (Neotoma cinerea) may not have a tail as bushy as a squirrel, but the hair is much denser and softer. I often demonstrate to museum visitors that the woodrat has the softest pelt of any specimen in the collectiion.
A quick Google image search turned up the White-throated woodrat (N. albigula) which looks more like Steve’s character.
http://tinyurl.com/yf6pkpx