10 March 2008

Poke It With a Stick


This rodent was first spotted under my dad's van. When mom and I opened the door for better a look, it hurried up into the engine. After pounding on the hood and honking the horn, we opened up the hood. And there it was. We have no idea what it is. It has a tail like a rat, but the face of a marmot. It's pretty good sized (small cat) for a gopher.

We eventully tried to harrass it out from the engine by poking it with a stick. I moved further into the engine, but did not leave. The cats spent a bit of time hanging out and investigating. By late afternoon we didn't know what had happened to it, it wasn't visible through the engine.

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