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Posted on 04/13/2002 5:47:24 AM PDT by Son of Rooster
A+Bert??
Yeah, more than likely as he's holed up on a roof top with a rifle somewhere.
Visually stunning circus performance filmed live in Amsterdam.
Who or what is Quidam?
Data : Species : Mammal : A+bert Squirrel - Sciurus aberti
Physical Characteristics "Identification: Head and body 11-12in. (28-30cm); tail 8-9in. (20-23cm); wt. 1 1/2 - 2 lb. (681-908g). This is the most colorful of our tree squirrels. Tail either all-white or white beneath and broadly bordered with white; belly either white or black; prominent black, or blackish, ear tufts except late summer; sides gray; back redddish. Skull has 22 teeth. The only squirrel with these markings.
Some authors consider the squirrels north of the Grand Canyon (S. kaibabensis) as a distinct species; they have all-white tails."
"Diagnosis. A large, tassel-eared, bushy-tailed tree squirrel, dark gray in color with a whitish tail. More specifically, the dorsum is gray with a mid- dorsal rufous stripe, underparts white (except dark in S. a. kaibabensis), tufts or tassels present on ears in winter are black or brownish black; skull relatively short and broad...; length of nasals about equal to interorbital breadth; two upper premolars, but Pm3 does not fully erupt until animals are adult, dental formula
"Tassle-eared squirrels vary geographically in color in New Mexico. Those from the Jemez, San Juan, and Sangre de Cristo mountains have a very reduced ru fous dorsal stripe and in some cases none at all; as far as we have seen, they always have a white belly. Those from the Sandias and Mount Taylor southwa rd have a much expanded dorsal stripe, and on certain ranges many individuals are black-bellied."
Habitat "Yellow pine forests, 7000-8000ft. (2133-2590m) elevation."
"A+bert and Kaibab squirrels are highly dependent upon ponderosa pine: they live and nest in them; they feed on the bark, buds, flowers, and seeds; and th ey seek refuge and have escape routes from enemies here."
"These animals, commonly known as tassle-eared squirrels, are essentially confined to ponderosa forests, although in many New Mexican canyons where the sq uirels are common the forests may be categorized as mixed coniferous. The presence of the squirrels is often betrayed by the litter of clipped twigs of p onderosa pine on the ground under trees where the animals have been feeding."
HA!!
The Hail Bert Comet went --->that-a-way--->
The old goat's still here, for crying out loud.
To believe otherwise, is...
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