DrunkMonkey 0 #1 March 3, 2005 http://artsms.uwaterloo.ca/anthropology/Zeller/Prosimians/02Galago_lrg.jpg Senegalese bushbaby - GALAGO SENEGALENSIS Possibly Endangered Class: Animals with Milk Glands (Mammalia) Subclass: True Mammals (Eutheria) Order: First Order Mammals (Primatea) Family: Lorisidae. The word "Bushbaby": "Bush baby" derives its name from its small, baby-like appearance, and it's found in bushes. It is also called a "galago" which is an African word for "monkey." Description: This bushbaby is generally gray with yellowish highlights and with a light-colored stripe between the eyes. Some are various shades of brown. The fur is short and very soft. The very long tail has a darker tip, and the back feet are elongated with short toes. The ears are very large, naked, and mobile, and the face is flattened. Length of head and body 8 in, tail 10 in, weight about one pound. Location: Various parts of Africa south of the Sahara. Habitat: Arboreal and terrestrial. Scrub-strewn savanna and dry forests. Behavior: The Senegalese bushbaby is nocturnal, sometimes sleeping en masse in large groups during the hours of daylight. By night it moves about either alone or in pairs, creeping nimbly among the branches of trees. It is essentially tree-dwelling, but can also move about on the ground without any difficulty, sometimes jumping as far as 10 to 13 feet. Its specially adapted hands enable it to cling firmly to branches. It also uses its hands to seek out and catch insects on the wing, to defend itself, and to build its nest. Its favorite foods are grasshoppers and other insects, but it also eats fruit, small birds, tree sap, and eggs. Reproduction: After a gestation period of about 110 days a single young (occasionally twins) is born. For two weeks the young is carried about clinging to the back of its mother. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
turtlespeed 226 #2 March 3, 2005 Looks like a mini lemurI'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Slappie 9 #3 March 3, 2005 Yup see.. turtle is right. "Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the exact measure of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kelel01 1 #4 March 3, 2005 What the . . . ? I don't remember signing up for the "Weird Animal of the Month" club! Just kidding . . . a little knowledge is a good thing. And that monkey's cute! I want one! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkiD_PL8 0 #5 March 3, 2005 No kidding I bet it would make a badass pet. Greenie in training. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GeordieSkydiver 0 #6 March 3, 2005 Thats cute. I wonder what they taste like. I held one in Keyna, little suckers hands were red hot. Edited to add: I find that bushbaby and its similaritys to Lemurs offensive.Lee _______________________________ In a world full of people, only some want to fly, is that not crazy? http://www.ukskydiver.co.uk Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkiD_PL8 0 #7 March 3, 2005 QuoteI wonder what they taste like. They taste like the left thigh of an undercooked baby bear. Greenie in training. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rebecca 0 #8 March 3, 2005 Awww! So cute!! They used to pretty much my favorite animal when I was little and Loooooved all things mini and baby and cute. Now it's the liger - nothing mini about it. you've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel loquacious?' -- well do you, punk? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SpeedRacer 1 #9 March 4, 2005 so why hasn't someone with Photoshop already Photoshopped Dubya's head on that thing?? what's wrong with you people?? Speed Racer -------------------------------------------------- Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
turtlespeed 226 #10 March 4, 2005 Quoteso why hasn't someone with Photoshop already Photoshopped Dubya's head on that thing?? what's wrong with you people?? Some people have respect.I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jumper03 0 #11 March 4, 2005 QuoteSome people have respect. in Bonfire???? Are you high?Scars remind us that the past is real Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
turtlespeed 226 #12 March 4, 2005 QuoteQuoteSome people have respect. in Bonfire???? Are you high? No. are you?I'm not usually into the whole 3-way thing, but you got me a little excited with that. - Skymama BTR #1 / OTB^5 Official #2 / Hellfish #408 / VSCR #108/Tortuga/Orfun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
