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Quicksilver
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| Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2004 11:11 am Post subject: |
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Has anyone from West Virginia, or the surrouding states, ever seen a mammal referred to as an Abaguchie, which was supposedly imported from Costa Rica in the mid-1990s, to kill rattlesnakes and coyotes...
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bnow0707
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| Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2004 9:07 pm Post subject: |
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Saw that in Field & Stream or was it another magazine. Never heard of them before now, Would also like to know.
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bitmasher
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| Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2004 10:31 pm Post subject: |
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| Maybe its an urban legend. Although sometimes an invasive species is controlled with a predator that cannot reproduce. An example is the Tiger Muskie is sometimes used to control certain fresh water invasive fish. |
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nibbla
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| Posted: Sun Mar 28, 2004 9:00 pm Post subject: |
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The abaguchie is found in the children's book "Boys Against Girls" by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor and is described as a cat-like mammal. I think the fellas at F & S are playing a joke. Furthermore, the author of the excerpt is A.F. Ledbetter.... (April Fools). I know, I wanted to go in search for it as well if only for a brief moment. The Smithsonian Institute has a database of 4,625 mammals world-wide, but no abaguchie.
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bitmasher
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| Posted: Sun Mar 28, 2004 11:44 pm Post subject: |
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| Interesting, thanks for the info Nibbla. |
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WVLibrarian
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| Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2004 1:15 pm Post subject: |
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| Nibbla is correct. You have just been handed your first April fools joke. I can tell you as a reference librarian in WV's capital city we've been fielding this question a LOT. It is from Naylor's "Boys against Girls. |
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Quicksilver
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| Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2004 1:52 pm Post subject: |
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Thank's Nibbla and WVlib for the insight... I thought the picture in F & S April 2004 Magazine looked a little fake, and it made me wonder if there really is such a beast...
So there you have it, I've just been served a full plater of April Fools from the "Cryptozoolgical Guide to American Mammalia..."
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Quicksilver
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| Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2004 2:46 pm Post subject: |
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Here's F&S rattle snake and coyote killer...
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor |
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Oldtimer
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| Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2004 6:55 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks, I just saw the picture in Aprils' Field & Stream. It looked odd to say the least. April Fools
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bitmasher
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| Posted: Fri Apr 02, 2004 11:13 pm Post subject: |
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| Nice to know the F&S editors are keeping up with the latest trends in kid books. :wink: |
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wildh203006
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| Posted: Sun Apr 04, 2004 8:37 pm Post subject: |
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| Here in West Virginia we call them mountain apes, however if you try to hunt this elusive animal it will make you look like an ***. |
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skeetsbran
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| Posted: Thu Apr 08, 2004 11:55 am Post subject: |
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Did anyone but me notice that the elusive abaguchie looks suspiciously like a mount made from an whitetail deer's rear end?
I have seen several examples of "abaguchies" made this way. |
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Cyndi
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| Posted: Mon Apr 12, 2004 11:03 pm Post subject: |
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| I wandered into this forum because I was looking to see if this is a real animal. My son found an article in Field & Stream with a picture of this "Abaguchie". I think it's a joke. It was the April issue! |
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Roger H.Hall Jr.
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| Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2004 8:18 pm Post subject: |
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Hey All,
The West Virginia abaguchie makes his living off non-believers :o |
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bitmasher
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| Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2004 11:40 pm Post subject: |
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| The West Virginia abaguchie makes his living at Field & Stream. :wink: |
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