The Cute Has Made Me Stupid.

[noblerot]

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[alinewrites]

I suppose I'm the only one curious of the man in the (relative) background?

[noblerot]

I'm guessing he's someone who works with endangered species like our little long-eared friend. That's what I hope, anyway. PLEASE... DON'T... EAT... THE CUTE.

[fictionbya]

But... what is it?

Leeetle teeny claws, beedy eyes, redonk head to ear ratio, the "zomg!" look on its face... whatever it is, I think Cute Overload would approve :-D

[noblerot]

He's a long-eared jerboa, a gerbil-like rodent who hops like a kangaroo and is veeeery endangered. I'd be surprised, actually, if this particular photo hadn't already made it on Cute Overload. I will check.

How's life in Sac Town during the holidaze? How's dog?

[fictionbya]

Semester is almost done, thank god, so that is good.

Dogstein is good, but he doesn't live with me :-/ Even if I could have him with me, I don't think it would be right to keep him in a small apartment. He lives with the mom and she has a big yard AND works from home so he can run around and also have someone with him most of the time (he's a very needy dog!)

Recently, I have had a stray kitty living with me. He's been hanging around the neighborhood since I moved here, but he had a bad injury so I have been taking care of him.

Miss living with the dog, but I still visit him (and the mom) every 2 or 3 weeks. LOVE my place and the part of town where I live. People think I am crazy, but I like living in Sac better than SF.

Where are you in travels?

[noblerot]

I'm back in SF for the holidaze, then on the road again in February.

Do you live in the part of Sac with trees and craftsmen bungalows?

[idlerat]

I once had this sheet of bat stamps on my fridge, and they had a dumb USPS blurb beginning, "Long misunderstood..." and my friend Geoffrey looked at one of the stranger bats and said, "I'm misunderstanding him *right now*!"

I think that is how I feel. I, too, am v worried about the health of this ... what is it? Some kind of rodent, right, not a bat?

[noblerot]

He's a long-eared jerboa... a very special gerbil, if you will. An endangered species. Hence, I don't think the man in the picture is throttling him, although it does look suspicious. More likely he's a kindly ecologist trying to document the species and thus preserve it.

I hope.

[idlerat]

Aw, kindly ecologist. Well, thanks for sharing the cute.

Are you still in Europa Europa?

[_hannelore]

It looks like it's ready to take off, via wings/ears!

[noblerot]

Awww, yeah. He's the Dumbo of the rodent world!