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Thursday, May 14, 2009
Since Yesterday Was so Popular
Let's go with another odd one out. Which animal does not fit with the others?
I'm laughing too hard about drying the car with a gerbil (sproglet-Nice visual) to be singularly focused on finding an answer... the guffaw made my day!
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Have to go with the Tiercel myself. Everything else has a match on basic type of animal (2 rodent, 2 goat-like, 2 with vehicles named after them. Tiercel is the one with nothing to pair it with.
The Tiercel. From what I gather a Tiercel is a male Falcon. Seeing as the others are all land-based animals, the Tiercel is the only one capable of flying.
for anyone who thinks a chamois is a rag, look up rupicapra rupicapra which is the latin name for the boviid native to the european mountain ranges. the correct answer is tiercel
Chamois: an agile, goatlike antelope, Rupicapra rupicapra, of high mountains of Europe: now rare in some areas
Impala: an African antelope, Aepyceros melampus, the male of which has ringed, lyre-shaped horns.
Fennec: a small, pale yellowish-brown fox, Fennecus zerda, of northern Africa, having large, pointed ears.
Gerbil: any of numerous small burrowing rodents of the genus Gerbillus and related genera, of Asia, Africa, and southern Russia, having long hind legs used for jumping.
Jerboa: any of various mouselike rodents of North Africa and Asia, as of the genera Jaculus and Dipus, with long hind legs used for jumping.
Tiercel: the male of a hawk, esp. of a gyrfalcon or peregrine.
The answer, therefore, is Tiercel as this is the only animal on the list that has feathers, a beak, and flies. The rest and land dwelling mammals.
Great to see all the different perspectives on this question! I saw the Tiercel thing, but thought you were getting at the fact that Impala is the only one that starts with a vowel.
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ReplyDeleteIsn't a chamois something you wash the car with?
ReplyDeleteI vote for impala, it's the only thing you can't wash the car with.....that gerbil will never be the same again *sob*
gerbil
ReplyDeletechamois...you can get those at Walmart...in the car care department. I don't think you can buy an impala there. Or a gerbil.
ReplyDeleteImpala!!
ReplyDeleteGerbil.
ReplyDeleteTiercel, a falcon, all of the others are ground-dwelling creatures
ReplyDeleteI choose Chamois,
ReplyDeleteas all the others are types of cars.
i choose Jerboa lol ^_^
ReplyDeleteChamois... all the other animals can be found in desert habitats.
ReplyDeleteI WANT A GERBIL!!
ReplyDeleteKthxbai
Tiercel - it's the only one that can fly :)
ReplyDeletemy answer would be fennec.
ReplyDeleteI'm laughing too hard about drying the car with a gerbil (sproglet-Nice visual) to be singularly focused on finding an answer... the guffaw made my day!
ReplyDeleteChamois....
ReplyDeleteso i am going to guess that a gerbil is an economy car, while the fennec is a spastic roadster.
ReplyDeletei would say tiercel, b/c it refers specifically to a male falcon.
Impala, as it is the only animal on the list worth eating.
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Tiercel would be my guess because of feathers.
ReplyDeleteTiercel, all others are mammals.
ReplyDeleteI say it is a tiercel because it is the only animal that is not a mammal.
ReplyDeleteIts it the tiercel because its the only thing thats not a land creature?
ReplyDeleteTiercel
ReplyDeletegerbil
ReplyDeletegerbil
ReplyDeleteI have to say Tiercel
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impala
ReplyDeleteImpala for me too.
ReplyDeleteI guess impala.
ReplyDeleteI haven't even heard of most those animals... Should I have? lol Tiercel? hmm.
ReplyDeleteHey! This blog is awesome! I say Chamois (its a type of cloth, the others aren't). And if you like this one, please come check out our blog at www.pocketknowledge.blogspot.com. We're a newly minted blog looking for support, comments, followers, anything! Thanks!
ReplyDeleteImpala. Just because it's a cool name.
ReplyDeleteTiercel. Has feathers.
ReplyDeleteHave to go with the Tiercel myself. Everything else has a match on basic type of animal (2 rodent, 2 goat-like, 2 with vehicles named after them. Tiercel is the one with nothing to pair it with.
ReplyDeleteTiercel is the only bird on the list
ReplyDeleteI say Impala, cause i rode in one yesterday!
ReplyDeleteImpala!!!
ReplyDeleteImpala
ReplyDeleteThe Tiercel. From what I gather a Tiercel is a male Falcon. Seeing as the others are all land-based animals, the Tiercel is the only one capable of flying.
ReplyDeleteHello all! Today's answer is Tiercel since it's a bird while the others are all land based animals.
ReplyDeleteAt least, that's what I was going for. A lot of you came up with good answers for the other animals.
Crud, how dumb am I? I only recognized one of those choices as an animal.
ReplyDeleteAn Impala's a car, dammit! Heh, and maybe a "tiercel" too...
Gerbil: it's the only one i've heard of
ReplyDeleteFennec
ReplyDeleteThe others end in vowels or soft consonants.
Fennec has a hard stop.
Impala
ReplyDeleteTiercel
ReplyDeleteits the only bird in that list!
Gerbil.
ReplyDeleteIt's the only one I've ever heard of.
chamois
ReplyDeleteFirst guess is impala, but I hate commitment.
ReplyDeletetiercel- Male hawk
ReplyDeletefor anyone who thinks a chamois is a rag, look up rupicapra rupicapra which is the latin name for the boviid native to the european mountain ranges. the correct answer is tiercel
ReplyDeleteChamois: an agile, goatlike antelope, Rupicapra rupicapra, of high mountains of Europe: now rare in some areas
ReplyDeleteImpala: an African antelope, Aepyceros melampus, the male of which has ringed, lyre-shaped horns.
Fennec: a small, pale yellowish-brown fox, Fennecus zerda, of northern Africa, having large, pointed ears.
Gerbil: any of numerous small burrowing rodents of the genus Gerbillus and related genera, of Asia, Africa, and southern Russia, having long hind legs used for jumping.
Jerboa: any of various mouselike rodents of North Africa and Asia, as of the genera Jaculus and Dipus, with long hind legs used for jumping.
Tiercel: the male of a hawk, esp. of a gyrfalcon or peregrine.
The answer, therefore, is Tiercel as this is the only animal on the list that has feathers, a beak, and flies. The rest and land dwelling mammals.
Great to see all the different perspectives on this question! I saw the Tiercel thing, but thought you were getting at the fact that Impala is the only one that starts with a vowel.
ReplyDeletegerbil, cause its the only one ive heard of... why does everyone know so much about these animals with such weird names?
ReplyDeleteTiercel. only bird.
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