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Weirdest Monday Mystery Ever
What is the critter featured above?
Two things: It's dead, so I was able to photograph it closeup in this odd pose.
I didn't have a quarter for scale, but trust me it's fairly small.
It is not Sasquatch or a walrus, and it will not cause bad dreams unless you sleep outside near the Butterfly Garden, where this was photographed.
Slightly closer shot below. Gotta love those digits.
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Star-nosed Mole! Used to see a lot of them in the middle of the path on morning walks around the Celery Farm last century. Always wondered if they had been a cat or fox’s plaything before pathing on.
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I vote mole. Used to see them as a kid when visiting cemetery with my parents Back in the day when people visited graves
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the adorable star-nosed mole! (r.i.p.)
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Vole?
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Forrest Munger
Star-nosed Mole! Used to see a lot of them in the middle of the path on morning walks around the Celery Farm last century. Always wondered if they had been a cat or fox’s plaything before pathing on.
Sally
I vote mole. Used to see them as a kid when visiting cemetery with my parents Back in the day when people visited graves
julie
the adorable star-nosed mole! (r.i.p.)
Peter
Vole?