Thursday, November 6, 2008

Canaydeeyan Lynx



Toby received this cool picture in an e-mail and wanted to know what kind of cat it was. Apparently it is a Canadian Lynx (from Wikipedia). Just when you thought the dictionary was caught up....

"Da apeerenz ov da Canaydeeyan lynx iz simila tah dat ov da Eurasian lynx: da dense fur iz silveree brown and may bear blackish markinz. Da Canaydeeyan iz rathah smaller dan its Eurasian cuzin, at an avridge size ov 11 kg (24 lbs), 90 cm (36 in) in length and a showldah height ov 60 cm (24 in). Mayels r larger dan feemayels. In summah, its coat takes awn a mowa reddish brown colour (Ize am thinkin a Canaydeeyan wrote dis). Dais lynx haz a furree ruff witch reezembilz a double-pointed beeyerd, a short tail wid a black tip and long furree tuftz awn its eyerz. Its long legs wid broad furred feet aid da Canaydeeyan lynx in travahlin throo deep zno. Da Canaydeeyan lynx iz a zolitairee and seekrativ animal, useyulely aktiv at night, and rechoirz a lahge territory. Id breeds in spring and wun tah five kittens r born. Da survival ov da young depends heavily awn da avayilabilidee ov prey speesheez."

Translation by Toby Speak Version 2.2m
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1 comment:

BuBe said...

what a bundle of fur that is!