I saw it very closely - from 3 feet for 5 seconds in an isolated patch of tall grass.
I was clearing it of summer stuff & I'd lifted something out. It was standing in a bare spot where what I removed had prevented the grass from growing.
The dogs were standing nearby, but before I could get them tracking on it, I looked back down and it was gone.
I didn't have a camera on me & I'd left my gun at the last spot, so that's best desciption I can give.
The front 1/2 of (the part with the head), was red and the back was black or very dark brown.
The body shape was almost cylindrical except for the head and tail (both medium). I'd say it was 2" in diameter and 6" in length (excluding tail).
I've lived here 7 years and, also 45 miles away for 24 years (starting @ age 0), and I've never seen anything like it before.
This is a argricultural & hunting area with crops, ponds, pasture, woods, & small river. I was the only resident around yesterday within about 300 acres.
2006-10-07 09:03:25 · 10 answers · asked by Jon W 5 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
Vole - I thought of because I'd never seen one...
I thought shrews were itty bitty things?
But, I've never really seen one except in "ATTACK OF THE KILLER SHREWS" narrated by the MST3K (Mystery Science Theater 3000) and those looked like dogs with rags on them.
Do weasels look like ferrets?
This was smaller than a guinea pig but bigger than a hampster.
It looked like a cambells soup can
(the condensed kind - not your ready to eat)
with a face sticking out of one end (not the end I was closest to either).and a tail a couple of inches long.
2006-10-07 16:03:19 · update #1
Sounds like a weasel, maybe a short-tailed. Weasels have cylindrical bodies, and voles/gophers are stumpier. Here are a couple photos but googling weasel images should give you much more.
2006-10-07 13:48:41 · answer #1 · answered by candy2mercy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A Weasel?
A Shrew?
A Vole?
2006-10-07 09:15:08 · answer #2 · answered by MARY L 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It sounds a little like a weasel. Weasels have various coloring, but I've seen them 2-toned before. I live in Kansas, and have seen a couple of them around. Some foxes, also are occasionally colored like this, especially in the fall. :)
2006-10-07 09:12:50 · answer #3 · answered by Levin 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sounds like a weasel....look of the mo dept of conservation office nearest u and ask them
Possum
2006-10-07 09:18:07 · answer #4 · answered by hillbilly named Possum 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably a jeuvenile weasel.
2006-10-08 20:37:42 · answer #5 · answered by farhan ferdous 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some strange creature
2006-10-07 09:11:16 · answer #6 · answered by aznkm91 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
LOL I was gonna say big foot but then I read you say its pretty small. Probably some kind of rodent. Wish I could tell you what. :(
2006-10-07 09:11:27 · answer #7 · answered by Waterlily 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-10-09 09:56:32 · answer #8 · answered by avatarmaunie 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chupacabra? LOL!
2006-10-12 10:39:28 · answer #9 · answered by greylady 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Something only God and its mama could love!!!
2006-10-07 09:12:09 · answer #10 · answered by johnson72269 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋