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06 December 2005

So I was on vacation in Borneo... →[More:]

post by: mcgraw at: 14:50 | 11 comments

and i saw this amazing never-before-seen creature:

≡ Click to see image ≡

The Beeb asked me if they could use it for a story.

The rest was history.

posted by mcgraw 06 December | 14:51

saw=photographed

posted by mcgraw 06 December | 14:52

Are you sure you weren't in ZANZIBAR?

posted by iconomy 06 December | 14:53

I believe I was in a region called Kayan Mentarang, if I'm not mistaken.

posted by mcgraw 06 December | 14:56

Hey, I read that article this morning!

posted by interrobang 06 December | 14:56

Oh yeah, also the Beeb explained to me that they would be making up some name of a "biologist" to make the story sound realistic.

I told them that the name "Stephan Wulffraat" would sound really really phony to most people, especially because I wanted to call the animal a wolf-rat (much like their fake name), but they insisted.

posted by mcgraw 06 December | 15:00

Those bastards!

posted by Specklet 06 December | 15:01

You mean that guy is not this guy?

posted by danostuporstar 06 December | 15:04

A Tiny Speck(let) in a Ruthless Universe

posted by goatdog 06 December | 15:15

Stephan Wulffraat is a sockpuppet.

posted by Edible Energy 06 December | 15:42

If you look at it backwards, it looks like a tiny brontosaurus (tail=neck, it helps to be tired)! I want one.

posted by Hellbient 06 December | 16:38

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