Thanks to each of you for sending in your guess.
I especially enjoyed the range of sizes, the largest guess was elephant, and the smallest was baby turtle. To be fair, some of the guesses were probably made without clicking on the image to look at the larger view. The "baby rhino" and "hippo" guesses make perfect sense if you just look at the small version of the picture. I have changed the web page to clue people in more.
I'm including names and last initial this time.
Please email me if you'd like me to change anything about your answer.
From: "wes"
Subject: animal?
Date: Monday, January 08, 2001 6:24 PM
It's a baby hippo.
From: "Larry W"
Subject: Weird Animal!
Date: Monday, January 08, 2001 6:27 PM
At first I was going to say its a baby parrot half submerged in water, but
on closer inspection, I'd say its a baby rhino.
LW
From: "Tom in Denver"
Subject: Weird Animal!
Date: Monday, January 08, 2001 8:17 PM
A wet Cockatoo
| Earliest person to guess turtle. From:
"Tom K" |
From: "Erica S"
Subject: Re: guess what: wierd animal photo
Date: Monday, January 08, 2001 8:31 PM
Looks like a tortoise to me... -- E
From: "Alan & Becky"
Subject: Weird Animal!
Date: Monday, January 08, 2001 8:45 PM
A wet Cockatoo!!!
Becky
From: "Chris and Dianne"
Subject: Weird Animal!
Date: Monday, January 08, 2001 11:50 PM
Mike, I think it is an octopus.
| First person to guess snapping turtle From:
"Lew J" Baby snapping turtle. |
From: "Patricia G."
Subject: animal guess what?
Date: Tuesday, January 09, 2001 6:02 AM
Based on the water and the type of eye, I'd say it's some sort of
octopus.
| Most vividly described guess From: "David S" Subject: Weird Animal! The reason I guessed a macro shot, was the surface tension on the water |
From: "Marvin"
Subject: Wierd one
Date: Tuesday, January 09, 2001 11:34 AM
octopus
From: "Big Bob"
Subject: wierd animal guess
Date: Tuesday, January 09, 2001 1:40 PM
Only a squid could be that ugly.
From: "Jeff L"
Subject: Weird Animal
Date: Tuesday, January 09, 2001 2:51 PM
Mike....Got to be a baby turtle of some sort.
From: "David S"
Subject: Re: Weird Animal!
Date: Tuesday, January 09, 2001 4:35 PM
Based on the eye, the water refractions, and what looks like shell under the
water, (it's probably a macro shot too)... I'd estimate the little guy is
probably 6-8 inches in length and you keep him in a 10 gallon terrarium.
I'll but the cat can watch him for hours ;-)
BTW, this is a very cool site, I've bookmarked it... looking forward to
getting stumped!
regards
From: "Alan & Becky"
To: <mgr@zocalo.net>
Subject: Weird Animal!
Date: Tuesday, January 09, 2001 12:53 PM
It's an Elephant!!!!!!!!
Becky & Chris
From: "Beaker"
Subject: Weird Animal!
Date: Tuesday, January 09, 2001 8:58 PM
Turtle or Tortoise?
From: "Jason J"
Subject: Weird Animal!
Date: Wednesday, January 10, 2001 3:27 PM
It is a species of turtle from the looks of it. Beaked mouth and you can see
part of the plastron under the water.
From: "Tia K"
Subject: Weird Animal!
Date: Wednesday, January 10, 2001 9:17 PM
an octopus
From: "Rob F"
Subject: Weird Animal!
Date: Thursday, January 11, 2001 9:51 AM
It's a bird or reptile just after hatching
From: "dan p"
Subject: Weird Animal!
Date: Thursday, January 11, 2001 10:30 AM
Octopus
From: Carol, IA
Subject: Weird Animal!
Date: Thursday, January 11, 2001 7:22 PM
Mike, Your weird animal looks like a turtle head!
| The image is of a very large, (at least 100 lb / 50 kg) snapping turtle. He / she lives in the Komoda Dragon exhibit area in the Denver Zoo. This image was taken in late November, 2000. The camera was a Nikon CoolPix 990 at a distance of about three feet, through the glass of the animal's enclosure. |