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Save the snollygoster! Some things are just too precious to be lost. And, heck, it's just a great word. Say it out-loud a few times and see if you don't agree.

Comments

[Adam]

A snolligoster was also a legendary alligator-like creature with no legs, but a large spike in the center of its back.

[Adam]

No relation, of course, to the whirling whumpus or the wumbago.

[Adrienne]

Whumpus? Didn't Ted Nugent have a song about the whumpus?

[The Nuge]

I once saw David Hasselhoff gurgelsingen.

[Adam]

He may have indeed, but I'd never know. I'd rather poke myself in the eye than listen to Ted Nugent.

[gord]

All you Richard Gere-ites whining about the Snollygoster make me sick. Meanwhile, the Slithytovus nordicus has gone extinct and the long-maligned Momus rathicae are in grabe danger. Quit following the trend and fight for the whole biosphere, will you?

[JaNell]

Someone should have warned me before I read the comments...

[Adam]

Gord, you're wrong. There are significant captive populations of both of those - the Metropolis and Gotham zoos have breeding populations, and are actively working to reintroduce them to the wild. Ruritania and the Duchy of Grand Fenwick have both committed themselves to rebuilding their Wabes, which will give both Slithytovus nordicus and Momus rathicae extensive naturla habitats.

Now isolating a breeding population of boojumus terribus has been difficult, as they have managed to evolve into almost perfect mimics of the snarkae carolignus. That, combined with the unexplained disappearances of the last 12 expeditions sent to catalogue snark populations, has led to the National Zoographic Society to place a moratorium on snark hunting.

Sadly, it's far too late for bandersnatchus frumiae.

[Adrienne]

Heh, heh. Adam said "snatch."

And, JaNell, don't blame me. I just work here.