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This topic has 12sd replies, 9 voices, and was last updated 16 years, 6 months ago by LittlePuffyTail.

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- 10/02/2009 at 9:32 AM
  LittlePuffyTail
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  Just found out about this animal and had to share. A cute animal called a Pika that lives in the mountains of North America. It’s in the lagomorph family, a cousin of the rabbit and the smallest of the rabbit group. They communicate with each other with calls and songs and are described as flower-gathering herbivores (hmmm, sounds like a bunch of hippy rabbits to me, singing and gathering flowers )
  
  It is sometimes called a “Rock Rabbit” and doesn’t leap as it has short feet.
  
  I’ve never even heard of these animals, they live on the other end of the country. They really don’t look like rabbits, more like hamsters. Anyone out West ever see one?
  
  Unfortunetly, populations are declining, mostly due to global warming. Well, I can’t think of a cuter reason to go green!!
  
  Here’s a video on the Pika’s and Global Warming. It’s worth it, there’s something cute at the very end. Very “squeee” worthy.
  
  news.nationalgeographic.com/news/20…eo-wc.html
  
  This “Learning About Cute Things That Are Like Rabbits But Aren’t Rabbits” brought to you by LittlePuffyTail because she has nothing better to do.
- 10/02/2009 at 9:54 AM
  SophieBun
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  This “Learning About Cute Things That Are Like Rabbits But Aren’t Rabbits” brough to you by LittlePuffyTail because she has nothing better to do.
  
  hahahahahaha (sorry I still don’t know how to quote, the time I tried it came out wrong lol)
  
  I haven’t heard of them either! They looks so cute. Stupid global warming. I hope people keep changing and get greener
  
  I love learning about new animals! We should do it like a daily thing haha
- 10/02/2009 at 9:59 AM
  luvmybunny
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  Cute! I never heard of Pika either, thanks for sharing!! They are definitely a cute reason to go green!
- 10/02/2009 at 12:14 PM
  LizzieKnittyBun
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  I love Pikas!
  
  If you have a sec, go on youtube and look for “Pikas – David Attenborough” and you will see one the CUTEST videos ever!
  
  Cool thing about pikas – they’re the only other lagomorphs besides rabbits and hares!
- 10/02/2009 at 1:03 PM
  Lara
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  Oh, I love pikas! I found them during my phase of fixation on voles, another super cute member of the animal kingdom. Behold the cuteness:
  
  http://news.uns.purdue.edu/images/+2006/dewoody-vole.jpg
- 10/02/2009 at 1:06 PM
  kralspace
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  oh my goodness, that looks like the Norway roof rat in the attic fooled around with one of my buns and produced those!
- 10/02/2009 at 1:16 PM
  katie, max & penny
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  i have seen them i used to camp in the sierra nevada mountains all the time and sometimes you can find them up there.
  
  pika is actually the first part of pikachu. pikachu is a morph of two animals. i can’t remember the other but pika is one.
- 10/02/2009 at 1:17 PM
  LizzieKnittyBun
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  That’s so cool, katiehedger!
  
  Should I be embarrassed that I used to think Pikachu and Pichu were like *sooooooooo* cute?
- 10/02/2009 at 1:31 PM
  MarkBun
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  I saw the Pika highlighted in one of Jeff Corwin’s shows on Animal Planet. I fell off the couch laughing when he was going through the rocks, trying to find one then you see his eyes open wide, he picks up a rock and slams it down yelling, “Got ya!” Of course, he didn’t hit one but it was just so funny to see someone like him who loves animals suddenly do that.
- 10/02/2009 at 1:33 PM
  LizzieKnittyBun
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  omygosh, Jeff Corwin is *so* funny. I would laugh so hard whenever I watched his show. It was especially funny if some tiny little animal, like a lizard, happened to bite him and he would take on this REALLY goofy voice like “oooooooooowwwwwww let me gooooooooo”
- 10/02/2009 at 8:03 PM
  katie, max & penny
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  hahaha! i loved pikachu too
- 10/02/2009 at 9:27 PM
  MimzMum
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  Posted By LizzieKnittyBun on 10/02/2009 01:17 PM
  Should I be embarrassed that I used to think Pikachu and Pichu were like *sooooooooo* cute?
  
  Hey, whaddya mean, “WERE?” ^_^ Have you seen the new notched ear pichu from the new Japanese games Heart Gold and Soul Silver?
  
  I’ve known about the Pika for some time now, being always interested in studying animal family trees. But the resurgence of the topic is always welcome with me. Thanks LPT!
  
  Yup. my daughter and I want to start a Pika farm. Who’s in?
- 10/03/2009 at 4:18 PM
  LittlePuffyTail
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  I’m in!!! I’ll be the east coast chapter of the Pika farm, you can be west!! Eventually we will take over the whole continent…
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