Today, according to my west coast brother, is Alascattalo Day. What, you may be asking, is an Alascattalo? Google gave two answers but this isn't about the asteroid. My first guess was an Alaskan animal, perhaps a mixed breed cow and buffalo? But I'm not sure if there are buffalo in Alaska. Actually I wasn't too far off. The elusive Alascattalo is a mixed breed of a walrus and a moose. Who knew? When I learned this it reminded me of other strange and exotic animals I have learned about in my travels around the US. Especially Hodags in Wisconsin and Jackalopes in Texas. It's good to be aware of some of the lesser know species in our country. Some are quite scary, especially the orange crested dedludedenyit now residing somewhere on the east coast.
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