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Not a CIVET CAT, not even a CAT: The RINGTAIL (Bassariscus astutus), also known as the Ringtail cat, Ring-tailed cat or Miner's cat. My non-traditional maximum card, created with a USPS stamp, a customized "postcard" made from a cut-out from a book, and a postmark from my own canceller (Mailer's Postmark Permit #67)
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| My non-traditional maximum card, created with a USPS stamp, a customized "postcard" made from a cut-out from a book, and a postmark from my own canceller (Mailer's Postmark Permit #67). |
"The Ringtail (Bassariscus astutus) is a mammal of the raccoon family (thus not actually a cat), native to arid regions of North America. It is also known as the Ringtail cat, Ring-tailed cat or Miner's cat, and is also sometimes mistakenly called a "civet cat" (after similar, though unrelated, cat-like omnivores of Asia and Africa). The Ringtail is sometimes called acacomistle, though this term seems to be more often used to refer to Bassariscus sumichrasti."
"The ankle joint is flexible and able to rotate over 180 degrees, a trait helping make it an agile climber.
Their considerable tail provides balance for negotiating narrow ledges and limbs, even allowing them to reverse directions by performing a cartwheel.
Ringtails also can ascend narrow passages by stemming (pressing all feet on one wall and their back against the other or pressing both right feet on one wall and both left feet on the other), and wider cracks or openings by ricocheting between the walls"
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Some feedback received about me and my blog here
[DORIN'S NOTE: There are over 100 million websites.]
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About 43% of visitors to the site come from France, where it has attained a traffic rank of 152,077.
About 80% of visits to the site consist of only one pageview (i.e., are bounces).
Dorincard.blogspot.com's visitors view an average of 1.5 unique pages per day.
Visitors to the site spend roughly two minutes on each pageview and a total of three minutes on the site during each visit."
- Maximum Delight
- Feb 21, 2011
Postcards and stamps, mainly featuring mammals and birds but Dorincard also has other creations
and interests he likes to share.
His enthusiasm for Maximum cards (a postcard and a similar themed stamps sent through the
postal system) shines through.
He shows how he gets the right card, stamp and postmark together.
Visiting his site you will also learn things about the natural world told with a dry sense of humour,
possibly with a play on words, and a unique style of headings.
Topical and informative both for the enthusiast and casual visitor.
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