Monday, March 05, 2007

So the beauty of Wikipedia is that it is easily accessible and lots of people contribute to it so it should be reputable most of the time. While looking up one of the animals from the Zoo, I ran across its Wikipedia page. It was certainly news to me that the Binturong is sometimes known as a Reticulated Wangdangdoodle. Now I searched the internet high and low to verify such an incredible common name. I was unable to confirm this name. However since I have shown this to my husband, he now refers to this bizarre animal as a Reticulated Wangdangdoodle. Does that mean that incorrect Wikipedia entry can create truth? As long as someone refers to this creature as a Reticulated Wangdangdoodle, than isn't it true that that is another name for it?

One a side note, Binturongs are very peculiar. They give off an odor that smells like popcorn and the females have a "pseudo penis". Sometimes there is nothing as unsual as the real world.

Since the picture really is terrible, I am putting a better one in my photo album for you to look at. Unfortunately, Wikipedia has since changed the entry for the Binturong.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

I didn't know the MN Zoo had a Reticulated Wangdangdoodle! Those things are amazing.