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“Is it a mongoose?” Molly squinted.
“Kind of cat.” Alfred raised his camera.
“No cat nor mongoose. It’s a Fossa. Belongs to the Viverrids.” Know-it-All Natalie noted, head-to-toe in expensive expedition gear.
“Vye-ve-whats?” Molly blurted.
Alfred shot Molly a warning glance, but it was too late.
“Viverrids. Civets. Genets. Or, if you need the very basics: Mammals. Endemic to Madagascar. Carnivorous. Eat lemurs, mostly, though they won’t turn their nose at lizards or birds or tenrecs.”
Alfred sighed. There’d be no stopping the Nataliepedia now. The woman was the bane of their group. He eyed the animal. Vye-ve whatever. Looked like dorky cougar to him.
“Nice fur,” he tried.
“You better not even think of it,” Natalie admonished, delighted. “They’re protected by fady. That’s local for taboo, in case you didn’t know that, either.”
Bet you aren’t, Alfred grumbled internally. Are fossa too fussy to have YOU for lunch?
For What Pegman Saw: Madagascar
Na'ama Yehuda 
I like it; it has humour, as well as being informative. Nice one
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Thanks, Crispina! It is what I love so much about the Pegman challenge–it challenges me to learn (or sometimes learn more) about places all over the world. AND … I can play the know-it-all (after some research and digging around etc), while putting the blame on some character I invent … 😉
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Nice. I love your humour
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Haha, there’s one in every group, I’m afraid. The dialogue is great–both the spoken and internal. “Nataliepedia” is priceless!
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There IS one in every group, isn’t there?!!!
🙂 I thought you peeps might recognize the, um, classification type … 😉
So glad you enjoyed it!
😀
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Love the group dynamics — no stopping the Nataliepedia, how hilarious!
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😀 Glad you liked it, Joy! 🙂
I’m sure most of us know one or two Nataliepedias … 😉
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(cough cough) Like, my dad? (cough cough)
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Oy!! Couldn’t be much fun …
(though perhaps he’d be more of the Papapedia edition?)
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Sometimes it does get annoying, but most of the time he actually is a useful font of knowledge. I like “Papapedia” — I’ll have to remember that!
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🙂 The best thing is your ability to see it as more than one thing. Even Natalipedia could hypothetically come handy if a need arose for emergency trivia in the jungle … 😉
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She sounds like my smarty pants from a few weeks ago!
I, too, love how Pegman gets me to do research and learn stuff.
And putting a humourous side to it makes it all the better!
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Yeah, learning is a lotta more funner when you got some funny in it. 🙂
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It’s the funnerest for shizzle. 😀
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🙂 Fun fan club, we is.
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Dat we is!!
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Oh! I think I’ve traveled with Nataliepedia ~ more than once. Love this take on the prompt.
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She must be making the rounds, this Nataliepedia! I’ve heard from several people who have provided positive IDs … 😉
Thanks, Alicia!
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