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A to Z Blogging Challenge, Day 1: A Is For Aardvark!

Noon and Wilder Posted on by

Let’s face it:  aardvarks are funny-looking.  A cross between an armadillo (Texas speed bumps) and an anteater (my alma mater’s mascot – Zot!) (U.C. Irvine, silly!), they aren’t the most attractive of beasts.

So of course, Rachel and I had to use them as the basis for our fantasy animal, a truffle.

What’s a truffle?

Glad you asked!  It’s a cross between an aardvark and a cocker spaniel.

And they’re featured in our novel, EMERALD FIRE!  Ha!  Betcha didn’t think I was going to manage to segue that into something, huh?

So tell us:  what’s the weirdest-looking animal you can think of?

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A to Z Blogging Challenge, Day 1: A Is For Aardvark! — 10 Comments

  1. The Ai-Ai? A tiny little primate with large eyes and a lengthy middle finger for fishing grubs out of tree trunks at night. They look a bit like gremlins.

  2. I see you chose \’aardvark\’ for A too! And I thought I was being original… Good luck in the challenge!
    Jess from wordoriginstories.wordpress.com

    • Of course we\’re being original! I\’m sure your Aardvark is named something different than mine. Mine\’s name is Jane. Jane the Aardvark. And one day, Jane went visiting and… 😉

    • I know, right? I\’ll have to post the little cross-stitch I made my coauthor. The manufacturer thought it was an elephant, but they were wrong. 🙂

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