Is there actually a type of gopher called "golden" (animal, not sports team)?
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no, though gophers get that as a nickname due to the golden like sheen of thie fur
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Gonzaga is the name if the university, not the mascott. The mascott is a Zag, and everybody knows what a Zag is.
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This link gives details of academic awards known as the goldenfellow, the silverfellow, etc.  http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:klq_gvoQfJcJ:www.gtcbio.com/news3.asp+golden+fellow&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=5\n\nOtherwise, I wonder if it is an alternative to the expression "golden boy", which means the ideal person, the one who is generally admired, who can do no wrong in anyone's eyes.
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No. Where would I find such an animal?
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Yes, it is called a wolphin. Part common bottlenosed dolphin, part false killer whale. I believe. Here's a link to be sure.
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The meaning of the Hebrew word "gopher" is unknown; most translations of Genesis simply don't attempt to translate it.  The type of wood that it's generally thought to mean is cypress wood.  There's also some thought that "gopher" doesn't refer to the type of wood at all, but was in fact mis-transcribed at some point from the Hebrew "kopher" ( the letters that sound like "g" and "k" in Hebrew are VERY similarly-shaped), which means "pitch," as in tar.  That would have meant that Noah was instructed to build the ark out of wood treated with pitch, which makes sense for a vessel that was intended to be waterproof.
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Lemmings, but it's a myth. They don't really do that.
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Placentarian mammals do (not the platypus or equidna)
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A golden odyssey is what you would call someone going on a trek to attain an unattainable goal similar to that of Jason and the Argonauts of Greek mythology.  \n\nJason was in search of the golden Fleece which was considered impossible to find.  He subsequently found it.  But the journey was filled with peril.\n\nhere is a link to a site that may give a little more light into Jason and the Argonauts\n\nwww.pantheon.org/articles/g/golden_fleece.html
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Could it be a gopher?\nPocket gophers are subterranean rodents; really cute, but destructive nevertheless.\nHere's a link to some guidelines for controlling these pests:\nhttp://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/pn7433.html\n\nI should know them, because I'm doing my Ph.D. on similar subterranean rodents :-)
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Well, you're not going to win this argument.  Check out this link (http://www.montereybay.com/creagrus/chipmunks.html) about North American chipmunks, which says:  Chipmunks are small striped squirrels (genus Tamias) in North America. The first thing for a field observer to recognize is that a chipmunk is different from the only other squirrel that is vaguely similar, the Golden-mantled Ground-Squirrel. That colorful squirrel is widespread and easily visible in wooded open country in the mountains throughout western North America.  Note that although the Golden-mantled Ground-Squirrel has black-and-white body stripes it lacks any stripes on the face. It is not a chipmunk. All chipmunks have facial stripes. \n\nSo yours is probably some type of ground squirrel.  Check out this site (http://www.enature.com/fieldguides/view_default.asp?searchText=squirrel&curPageNum=4) for some possibilities (with photos), so maybe you can ID it.  Hope that helps!
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No.  There was a Quaaga-like horsie that was reconstructed by selectively breeding Plains Zebra to create an animal that looked just like the Quagga, and given birth to by a surrogate Zebra mommie, but other than that it has remained extinct.\n\nThe last one died in the Amsterdam zoo in 1883.
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There's about 90 catalogued species of goldenrod (solidado Spp) in north america. PA hosts most of them, so get on researching.  They're all very much the same so you could do your project based on a species wide study of Solidago sp.
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No. The only reference to this "animal" is in the comedy sketch (I think that's what this is) on the site below.\n\nThe reference is pretty far down. Search for web-footed and you should find it.
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I suppose all eutherian mammals should be considered higher, (excluding metatherian and protherian). Any other division would be very skewed ,a hypothetical elephant looking for higher mammals would view evoloutionary history in terms of proboscitude ;pthus considering all mammals with larger noses then average as 'higher'
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Pretty much anything that is smaller or slower than a lion. This does exclude rhinos, hippos, end elephants.
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I think they are referred to as "feral" hogs.  Check Michigan DNR for seasons, weapons, and permits.