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==General== | ==General== | ||
[[Image:Tretretretre2.JPG|thumb|The lovely tretretretre]] | |||
*The tretretretre is a ledgendary half man/half lemur on the island of Madagascar. It was also said to be a dog/human/monkey-faced lemur with monkey paws, and was the size of a 2 year old calf. | *The tretretretre is a ledgendary half man/half lemur on the island of Madagascar. It was also said to be a dog/human/monkey-faced lemur with monkey paws, and was the size of a 2 year old calf. | ||
*It is often believed that [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malagasy Malagasy] legends of the tretretretre refer to the Megaladapis (an extinct giant lemur), but the details of these tales, notably the "human-like" face of the animal, match the related [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palaeopropithecus_ingens Palaeopropithecus] (extinct) much better | *It is often believed that [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malagasy Malagasy] legends of the tretretretre refer to the Megaladapis (an extinct giant lemur), but the details of these tales, notably the "human-like" face of the animal, match the related [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palaeopropithecus_ingens Palaeopropithecus] (extinct) much better | ||
Revision as of 15:34, 15 May 2006
General
- The tretretretre is a ledgendary half man/half lemur on the island of Madagascar. It was also said to be a dog/human/monkey-faced lemur with monkey paws, and was the size of a 2 year old calf.
- It is often believed that Malagasy legends of the tretretretre refer to the Megaladapis (an extinct giant lemur), but the details of these tales, notably the "human-like" face of the animal, match the related Palaeopropithecus (extinct) much better
- Perplex City has tretretretres in their zoo, leading to the tretretretre developing a large following among Earth-based Cube hunters
- Kurt has also stated that his favorite animal is the tretretretre (link)
Encyclopaedic entry
- Sub-class: Placentalia
- Order: Primates
- Family: Lemuridae (Lemurs)
- Species: Megaladapis edwardsi
- Megaladapis is the genus of three extinct species of primates that once inhabited the island of Madagascar (link)
Wordplay
- The word "tretretretre" contains repetitive identically spelled syllables and is often cited in lists of these "repeaters" (link)
References
- Perplex City Map
- Perplex City Zoo (link)
- Oistin Meade's survey
- Perplex City Police incident report
- [18:54] MB: Vehicle crashed into wall of zoo, multiple tretretretres escaped
- [19:28] RLW: Tretretretre spotted in Taversen Square
- Kurt's blog, The Path of Least Time
- 25-APR-06, "Oistin and Von" (link)
