the yowie's coat

Unread post by **back2nature** » Sun Jan 30, 2005 6:39 pm

Gday

Just recently signed up to the forum and just wondering about how the yowies coat has varies in colour.

In relating to australian fauna, wombats and echidnas often spend a bit of time in the dirt and their coats can vary colour as well and a factor can sometimes be the colour of the soil in their surroundings, a good example for this is the wombat.

Have you guys where you've observed different yowies in different areas and had a sighting taken the soil into account when it comes to the coat colour? I'm just curious.

Thanks

Sun Jan 30, 2005 7:44 pm

Thanks for your post.

The most common colours are Brown, Redish-brown, black and grey - all in order.

DMH

Unread post by **Guest** » Sun Jan 30, 2005 8:15 pm

this is a really great post..I had never thought of this before...well done....

Unread post by **Alex** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 5:09 am

Seasonal variation perhaps? Just idly thinking about it.

Maybe they have their own fashion.. thing.

*sign seen out front of a cave*

"Grunt groan whistle roar gibberish roar roar"
(translation: this season, brown is in! apply within")

Unread post by **Tommi** » Tue Feb 01, 2005 6:22 pm

I personally believe that the hair colour is determined by the age, area, and conditions.

For an age example: Cunagra has had reports of a grey haired Yowie, he is said to be old looking and even has cataracs in his eyes. This Yowie is from an area which I would assume has the normal black/brown haired fellas.

The normal colour for a Yeti is white, the reason most likely is that it lives in the cold snow like conditions and needs to camoflage into its surroundings.

Now ask yourself, would a Yowies hair grow more in winter compared to summer?

Would a Yowie from an arid region have less hair then from one in a Cold region?

Something to think about.

Unread post by **dawn** » Wed Feb 02, 2005 6:52 am

Do we know that 'normal' hair cover for a Yeti IS white? Haven't there been reports of dark haired yeti?

Unread post by **Tish** » Wed Feb 02, 2005 3:43 pm

The yowie we had down here was grey in colour, a lot of the tree trunks here are also grey.
Could it be to blend in with the environment?

Unread post by **back2nature** » Tue Feb 08, 2005 12:32 pm

Hey tish, your query got me thinking on another idea, polar bears have a white coat for the snow, I recall a while back well maybe a few months or so ago about a polar bear with dermatitis and the medication changed the colour of its coat, re article: http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_80 ... s.quirkies

But yeah, i rekon i'm thinking too much into the 'yowies coat' now and have a perspective now that some dogs have a black coat and some may have a white coat (and they do vary in seasons :wink: ). Ta

Unread post by **Tish** » Tue Feb 08, 2005 12:54 pm

Cute bear.

I read that polar bears actually have clear fur and their skin is black, intersting bit of trivia.

Unread post by **Alex** » Tue Feb 08, 2005 2:30 pm

Yeah, it's true. If there's blue-green algae in the water, the fur goes this weird green colour. Then you have a green bear. yay!