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the yowie's coat

Posted: Sun Jan 30, 2005 6:39 pm
by back2nature
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

Posted: Sun Jan 30, 2005 7:44 pm
by Dean Harrison
Thanks for your post.

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

DMH

Posted: Sun Jan 30, 2005 8:15 pm
by Guest
this is a really great post..I had never thought of this before...well done....

Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2005 5:09 am
by Alex
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")

:D

Posted: Tue Feb 01, 2005 6:22 pm
by Tommi
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.

Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2005 6:52 am
by dawn
Do we know that 'normal' hair cover for a Yeti IS white? Haven't there been reports of dark haired yeti?

colour

Posted: Wed Feb 02, 2005 3:43 pm
by Tish
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?

Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2005 12:32 pm
by back2nature
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

bears

Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2005 12:54 pm
by Tish
Cute bear. :D

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

Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2005 2:30 pm
by Alex
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!