How it all got started

**Father Bill** · 16th March 13, 05:51 AM

Originally Posted by MNlad

Afraid not. Sadly, the Wolly Plaidodon only came in Loud MacLeod.

. . . which is why, with such poor camouflage, the poor beast lasted only a short time. Now had it been wearing a camouflage MUG style . . . .

**The Wizard of BC** · 16th March 13, 03:18 PM

We have to remember that the Wooly Plaidadon was only found in the Scottish Highlands during the last glacial age. The continents were moving about and many types of animals developed different methods of camouflage depending on the region they lived.

There was a close cousin of the Wooly Plaidadon who lived only in the high arctic. This Wooly Iceadon had developed, over many genereations, the perfect coloration for it's home world.

Further south, in the heavily wooded forests of central Europe and N. America, was the realm of the elusive Wooly Leafadon.

Far to the south, in the arid regions, was found the Wooly Chocochipadon.

And there is a myth of the rarest of the Wooly giants. The camoflauge of this animal was so good, that the only know pelts are used, even today, at the World's Military Academies to show the perfection of natural selection.

The Wooly Urbanadon

**MNlad** · 16th March 13, 08:04 PM

Great news!

Through DNA recovery, zoologists were able to clone a Hairless Plaidodon (distant cousin of the Common Plaidodon and Wooly Plaidodon) from frozen tissue samples taken from a nearly intact male found buried deep beneath a parking lot in Kirkwall. The find was uncovered by archaeologists looking for buried knights (see related post elsewhere on XMTS) and turned over to the zoology department of the University of Aberdeen, where the recovery effort far exceeded expectations.

University officials hope to clone enough animals to eventually reintroduce them into the wilds of Scotland, or at least turn a few sample animals over to Robert at RKilts for leather kilt research.

**BobsYourUncle** · 16th March 13, 08:40 PM

Advances of all kinds that result in free time have allowed the development of culture and the arts, even civilization itself. If you have to spend all of your time scratching out a living and running away from death dealing foes, you don't have time to form an anarcho-syndacalist commune, or paint the Mona Lisa. However, this Samsung TV commercial utilizing LED illuminated sheep shows that fee time in the wrong hands can be a force for destroying civilization...if not a sign of the impending apocalypse...OK, I'm just mad at myself for being so fascinated with the whole video....