So I've thought about this often, but I don't think I've ever written a post about it, so here it goes: I live in a Looney Tunes cartoon.OK, not really.
But I have noticed a substantial number of animals (wild or not) in my general area that match up with a large percentage of Looney Tunes characters. Somehow growing up, I don't think I would have ever really thought of Texas as a locale for most of them, but I guess if Bugs Bunny missed his turn at Albuquerque, then maybe here he is.
So here's a fun rundown of animals that I have seen (live or squashed) within, say, a 3-mile radius of my house, as designated by their Looney Tune character names (and the animal I've actually seen to call it a "win").
- Bugs Bunny (rabbit)
- Beaky Buzzard (could be a buzzard, but I'm going with vulture on this one)
- Cecil Turtle (turtle)
- Daffy Duck (duck)
- Elmer Fudd (yeah, I'm sure there are a couple of them around)
- Foghorn Leghorn (chicken/rooster)
- Speedy Gonzales (desert type kangaroo mouse)
- Granny (I've seen her too, I am certain)
- Henery Hawk (Red Tailed Hawk)
- Hector the Bulldog (Bulldog)
- Pepé Le Pew (skunk)
- Slowpoke Rodriguez (other type of mouse)
- Spike the Bulldog (double counting bulldog because someone in the neighborhood walks a pair of them frequently)
- Chester the Terrier (Spike's friend, a terrier, on the cartoons. A small terrier in real life)
- The Stork (OK, no way have I seen a stork around. But I have seen several egrets and cranes)
- Sylvester (black cat)
- Toro the Bull (Bull with intact horns - there's a longhorn just down the street)
- Wile E. Coyote (coyote)
- Road Runner (road runner)
- Yosemite Sam (Yes, that guy lives here)
I'm sure there are more - I just browsed the list of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies characters from Wikipedia to make my checklist above - would be interested to see if they have canaries at the pet shop around the corner so I could mark Tweety off the list.
How many cartoon characters hang out around your house?
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