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Date Posted: 15:10:55 02/07/06 Tue
Author: S. Patterson
Author Host/IP: Toronto-HSE-ppp3865377.sympatico.ca / 67.70.39.98
Subject: Re: Boomers look a lot like flying squirrels
In reply to: Moca 's message, "Re: Boomers look a lot like flying squirrels" on 08:05:06 02/07/06 Tue

Yes, "boomers" is slang for a kangaroo. There are no kangaroos in N.C. being sold in the pet trade, as far as I know.Also slang for the offspring of wartime brides, a la "baby boomers" or "boomers", and I doubt that these are the animals for sale too.

So this leaves us with, as I stated previously, red squirrels. "Boomers" is a nickname for red squirrels, as I previously stated. I don't undertand why the problem with it. I have heard them called boomers before. No mystery there.

They look a hell of a lot more like a North American flying squirrel than a baby boomer or a kangaroo.

And the Mount Graham red squirrel is on the US Endangered Species list.

>>Must be the red squirrel she is referring to.
>Red squirrel??
>They don't look like a sfs....
> I also thought boomers were kangaroos.

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