thanks wikipedia

for reasons not really worth going into (read: for reasons that are too lame for me to admit here), i was trying to figure out what the name of UC's mascot is. i know it is a bearcat (i did not really know what that was) but i did not know its name. in case you were wondering, "A "Bearcat" is another name for a binturong, a sloth-like mammal from Southeast Asia."

as it turns out, the UC bearcat does not have a name. i was thinking it was bucky, but then i realized that bucky is the name of the wisconsin badgers' mascot. and then i was wondering what is the difference between a badger and a bearcat, and now you are getting too far into my brain and that is a scary place. run!

anyway, so i started looking up other mascots and it turns out wikipedia has an article dedicated to just that! i am now laughing my ass off over some of the information i have unearthed:

• Colonel Ebirt - the costumed mascot of the College of William & Mary Tribe. The name "Ebirt" is "Tribe" spelled backwards and is a green blob dressed in colonial garb.
• Klawz Da Bear — the costumed bear of the University of Northern Colorado.
• WuShock — an anthropomorphic shock of wheat; the mascot of Wichita State University.
• Bill the Goat — United States Naval Academy live goat and costumed mascot
• Peruna — A Shetland Pony who represents the Southern Methodist University Mustangs
• Purple Cow — the gold-spotted gender-confused mascot of Williams College
• Tim the Beaver — the mascot of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Seymour D'Campus — costumed mascot of Southern Miss Golden Eagles
• Cubby — the second mascot of Brown University. It is a young, hat wearing bear appealing to young children.
• Herky the Hornet - the costumed hornet mascot of Sacramento State
• Mario the Magnificent Dragon — the official mascot of the Drexel Dragons
• Gaylord- the Camel mascot of Campbell University

herky the hornet? gaylord the camel? a shetland pony? klawz da bear??? and don't even get me started on the stanford tree. how do these people hold their heads up in society? like i can talk, having graduated from a school known as "the violets"...