hoopoe is a name used for any three species; the african hoopoe, eurasian hoopoe, and madagascan hoopoe. these three species are found in europe, asia, and africa, but they are most associated with africa. hoopoes forage for insects by jabbing their curved bills into the ground; they also occasionally feed on small reptiles and vegetation. hoopoes need little to survive - they require a habitat with insects, a water source, and nesting cavities, and they can survive even in habitats with sparse resources. in their ‘free time’, hoopoes are found to enjoy sunbathing and dust baths.
As you know, I like to list various names of stuffed animal patients periodically. Some new additions included:
Garlic Bread
Perrywinkle
Arrow (a bear)
Emile
Hippodogimus
Beep (a cat)
1 2 3 (a bear)
Bendis
Henrietta (cat)
Junket (dog)
Mummuck (lion)
Rusty Baby
Tickles Tiger
Burd (dragon – you’ll see his story soon)
Kit Kat
Sassy
Floppy Neck
Snowplow (a husky)
Ta-Ta bear
Trick or Treat
Schafi
Blue Cheese
Flag and Fig Newton (you’ll see their story soon)
Pluto
Elmer
Snuffalufagus (a pink Elephant)
Clifford (not a big red dog)
Samuel Monkey
Thunder
Pony (a unicorn)
Moo Moo
Peach (a horse)
Evelyn (a bunny)
Babee Theodore
Ting Ting
Plinky (a monkey)
Joey (a bear)
Felix (a bear)
and Lyla (a unicorn)
Some of these were just asking about the hospital, some have come and gone home already, and some are still midsurgery… but the one name that fit the patient best was Minty… his story is next.
