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Thenmascot of the day is an Alascattalo—which is a cross between anwalrus and moose! (In case you aren’t sure, this is a VERY fictionalncharacter!)
Thenmascot of the day is an Alascattalo—which is a cross between anwalrus and moose! (In case you aren’t sure, this is a VERY fictionalncharacter!)n
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nStevennC. Levi, a commercial writer who works in Anchorage, Alaska,noriginated the Alascattalo and the Alascattalo Day Parade 29 yearsnago. He calls it “the longest running shortest parade in Americannhistory” because the parade participants travel just one block!nLevi also mandated that there would be an award for the smallest andnugliest float. (Floats must be both small and ugly in order to win!)
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nAnposting letting people know about the parade says, “As usual, nonone is invited, so anyone coming to the parade should comendisguised.” The posting grudgingly tells people where to meet fornthe parade, if they don’t have anything better to do…It alsonpromises that this year’s parade will be “as forgettable as all thenothers.”
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nGosh,nI wish my state had a day on which we could celebrate “Californianhumor,” like Alaska has for Alaska humor today. (I’m not reallynsure what California humor is…heck, I don’t know what Alaska humornis, either!)
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Makena mascot!
Makena mascot!n
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nHmm…trynto picture what an Alascattalo would look like…Moose antlers on anwalrus head, with a moose body and flippers where a tail should be?nAack – hard to imagine! Looking at pictures of moose and walruses,ntry to draw a crazy-combo of the two.
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nOrncreate a crazy creature of your own by combining any two animals.nMake a drawing of your crazy cross-breeding project and challengenothers to guess which two animals were combined.
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nTonlearn more about Alaska, check out this and that, that other, andneven this other earlier post. n
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