(Which one does not Belong?) -- (Dog, Cat, Ape, Goat, Wolf, Badger, Monkey, Squirrel )

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(Which one does not Belong?)

-- (Dog, Cat, Ape, Goat, Wolf, Badger, Monkey, Squirrel )

-------------- (i'm not sure if this is a great (puzzle) problem )

[leflynn]

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You can …
Dog someone’s footsteps,
Ape their mannerisms,
Wolf down your food,
Badger a witness,
Monkey around with your friends,
Squirrel away your Halloween candy.

That leaves Cat and Goat.
You can …
(Tom)Cat around,
and you can also
Kid around.

So I choose Goat as a possible answer.
Now to find reason for the others to be it.

L. Flynn

[henh...@gmail.com]

verb : [to Cat] == To go wandering at night.

1998, Mary Spencer, Lady's Wager, page 324:
"He doesn't realize that I know," Lord Callan said, "but it's been pretty obvious that most of his catting about London's darker alleys has been a search for his origins.

2010, Claude Brown, Manchild in the Promised Land, page 18:
This was going to be my first try at catting out. I went looking for somebody to cat with me.

2012, Valerie Hansen, Wages of Sin:
My own dear wife could have tended to his needs if she hadn't been out catting.


------------------- it's a pretty uncommon verb, so maybe authors use the form [catting]


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verb : [to Goat] While not a standard verb, "to goat" can mean to provoke or taunt someone, often in a playful or competitive way.

It's often used in sports or gaming contexts, where players try to get under each other's skin.

Imagine a basketball player intentionally bumping into an opponent to try to throw them off their game ---- that could be described as "goating" the other player.

------------------ it can also mean [to scapegoat] someone


Maybe when ppl use the verb : [to Goat] , they mix it up with the following verb.

goad verb [T] (provoke) == to make a person or an animal react or do something by continuously annoying or upsetting them: goad someone into something
------------- She seemed determined to goad him into a fight.
He refused to be goaded by their insults.

be goaded on --- The runner was goaded on by his desire to keep up with the others.

[Carl G]

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The goat does not belong because it has a horizontal pupil.

BTW: People can now "goat" something when they call it the "Greatest Of All Time".

- Carl G.

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> The goat does not belong because it has a horizontal pupil. ------------- is this true?

it seems ... only one of the animals have hooves.

[leflynn]

It seems ... only one of the animals (Ape) is tailless (Manx cats excepted).

[leflynn]

It's also the only one that is not a mascot for a US College sports team.

[henh...@gmail.com]

[Ape] is also the only one whose name starts with a Vowel.