Markasaurus

It has been a long time since I ran a “Craigslist Pet of the Day” feature. In fact, the last time I did it was when I wrote about the Black and White Tegu, and that has turned out to be one of the biggest draws to Markasaurus… people everywhere want to learn about the Tegu.

I have a newfound interest in horses, since I went horseback riding last weekend. I don’t have the pictures of it on my computer yet, so you’ll have to wait. To make a long story short, I rode a horse (very slowly) for the first time ever last weekend. Natasha and I went to a ranch in Marin County and took an hour ride on Saturday morning through the woods at Pt. Reyes National Seashore. My fear of horses has been throughly eradicated.

Now that I no longer fear horses, I was fascinated by this horse ad on Craigslist. Would you believe that there are a number of different miniature horses up for adoption in the San Francisco Bay Area? This was my favorite:

miniature horse - $1500 (gilroy)

Reply to: sale-576438545@craigslist.org

Date: 2008-02-16, 3:51PM PST

this is a cute live horse for your pleasure or kids. four year old pinto gelding. others available
408-309-0209

Um, maybe I’m reading too much into this, but isn’t the first line a bit weird? To be honest, it completely creeps me out.  I especially like how the seller included the word “live”. I have a feeling “this is a cute dead horse for your pleasure or kids” wouldn’t have been a very convincing sell.