Since I’m still in NYC doing book stuff — and we’ve got reviews coming up in two more major NY papers in the next few weeks (fingers crossed they like Prisoner of Trebekistan as much as the Wall Street Journal) — I’m reposting a favorite pudu-like creature, the Mouse Deer.

I took the below picture just minutes before a cloudburst near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.  Look how big he is compared to those mushroomy plant thingies he’s standing near.  He’s teeny.  And actually, I should mention that this is a Lesser Mouse Deer.  But don’t say anything.  He probably has enough self-esteem troubles as it is.

Incidentally, the mouse deer is neither a deer nor a mouse.

If that seems confusing, consider the woodpecker.

(And if that amuses you, it’s one of about 800 jokes squeezed into Trebekistan, which also tells the story of how winning (and losing) on Jeopardy! ultimately led me to get lost in Malaysia and take this here pic, among other things.  For more, just poke around Trebekistan.com.)