A different type of 20 questions

[Orcs]

Is it a draft animal.

[Techno 3]

Is it a draft animal.

No (10)

[fsn]

Summarising then, we have some sensible, constructive answers and some wild stabs in the dark.

We have a quadruped, herbivore, mammal, weighing 5kg or more, that is not a farm animal, nor is it from the Americas - which lets out llamas and alpaca and badgers. I don't think bats are that heavy, so I'll discount those too. 

We can also safely rule out camels and zebras and horses.
I think dog is probably not sufficiently interesting to be the answer. If it is, then Friend Techno needs to be broken back to the ranks.

I'm struggling to think of a "domestic" animal that fits - except perhaps the Flemish giant rabbit



This suggests to me that we may be delving in the realms of exotica - zoo animals.

My question then is "would we be likely to find this animal in a zoo?"

[Techno 3]

Yes, Nobby....definitely getting warm, now (11)

[fsn]

OK, now we're getting somewhere.

Assuming the elephant is considered a draft animal (see MUB19), then that suggests that we're looking at deer, rhinos, giraffes or something even more exotic.

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

So red deer ?

[Techno 3]

So red deer ?

No, Ian. (11)

[Last Hussar]

No, Ian. (11)

It better not be me!

[Gwydion]

Is it a mountain goat?

[Techno 3]

It better not be me!

No,it isn't...but I won't charge you for that one.

Is it a mountain goat?

Nope. (12)

[fsn]

Would it normally be found in the wild in Africa?

[Techno 3]

Would it normally be found in the wild in Africa?

Yes (13)

[Last Hussar]

Wild? Absolutely FURIOUS!

[Ithoriel]

OK, somewhat oddball question perhaps but I once spoke to a farrier working on the hooves of my Uncle George's prize-winning bull and asked what the oddest thing he'd ever worked on was so ....

.... is it an elephant?

[Techno 3]

No...not a hefferlump, Mike. (14)