Thurman Merman(VRRF146) was born in September 2011 in the Rascals. Her mother was either the dominant female Sancerre or a subordinate female named Coccyx, and her father was either dominant male Grus or a rover from another group. Thurman Merman was born in a large mix litter of six pups. Her litter-mates included one brother named Randy(VRRM144) and four sisters named Lenore(VRRF145), Mary Doll(VRRF147), Candula(VRRF148) and Nessie(VRRF149). The mix-litter survived to four weeks old and started foraging with the group. Sadly in October while the group was out foraging, Candula was predated. The following month Nessie was predated as well. The rest of the pups survived to adulthood. In September Thurman Merman was evicted for the first time, but allowed to rejoin the group once Sancerre g