Wiki-Fu Tournament

[Aggie]

Shorter than mine, I think.  I'll give it another 24 hours....

[Swatopluk]

Instead of Mexico, ants is also a possible waypoint. Otherwise I can't find anything shorter.
It would of course be easy to cheat. I find it especially frustrating, when a good link word has no link attached.

[Bluenose]

Best I manage is

Bagheera kiplingi
Ant
Mammal
Canidae
Racoon Dog
Tanuki

Unfortunately not shorter than Swato, so I guess he wins!

[Swatopluk]

No, beagle wins. Same length but earlier

[Aggie]

Beagle takes it then.  My path passed through Disney's afternoon cartoon show "Tale Spin" which links to Porco Rosso, then via Pom Poko.

Much longer, but that was the originally found path.

[beagle]

OK, the new challange is

Tanuki
...
Windows 7


(Just to goad S.Z. into playing so he can set something tree-huggy as the next target).

[Sibling Zono (anon1mat0)]

But the vole article doesn't have a link to Microsoft!

[Swatopluk]

OK, my first attempt

0.Tanuki
1.Okinawa
2.United States
3.Internet
4.Microsoft
5.Windows 7

[Swatopluk]

Hello, noone at home?

[Sibling Zono (anon1mat0)]

"...at the moment there is no one at home. Please leave a message after the beep.

Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep!

Seriously, quite busy now, perhaps if I manage to get my computer back at home (my son's xbox died and now he is playing with my computer!).

[beagle]

Hello, noone at home?

Mine is no better...

Tanuki
shapeshifting
video games
Prototype (video game)
Microsoft Windows
Windows 7

[Aggie]

I think I beat it....

0.Tanuki
1.Kanji
2.Japanese script reform
3.Meiryo
4.Windows 7

[beagle]

Reckon so. Your go.

[Aggie]

OK, next stop is Cordyceps

[Swatopluk]

This will clearly not be the shortest way but I challenge anyone to find a more obscure one

0. Windows 7
1. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
2. Charles Dickens
3. Inuit (link word was Esquimaux)
4. low-carbohydrate diet
5. Diabetes
6. Anti-diabetic drugs(s)
7. Cordyceps

At least from 0 to 3 one would not expect direct links