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Title: owner of a lonely heart
Joined: Jul 06 2007
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Few things excite the blogosphere, or human beings for that matter, as much as the discovery of a new species. Especially a strikingly beautiful mammalian one. As such, the news of the Sunda Leopard's discovery -- the "world's newest cat", according to the BBC -- wasted no time in spreading like wildfire (the proverbial kind, of course, that would in no way endanger the new cat's habitat). It's not hard to see why:
It's gorgeous -- if also a little eerily extraterrestrial in this photo:
The BBC reports on its discovery, and the unusual fact that the cat has two distinct forms:
The "newest" cat species described to science, the Sunda clouded leopard, actually exists in two distinct forms, scientists have confirmed. This big cat is so enigmatic that researchers only realised it was a new species - distinct from clouded leopards living elsewhere in Asia - in 2007. The first footage of the cat in the wild to made public was only released last year. |
http://current.com/news/92939582_meet-the-worlds-newest-cat-the-sunda-clouded-leopard.htm
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Deadmau_5pra
Title: Amatuer film/podcaster
Joined: Feb 10 2009
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It's got a beautiful coat, I like it when people find new species of animals.
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Doddsino
Joined: Oct 01 2009
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Looks like delicious taco meat to me.
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username
Title: owner of a lonely heart
Joined: Jul 06 2007
Location: phoenix, az usa
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haha i was waiting for someone to make that joke
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FNJ
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Joined: Jun 07 2006
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I'm sure we can't make tacos out of this one either.
EDIT - It's good to see we're all on the same page here. Let me try again:
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I bet it'll BECOME a beautiful coat.
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Mr. Satire
Joined: Jun 08 2010
Location: Termina Field
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Mmmmmmmmmmmm.... looks delicious.
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Black Zarak
Title: Big Coffin Hunter
Joined: Feb 01 2006
Location: Phyrexia
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Nutritious AND stylish!
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REVIEWS, LEGOS, NONSENSE Check out Zarak's Barracks!
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Andrew Man
Title: Is a Funklord
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The Opponent
Title: Forum Battle WINNER
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Location: The Danger Zone
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I thought from the title that this was a breakthrough of genetic engineering. If this species was just "discovered", then for all we know it might not be very old at all.
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Adrenaline
Title: Local Canadian!
Joined: Jun 18 2007
Location: Nova Scotia, Canadiana
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I thought it said the Santa Claus leopard, my mind wandered in that thought.
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GPFontaine
Joined: Dec 06 2007
Location: Connecticut
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It seems as though they simply thought that the cat was part of another species and through research have found that the original hypothesis was wrong.
As for the cat's coat, it doesn't really blend well with its surroundings, I wonder what the habitat it is used to look like.
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Syd Lexia
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Title: Pop Culture Junkie
Joined: Jul 30 2005
Location: Wakefield, MA
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Greg the White
Joined: Apr 09 2008
Location: Pennsylvania
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That cat looks fucking metal.
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Blackout
Title: Captain Oblivious
Joined: Sep 01 2007
Location: That Rainy State
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The pattern is pretty neat.
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