Tuesday, December 06, 2005

New To Us Mammal found in Borneo


Swiss-based environmental group WWF said on Monday its researchers photographed the strange animal, which looks like a cross between a cat and a fox, in the dense, central mountainous rainforests of Borneo.
"This could be the first time in more than a century that a new carnivore has been discovered on the island," said the WWF in a statement.
The mammal, slightly larger than a cat with red fur and a long tail, was photographed twice by a camera trap at night.
Locals and wildlife experts who viewed photographs of the animal, which has very small ears and large hind legs, said they had never seen such a creature before and were convinced that it was a new species, WWF said.

cross between a cat and a fox = fat or cox?

1 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Cox - that's funny.

New creature - that's not funny. It's about time. I'm not a scientist, so I'm willing to make an intuitive leap from nuclear testing in the Pacific to new creatures. Luckily, I think I'll be about dead before the spawn of Chernobyl start showing up.

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