New mammal discovered

mcnichol · Post by **mcnichol** » December 6th, 2005, 9:52 am

This shouldn't excite me as much as it does!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4501152.stm

BBC News wrote:WWF caught two images of the animal, which is bigger than a domestic cat, dark red, and has a long muscular tail.

Local people, the WWF says, had not seen the species before, and researchers say it looks to be new.

"You don't find new mammals that often, and to do so must be extraordinary," said Callum Rankine, head of the species programme at WWF-UK.

Wesley · Post by **Wesley** » December 6th, 2005, 10:38 am

I saw that on Drudge yesterday as I was flipping through the news and I saw the pic real quick and read the caption about "new animal discovered" and my first thought was "OH SWEET! They found a baby Brontosaurus!"

Only when I clicked through did I realise that was a tail, not a neck, and that I was looking at it backwards. I was so let down.

erikamay · Post by **erikamay** » December 6th, 2005, 4:35 pm

They found a baby Brontosaurus!

weird. i thought that too.

WWF caught two images of the animal, which is bigger than a domestic cat, dark red, and has a long muscular tail.

why is the WWF looking for animals? isnt wrasslin' people enough?

heheh!

urhf...hmmm....gurgle (walks out of room) pffft.

erika "threadkiller" mcnichol

kaci_beeler · Post by **kaci_beeler** » December 6th, 2005, 5:03 pm

erikamay wrote:why is the WWF looking for animals? isnt wrasslin' people enough?

ha
you beat me to it

sara farr · Post by **sara farr** » December 8th, 2005, 10:13 pm

THAT'S A CINNAMON COATED LEMUR!! Duh!

I just checked and was RIGHT (sort of).

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news ... photo.html

kaci_beeler · Post by **kaci_beeler** » December 9th, 2005, 4:06 am

Cinnamon coated?
*drools*

That new mammal won't be around for much longer.

Wesley · Post by **Wesley** » December 9th, 2005, 10:24 am

They are great dipped in coffee.

Mmmmmmm...

phlounderphil · Post by **phlounderphil** » December 9th, 2005, 11:49 am

And I shall name you...Snickerdoodle.

phlounderphil · Post by **phlounderphil** » December 9th, 2005, 11:51 am

Or maybe name you...Biscotti

sara farr · Post by **sara farr** » December 10th, 2005, 6:21 pm

BTW, remember that post I just posted to this thread, the one with the National Geographic photo of the lemur? Look at it again and tell me if the hand is not squeezing that little lemur and making his eyes bug out like a stress-relief toy. Poor little lemur!!