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Unbelievably Cute Mammal With Teddy Bear Face Rediscovered
National Geographic ^
| March 19, 2015
| Carrie Arnold
Posted on 03/20/2015 8:14:20 AM PDT by C19fan
You could call it one of the world's longest games of hide and seek.
For more than 20 years, the Ili pika (Ochotona iliensis), a type of tiny, mountain-dwelling mammal with a teddy bear face, had eluded scientists in the Tianshan Mountains (map) of northwestern China.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.nationalgeographic.com ...
TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: china; mammals; pika; wildlife
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To: Darksheare
Also, they probably carry bubonic plague.
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posted on
03/20/2015 8:45:48 AM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(Google "tiny kitten pictures," and put down the gun.)
To: C19fan
Looks like the critter from “Caddy Shack”
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posted on
03/20/2015 8:46:55 AM PDT
by
fedupjohn
(America...Designed by Geniuses...Now inhabited by Idiots..Palin 2016...)
To: Tax-chick
Plague, virii, and prions.
Mad rodent disease.
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posted on
03/20/2015 8:48:42 AM PDT
by
Darksheare
(Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
To: longfellow
Tastes like chicken?......................
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posted on
03/20/2015 8:49:26 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Man builds a ship in a bottle. God builds a universe in the palm of His hand.............)
To: Red Badger
You ought to see its teeth.
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posted on
03/20/2015 8:50:53 AM PDT
by
fivecatsandadog
("Islam is Islam. There are no modifiers. It's a political movement masquerading as a religion.")
To: Red Badger
Could this be the chupacabre?
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posted on
03/20/2015 8:51:06 AM PDT
by
longfellow
(Bill Maher, the 21st hijacker.)
To: chris37
That thing will rip off all your arms and legs and then pick its teeth with your face.
Vorpal Teddy bear!
It's got a vicious streak a mile wide! It's a killer!
He's got huge, sharp... er... He can leap about. Look at the bones!
To: C19fan
Get your live traps out!
To: Fightin Whitey
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posted on
03/20/2015 8:55:31 AM PDT
by
nascarnation
(Impeach, convict, deport)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
03/20/2015 8:57:52 AM PDT
by
Lurker
(Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
To: C19fan
It’s the mouse from “Spirited Away”.
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posted on
03/20/2015 8:59:32 AM PDT
by
dead
(I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
To: max americana
In Korea, they’re called “barbeque”. Oh wait, that’s dog."Man's best friend, and Um-umm good!"
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posted on
03/20/2015 9:03:37 AM PDT
by
Quality_Not_Quantity
(Liars use facts when the truth doesn't suit their purposes.)
To: Red Badger
And the eyelashes... would make any woman envious.
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posted on
03/20/2015 9:07:31 AM PDT
by
aquila48
To: C19fan
No cuter than the pikas we have in my neck of the woods...
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posted on
03/20/2015 9:10:47 AM PDT
by
stormer
To: Sirius Lee
There’s just something about red hair ...
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posted on
03/20/2015 9:13:32 AM PDT
by
MHGinTN
(Is it really all relative, Mister Einstein?)
To: C19fan
"....it's a chinese rabbit that taste like three day old General Tos chicken with left over rice"
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posted on
03/20/2015 9:17:29 AM PDT
by
Doogle
(( USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
To: chris37
That thing will rip off all your arms and legs and then pick its teeth with your face.
That’s just him warming up.
Then he really gets aggressive.
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posted on
03/20/2015 9:17:39 AM PDT
by
laplata
( Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
To: needmorePaine; laplata
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posted on
03/20/2015 9:21:37 AM PDT
by
chris37
(Heartless)
To: chris37
That’s right. People who attempt to pet him do so at their own risk.
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posted on
03/20/2015 9:24:44 AM PDT
by
laplata
( Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
To: longfellow
No, this is the even more rare CHALUPA-CABRE..............
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posted on
03/20/2015 9:28:47 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Man builds a ship in a bottle. God builds a universe in the palm of His hand.............)
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