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Black bobcat snared in N.B.(Canada), only 12th ever recorded in North America
CBC News website ^ | Dec 28, 2016 | By Shane Fowler

Posted on 12/28/2016 5:11:15 AM PST by jerod

A (Cocagne) New Brunswick trapper received an unexpected gift on Christmas Day—a rare melanistic bobcat.

Studies show there has only been one other black bobcat caught in Canada.

"I thought it was a house cat," said Oswald McFadden, who has run the same trapline for the last decade.

"When I saw the tail I knew it wasn't a house cat. Then I looked at the ears, I knew it was definitely a bobcat."

Melanism is a genetic trait that displays a black-coloured pigment and can often be found in species like squirrels and jaguars. Much like jaguars, this bobcat's spots and markings can still be seen in bright lights...

(Excerpt) Read more at cbc.ca ...


TOPICS: Hobbies; Outdoors; Pets/Animals; Weird Stuff
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To: angcat

Can’t you read? It walked into his snare. He wasn’t even there.


21 posted on 12/28/2016 7:13:12 AM PST by squarebarb ( Fairy tales are basically true.)
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To: angcat

They don’t have computerised traps that they can program to distinguish a black bobcat from a normal one.


22 posted on 12/28/2016 7:15:58 AM PST by Hiro Protaginast
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To: jerod

A cougar has a LONG tail & a bobcat has hardly any tail at all.

Bobcats have pointed ears which have alot of hair.

Neighbor shot one years ago when it was trying to get into his cage of various birds.


23 posted on 12/28/2016 7:26:45 AM PST by ridesthemiles
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To: Romans Nine

You are absolutely right.


24 posted on 12/28/2016 7:31:03 AM PST by Fresh Wind (Hillary: Go to jail. Go directly to jail. Do not pass GO. Do not collect 2 billion dollars.)
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To: jerod

Such a beautiful creature. I wish I had its pelt on the wall of my den.


25 posted on 12/28/2016 7:35:11 AM PST by fso301
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Was it recently fighting in malls?


26 posted on 12/28/2016 7:37:59 AM PST by dsrtsage (One half of all people have below average IQ. In the US the number is 54%)
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To: angcat

Good thing he lives in Canada. If he’d lived in Texas and took it with an arrow he’d be fined and shunned, especially if he’d had a job.


27 posted on 12/28/2016 7:41:23 AM PST by vetvetdoug
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To: jerod

Turn him lose. After all, Black Lives Matter!


28 posted on 12/28/2016 8:27:04 AM PST by MIchaelTArchangel
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To: jerod

It was headed to a mall near you!


29 posted on 12/28/2016 9:10:21 AM PST by 2nd Amendment (Proud member of the 48% . . giver not a taker)
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To: jerod

Poor kitty. :-(


30 posted on 12/28/2016 9:16:52 AM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Je Suis Pepe)
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To: jerod

I’m sure it will be mounted by a taxidermist for posterity.


31 posted on 12/28/2016 9:22:40 AM PST by RicardoC
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To: jerod
Now it’s oil, fur and wood.

Don't forget hockey players!

32 posted on 12/28/2016 11:42:52 AM PST by JimRed (Is it 1776 yet? TERM LIMITS, now and forever! Build the Wall, NOW!)
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