Lynx wanders itself onto Olympic downhill course

CBSSports.com ^ | Feb. 10, 2010 | staff reporter

[RayChuang88]

You're right--what just crossed the ski run in Whistler is a NOT a Canadian lynx--it's one of 12 specicies of bobcats that live in North America. Like coyotes, they seem to have adapted VERY well to living close to human habitation--they're actually common sights at Yosemite National Park (one time I was at the park on New Year's Day and saw three of them prowling around different areas of the park).

[Grizzled Bear]

“I can haz gold?”

[LiveFree99]

The visit of their country cousin has caused a considerable stir in that kitty household.

[Diggity]

Knock it out John

[MortMan]

Is that you, Mr. Clower? ;-P

[Diggity]

LOL, it was fresh on my mine because a friend of mine emailed me the you tube clip of that monologue just last week.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmSvoTs0Syk

[MortMan]

My Dad (God rest his soul) was a Clower fan. I think I listened a few too many times when Dad cranked up the volume because he was hard of hearing.

I always wondered what life would be like in a place named Yazoo City.

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[Diggity]

Its old school stuff for sure.

[Daffynition]

AWwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

[aft_lizard]

Biologists don't just ignore taxinomic binomial names to just go with the common name. It is standard procedure in any paper to write the taxinomic name first or give the common name and then the taxinomic name. ie: Bobcat(Lynx rufus) or Lynx rufus ,commonly known as the Bobcat,.. The common name for both lynx species in the US is the Canadian Lynx and the Bobcat. Calling either one a lynx is not, nor will it ever be ,technically wrong no matter how many times you hear or think otherwise. They are both members of the same family and the same genus. What you arguing is akin to saying that a chevy impala is not a car but an impala. Both terms a correct.

[VaRepublican]

yea but...... isn’t their purr a bit more deep throated?

[VaRepublican]

Wrong!!!!!

[Slings and Arrows]

[Josh Painter]

Correct. Canadian Lynx have turft of fur at the tips of the point on their ears and a bearded chin that is much less pronounced on bobcats.

- JP

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Yummmmmmm......................

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Lynx tails appear much the same when viewed from the top (top) or bottom (bottom). The lynx tail tip is completely black all around, while bobcat tails show black bars with a white tip when viewed from above (top) and show a lot of stripes

Note the foot size and color differences between lynx (left) and bobcat (right).

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Another shovel-ready project