MADE TO SWIM: The flat-headed cat is designed for hunting in the water, and its diet consists mostly of crabs and fish.
A flat-headed cat was snapped by a camera trap in Tangkulap Forest Reserve, Malaysia, in March 2009.
Posted on 03/23/2010 12:15:57 PM PDT by JoeProBono
If you believe the myth that all cats hate getting wet, then you've yet to meet the flat-headed cat. With webbed feet and a streamlined head perfectly adapted for speed in the water, these strange felines not only like the water, they practically live in it. They are also recognized as the world's least known feline.
And unfortunately, they may remain mysterious. According to National Geographic, a new study published in the journal PLoS ONE has indicated that the flat-headed cat's habitat is rapidly being transformed into vast biofuel plantations.
Native to the swampy peat forests of Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia, the cats are nocturnal, elusive, tiny (they typically weigh between 3-5 pounds) and difficult to observe. There are also only two flat-headed cats in captivity anywhere in the world — both in zoos in Malaysia — so little is known about them.
To get an idea of how their population was faring, researchers pieced together scattered records of flat-headed cat sightings since 1984. They also developed a computer model to predict how the cat's historical population and distribution might be effected by modern changes to their habitat.
What they found was shocking. Almost 70 percent of the area that historically provided good habitats for the flat-headed cat has already been converted into plantations, mostly for the purpose of growing biofuel.
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MADE TO SWIM: The flat-headed cat is designed for hunting in the water, and its diet consists mostly of crabs and fish.
A flat-headed cat was snapped by a camera trap in Tangkulap Forest Reserve, Malaysia, in March 2009.
Cute kitty, there.
The Greenies will get right on this.
In Darwinism, they call “endangered” “natural selection.”
Ever notice how libs love Darwin but hate seeing it in action?
Until today, I had no inkling that there is anything like a flat headed cat, other than those smashed on the highway.
Now I’ll try to forget it.
Using land to grow “biofuel”.....one of the stupidest ideas, ever.
Oh, it’s adorable. I just love cats!!
I CAN HAS MOAR ME?
He goes out into the field for hours and hunts for slower mice...
He is soooooooooooo wet when he comes back in.
Fun kitty.
...not a flat head..looks like a V8.
“...Almost 70 percent of the area that historically provided good habitats for the flat-headed cat has already been converted into plantations, mostly for the purpose of growing biofuel....”
Save the planet types at work, eh?
It looks like a common bird killer to me.
The less the better
kitty ping
LOL!!
If you stuff it an put it next to your recliner can you place your beer bottle on top and not have it fall off?
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