Flat-headed cat, the world's least known feline, is now endangered

mnn ^ | Mar 23 2010 | Bryan Nelson

[ETL]

“The flathead catfish (Pylodictis olivaris), also called the yellow cat, opelousas, and shovelhead cat, are large North American freshwater catfish. This is the only species of the genus Pylodictis. Ranging from the lower Great Lakes region to northern Mexico, they have been widely introduced and are an invasive species in some areas.

Their native range includes a broad area west of the Appalachian Mountains encompassing large rivers of the Mississippi, Missouri, and Ohio basins. The range extends as far north as North Dakota, as far west as Arizona, and south to the Gulf of Mexico including northeastern Mexico.”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flathead_catfish

[Hoffer Rand]

If you believe the myth that all cats hate getting wet...

Faulty premise, right there. Tigers love water.

[Kenny Bunk]

I lost a barn cat who like to sleep on top of a flat head Ford. Interesting sound effect at start up.

"Jes cold, I reckon...." smoothed right, out though.

[married21]

save the kitties! drill in the ANWR instead!
Global warming caused by friction of enviros’ internal conflicts!

[Clock King]

Cool looking cat. Esp with the Lemur like eyes.

[denydenydeny]

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.

The writer can't bring himself to take the next logical step, which is that, um, DRILLING FOR OIL would have been actually better for the environment.

[Waverunner]

... BEST KNOWN FLAT HEADED CAT

[Attention Surplus Disorder]

Obviously a victim of too many damn pancakes loaded on its poor little head.

[When do we get liberated?]

flathead v8

[Yaelle]

Looks very much like a miniature, flat-headed Asian leopard cat. These are the wild cats used in the breed Bengals. Here is a Bengal:

We had one. He was a great pet.

[rintense]

Looks like a cat and a red panda had a drunken tryst and this was the result. Beautiful creature. Sad that its endangered.

[tx_eggman]

[rintense]

[Ignatz]

[rintense]

So do Turkish Vans. We had one that loved to swim in the tub. I also had a regular old tiger cat that loved swimming in the tub too.

[trisham]

Cool cat. What a shame.

[fatnotlazy]

Turkish Van cats swim.

[ShadowAce]

Sell them as pets—the numbers will increase.

[GraceG]

Dmesitcation is a sure fire way to prevent extinction, for soem fo the larger endangered animals we will have to do some selective brreding to breed them small. If we can take a wolf and turn it into a tiny teapot poodle, we can take an elephant and breed it into smething as small as a dog, who wouldn’t like a miniature elephant to stamp around their house, more useful than a pot bellied pig, that is for sure.

[Josh Painter]

“Fumors that this feline got its name from being repeatedly hit over the head in cartoons by militant mice wielding iron skillets are not true.”

- JP