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Denver Zoo unveils fossa
upi ^ | 19, 2010

Posted on 04/19/2010 1:50:35 PM PDT by JoeProBono

DENVER - Officials at the Denver Zoo said a 4-year-old fossa, a carnivore resembling a small mountain lion, is now on display at the facility's feline house.

Zookeepers said Dorian the fossa, a species new to the zoo, previously lived at the San Diego Zoo and is now a resident of the Denver Zoo's Feline I Building, KDVR-TV, Denver, reported Monday.

Officials said fossas, native to Madagascar, resemble mountain lions but feature primate-like agility and are most closely related to the mongoose.

They said they are considering bringing in a female fossa to mate with Dorian.

Experts said the status of fossas in the wild is unknown due to the rarity of sightings. They are believed to be vulnerable with less than 25,000 living in the wild.


TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: fossa; jpb


1 posted on 04/19/2010 1:50:35 PM PDT by JoeProBono
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To: JoeProBono

Ugly looking things. Look like giant rats.


2 posted on 04/19/2010 1:53:19 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (PALIN/MCCAIN IN 2012 - barf alert? sarc tag? -- can't decide)
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To: JoeProBono

Looks like a nasty little creature. Don’t they chase after the Lemur’s too?


3 posted on 04/19/2010 1:54:12 PM PDT by dis.kevin (Dry white toast)
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To: JoeProBono; Slings and Arrows

Looks like an otter.


4 posted on 04/19/2010 2:00:27 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (We've gone from phony soldiers to phony conservative protesters. Nothing about liberalism is genuine)
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To: Responsibility2nd

5 posted on 04/19/2010 2:01:39 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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To: a fool in paradise

6 posted on 04/19/2010 2:07:37 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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To: JoeProBono
Believe it or not, I actually referenced the Fossa on this here post on April 5 :-)
7 posted on 04/19/2010 2:11:22 PM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: JoeProBono

Mu-fossa?


8 posted on 04/19/2010 2:17:24 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously... You'll never live through it.)
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To: Joe 6-pack
COOL!


9 posted on 04/19/2010 2:22:20 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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To: JoeProBono
Hey, that's a spork weasel!
10 posted on 04/19/2010 2:25:39 PM PDT by DejaJude
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To: Vendome
Mu-fossa?

Would that be a fossa cross-bred with a cow???

11 posted on 04/19/2010 2:26:34 PM PDT by Andonius_99 (There are two sides to every issue. One is right, the other is wrong; but the middle is always evil.)
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To: DejaJude

12 posted on 04/19/2010 2:28:16 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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To: Andonius_99

A chocolate cow.


13 posted on 04/19/2010 2:32:38 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously... You'll never live through it.)
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To: JoeProBono
LOL. My grandkids were looking over my shoulder, and they both said, “That's a spork weasel”.
14 posted on 04/19/2010 2:41:48 PM PDT by DejaJude
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To: Responsibility2nd
Ugly looking things. Look like giant rats.

I was thinking weasel, but yeah, they are ugly.
15 posted on 04/19/2010 2:42:32 PM PDT by Ellendra (Can't starve us out, and you can't make us run. . . -Hank Jr.)
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16 posted on 04/19/2010 2:45:38 PM PDT by Manic_Episode (Some mornings, it's just not worth chewing through the leather straps...)
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To: JoeProBono
Here's a fetching fossa...


17 posted on 04/19/2010 3:15:47 PM PDT by Lady Jag (Double your income... Fire the government)
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To: Lady Jag
N-i-c-e.....


18 posted on 04/19/2010 3:22:29 PM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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