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In a Snap, Extinct a Cat Comes Back to Life
Reuters ^ | Thu, Aug 14, 2003

Posted on 08/14/2003 7:47:37 AM PDT by presidio9

A wild cat thought to be virtually extinct has been captured on film in the wild, a Malaysian scientist said Thursday.

"We have discovered a species thought extinct in Borneo," Mohd Azlan told Reuters by telephone from East Malaysia, where he led a research project for University Malaysia Sarawak and the state forest department.

A Borneo bay cat (Catopuma badia), about the size of a large domestic cat though with an extra long tail, triggered a remote camera in daylight on June 27, yielding a lone image from what was a two-month monitoring period.

Azlan, who previously tracked tigers in Peninsular Malaysia using so-called camera traps, said the data suggested there were at most a few of the animals in the area of the Lanjak-Entimau Wildlife Sanctuary under study.

"In up to two months of camera tracking, we got a single photo, which means it must be low in abundance or density."

The sanctuary, a tropical rainforest area closed to the public and adjoining a sister park across the border in Indonesia's Kalimantan, is home to orangutans, Bornean gibbons and hundreds of tree species.

Azlan said his project was seeking funds and support from international donors for more research into the bay cat, only seven specimens of which have been documented -- the last in 1992.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: baycat; borneancat; borneo; cryptobiology; cryptozoology; godsgravesglyphs
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1 posted on 08/14/2003 7:47:37 AM PDT by presidio9
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2 posted on 08/14/2003 7:47:56 AM PDT by presidio9 (RUN AL, RUN!!!)
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Borneo Bay Cat

3 posted on 08/14/2003 7:52:50 AM PDT by blam
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To: blam
It looks like the one he is holding in his hand is extinct!
4 posted on 08/14/2003 7:54:35 AM PDT by Only1choice____Freedom (If everything you experienced, believed, lived was a lie, would you want to know the truth?)
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Also known as the ubiquitous Cheshire cat. You obviuosly took the picture when he wasn't smiling.


5 posted on 08/14/2003 7:58:14 AM PDT by LTCJ
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6 posted on 08/14/2003 8:04:06 AM PDT by azhenfud (For every government action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.)
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A wild cat thought to be virtually extinct has been captured on film in the wild, a Malaysian scientist said Thursday.

Turns out he wasn't hard to find OR catch.

7 posted on 08/14/2003 8:25:20 AM PDT by martin_fierro (A v v n c v l v s M a x i m v s)
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8 posted on 08/14/2003 8:33:12 AM PDT by Hatteras (Tag Line closed for service.)
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To: Victoria Delsoul; VadeRetro; dirtboy; Sir Gawain; PatrickHenry; Torie; jwalsh07; AndrewC; ...
Truly, the "feel good" story of the year.


9 posted on 08/14/2003 8:37:31 AM PDT by Sabertooth (Viva la 187!)
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To: Hatteras
Yikes!

What did I ever do to you?

I say again, Yikes!

10 posted on 08/14/2003 8:39:06 AM PDT by LTCJ
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To: LTCJ
I'm sorry, I thought we were talking about extinct cats, right? ;-)
11 posted on 08/14/2003 8:41:08 AM PDT by Hatteras (Tag Line closed for service.)
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Great story! Now if they can just bring back the Thylacine (Tasmanian Tiger).
12 posted on 08/14/2003 8:41:45 AM PDT by najida (What handbasket? And where did you say we were going?)
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To: Hatteras
Good Gosh! Is that Tom Shellac?
13 posted on 08/14/2003 8:43:41 AM PDT by azhenfud (For every government action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.)
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To: Hatteras
What is that?

Gum

14 posted on 08/14/2003 8:45:35 AM PDT by ChewedGum ( http://king-of-fools.blogspot.com)
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To: Sabertooth
Here is a pic of the Borneo bay cat:


15 posted on 08/14/2003 8:45:43 AM PDT by Torie
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To: azhenfud; ChewedGum
No sillies, it's this guy:

You know, "Watch out where the huskies go..." ?

16 posted on 08/14/2003 8:50:03 AM PDT by Hatteras (Tag Line closed for service.)
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To: Sabertooth
Great! The Borneo Snake-Tailed Stone-Cold Glarer isn't quite extinct yet.

What a world it would be without the BSTSCG!
17 posted on 08/14/2003 8:53:37 AM PDT by VadeRetro
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To: Hatteras
I'm sorry, I thought we were talking about extinct cats, right? ;-)

Yeah, just give me a chance to don my welders' goggles next time.

18 posted on 08/14/2003 9:16:20 AM PDT by LTCJ (Can anyone tell me if my eyes are bleedin'?)
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19 posted on 08/14/2003 10:25:52 AM PDT by presidio9 (RUN AL, RUN!!!)
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Thank you!

and the queen thanks you

20 posted on 08/14/2003 10:37:17 AM PDT by najida (What handbasket? And where did you say we were going?)
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