I can hear myself now, "Majestic Weasel-Cat, why won't you be my friend? I have all the good toys and the best flavors of wet food- ah, you think my arm is tasty? Good thing I got two, huh?"
I am 54 and seriously interested in anything to do with nature. I watch lots of documentaries, grow my own plants, shoot hundrets of photographs per year with nature as a motif.
Today I learned Jaguarundis exist.
Seems the amount of things I don't know is in the upper infinite.
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When I bought a property in Northern AZ, we saw one twice when we first got the property. Super rare this far north into AZ, but that tail was the dead give away. The property was pretty much abandoned for almost a decade, so saw lots of fun wild life the first years we had it.
I can't find the clip, but I'll never forget the intro clip of WildBoyz where Chris Pontius and Steve-O say "This is a Jaguarundi.." and then they rip off their pants and say "and these are our Jaguar undies!"
Why can’t we domesticate this species of cat? Or better yet why can we domesticate certain species of cat but not others? Shouldn’t they more or less have similar mental capacities as each other?
We don't need to domesticate another species of cat. We already have some. And domestic cats aren't really domesticated they just decided to hang out with us because we leave food around for small rodents and they (the cats) prey on the small rodents. Repeat that for 13000 years and you have the domestic cat of today.
How am I still seeing animals for the first time. I say this all the time but after all my years you’d think I’d have seen this one by now
Check out r/AIDKE for more surprising animals.
Joined, thxs.
whoa, very cool! especially the diver songbird
Thank you kind stranger!
Holy shit thank you so much for showing me this.
Well that was one of the best reddit pages I’ve been on in a long time! Thanks for sharing!
Nature randomly generates new creatures when nobody’s looking. At least that’s what it feels like to me
get into invertebrates if you want to truly never run out of Critters
Fungi too!
my logical brain: what a beautiful and terrifying predator! nature is incredible.
the part of my brain that is likely to get me mauled to death: KITTY
Classic "if not friend, why friend shaped?" Moment
Idk that head is not giving friend shape.
Haven't you seen r/orccats ? Just because they're scary looking don't mean they're not friends lol
Also "orange, but with brain cells?"
Judging from this one, I'd say "orange, but with murder cells."
Danger kitty.
I can fix him
no, really I can.
🤣
IS CAT!
I swear this is how my cat sees herself.
Forbidden Sweetest Baby.
Your comment is exactly what was running through my head
I can hear myself now, "Majestic Weasel-Cat, why won't you be my friend? I have all the good toys and the best flavors of wet food- ah, you think my arm is tasty? Good thing I got two, huh?"
I see kitty, I pet kitty 🫳
I’d be willing to try to boop
Yisss, boop the snoot 🙂↕️
Fur worm Ferret-cat
Thank you. This just summed up my own thoughts.
It friend! :D
Cool but can they hide from the pspspspspsps
You pspsps they hiss hiss hiss
Every day I find out that there's a species of animal on the planet that is subtly intelligent and cunning hiding in plain sight.
Source: https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Puma_yagouaroundi/
range as far north as southern Texas and Arizona, wow!
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I live in Arizona and came to say this!
Looks like the love child of a ferret and a cat.
But also a Predator grandparent.
Tbf, they'd definitely get that from the ferret alone - they're literally thieves that are, like, the best murders for their size!
I am 54 and seriously interested in anything to do with nature. I watch lots of documentaries, grow my own plants, shoot hundrets of photographs per year with nature as a motif.
Today I learned Jaguarundis exist.
Seems the amount of things I don't know is in the upper infinite.
weird orange car 🥹
Vroom vroom
They're terrestrial? Not sure about that, they look like they'd fit right in on Mars.
Oh man serious Alien face on that roar.
They are also closely related to mountain lions, cheetahs, and house cats
Do you have a source? I've never heard that before.
https://mountainlion.org/about-mountain-lions/#!evolution
Thanks!
top pic reminds me of r/MedievalCats
Jaguarundi do have very long legs and their ears are small like medieval cat illustrations.
The fairytale familiar of my dreams 😍
Looks like the final boss of all orange cats.
Fren shaped but hissy
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Pssst psst!
Beautiful
PssPssPss
Purr prolly sounds metal
Looks spicy!
Whoa they look like sables! How beautiful<3
Brown giraffe cats
I swear, there's new things to see in this world every day. Never knew a kitty like this existed.
You forgot to mention how pretty they are
Lil mongoose cat
I LOVE Jaguarundis. I heart them so much!
Not as much as I love MacCready, of course, but they're up there!
https://youtu.be/ybhNTqetubQ?si=fX7YozYyJ6PiioAY
psppsppsppsp
Pretty kitty
This is a Pokemon
I love weasel-cats.
I read this as “very seductive” at first glance lol I’m not arguing with it.
This is like a cat weasel.
Danger kitty
It's like a badger and a cat had an ANGRY child
It’s build is so unique.
It’s just a baby! 😍
New favorite animal unlocked!
If a fox & cat had a baby this is what it'd look like.
One of my favourite animals!
Secretive you say 🤫
Can i pet that dawg
So is it feline or canine?
It's a cat so feline.
Danger kitteh
Very tall long southwestern cats. They can interbreed with domestic cats so get little Mittens fixed and keep her in the house.
Kitty
When I bought a property in Northern AZ, we saw one twice when we first got the property. Super rare this far north into AZ, but that tail was the dead give away. The property was pretty much abandoned for almost a decade, so saw lots of fun wild life the first years we had it.
As I get older, the more I learn about animals, the more I am convinced I am going to die trying petting something that I should not pet at all.
Flamin’ hot edition😆
Ottercat, ottercat. Does whatever an ottercat does
Wildboyz enthusiasts knew what these were years ago. Best viewed in jaguar undies
That’s a pretty kitty. I would not survive in the wild :)
I think this may be my favorite thing about reddit. Constantly being introduced to animals I didn’t know existed
New cat just dropped
HISS, I do NOT want to be your friend
Ferret cat
Naranjoso gordo
?
I had no idea this magnificent creature even existed. Glad I joined this sub.
Alright, keep your secrets
I can't find the clip, but I'll never forget the intro clip of WildBoyz where Chris Pontius and Steve-O say "This is a Jaguarundi.." and then they rip off their pants and say "and these are our Jaguar undies!"
It looks like a feline ferret. Tf? How have I never heard of or seen this cutie before?
Terrestrial? Ok. So they are not from space. Good to no.
Kneazle
Not a cat to pet or bring home…people🤦♀️
We finally found the orange cat who has been hoarding all of the brain cells!
Weaselcat
YAY 2017 me is very excited that others are learning about different wild cats
Psssspspspsspspssss
But daddy I love him!
Is it a cat?
How did you post without a source? Genuinely asking
Can i pet that dawg?!?!
The otter cat
Spicy kitty
oh cute little baby want a chicken nugget and have a snuggle
Looks like a weasel cat hybrid or something from japenese weasel yokai paintings.
It looks prehistoric.
There are black versions too! I’ve caught them on a camera trap in Costa Rica before
That is one spicy kitty
I wanna pet it so bad even though I’d probably have like every carpal and metacarpal bone in my hand be fractured due to being bit
Can someone eli5 something for me really quick?
Why can’t we domesticate this species of cat? Or better yet why can we domesticate certain species of cat but not others? Shouldn’t they more or less have similar mental capacities as each other?
We don't need to domesticate another species of cat. We already have some. And domestic cats aren't really domesticated they just decided to hang out with us because we leave food around for small rodents and they (the cats) prey on the small rodents. Repeat that for 13000 years and you have the domestic cat of today.
Got it. Thank you lol. So cats have more or less “domesticated” us.
*territorial.
No, terrestrial as in having a preference to live on land as opposed to living in trees, on the lake, etc.
Thanks. I feel like a total idiot, but at least I learned smth.