Flat Headed Cat Seen in Thailand First Time in 30 Years with cub

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  1. That’s interesting. A lot of species, once thought extinct, are being rediscovered, in part because of trail cameras. For many years, it has been ‘settled science’ that there were no Puma Concolor (mountain lions) east of the Mississippi, except in Florida, but numerous trail cam‘ sightings have forced them to male up the new lie, that there are no breeding populations of Puma Concolor in the NE United States. Recent sightings of a female with cubs have called the new lie into question, so now the “experts” insist that the breeding happened west of the Mississippi, but the birth happened somewhere in New England.

    A similar drama is played out, not far from where I live, where repeated Jaguar sightings, and even one direct encounter, has disproven the adage I learned back in school, that there were no Jaguars in the US. Inconveniently, Jaguars seem to be uninterested in cooperating with this estimation, and keep showing up. They are rare, but they do show up, from time to time. Is there a breeding population? Only time will tell, but I’m rooting for it. Their distant Mountain Lion cousins thrive here.

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    2. How can “they” know that on every square inch of earth, there are zero examples of some species. The mountain lion in the northeastern US is a perfect example. There are vast woodlands in New England, and I question how anyone could claim to know that no mountain lions live in those places.

      Anyone who has ever had a cat in their house can tell you that a cat can find a perfect hiding place, within the confines of a home; imagine what they could do in a forest covering thousands of acres. In this locale, the Natural Resources people won’t even estimate the mountain lion population. They a smart enough to realize that there is no way to determine an accurate number, when it comes to such a stealthy animal. Beyond that, while Jaguars have distinctive markings and individuals can be identified by their rosettes, mountain lions have solid coats and it would be difficult, to impossible, to know if trail-cam sightings were of unique individuals or just the same cat, making its rounds.

      Our Creator has a will, and He created animals to reproduce within their own “kinds”. Kinds roughly correspond to the Family level of taxonomy, which is a more coarse distinction than species, or even genus. Animal life has diverged from these kinds, so species can be specialized to various living conditions, but the genetic information for these various species is existent in the entire family. There have been examples of this, such as offspring of polar bears and grizzly bears, interbreeding; both being from the genus Ursus.

    4. I suspect that a lot of what was taught to us was inaccurate. I’ve long believed that the Americas were not as isolated as we were taught to believe. I suspect that they are very wrong about many things involving animals.

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