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Old 05-06-2005, 12:26 PM   #1
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5/6/2005: Lynx kittens



One of the problems with doing IotD in the particular way that I do it, is that sometimes I save the relevant link to an image and then I hold the image for a while before posting it, and then the link dies. That's what happened for this shot, a Yahoo news item which means that it expired after about three weeks. But I know they are lynx kittens, which might mean that news of finding them was good news. Environmentalists have been releasing lynx cats in Colorado in an attempt to bring them back to the region:




This was one of those cats being released last month, one of six such cats that were released. Those big black tufts of hair at the ear are the lynx's trademark.
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Old 05-06-2005, 12:30 PM   #2
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is the seemingly shrunken head also a trademark?
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Old 05-06-2005, 12:56 PM   #3
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It's a cat. Doesn't need much in the way of brains beyond "kill. eat. fuck."
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Old 05-06-2005, 01:03 PM   #4
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Just a general observation--should be fuck, kill then eat. Unless you're a spider. Then you can save kill for last.
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Old 05-06-2005, 01:42 PM   #5
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I thought I recognised that Lynx....

FOR RELEASE #018
February 1, 2000

YUKON AND COLORADO GOING AHEAD WITH LYNX RELOCATION

WHITEHORSE – The Department of Renewable Resources has a new agreement this year to help the State of Colorado in its efforts to re-establish a lynx population.

The state hopes as many as 25 Yukon lynx can be captured for relocation. Last year, it received only 11 of an anticipated 20 animals because of a late start in the program and unusually cold weather. Colorado is also looking for lynx from Alaska and British Columbia.

Yukon’s expenses are recoverable from Colorado.

The Yukon Trappers Association is playing a direct role in the program this year after requesting that it be the agency to select trappers for live trapping. All other aspects of the program will be managed by Renewable Resources.

The relocation program has the support of the association and the Yukon Fish and Wildlife Management Board, as a way to provide trappers with an additional source of income.

Conditions for trappers who want to participate include completing a trapper education course, demonstrated past experience in trapping, handling and caring for large fur-bearers, and attendance at a one-day course on capturing and handling live lynx and use of special leg snares.

Trappers must guarantee that a lynx will arrive in Whitehorse within 36 hours of being captured. All lynx will be subject to inspection by a conservation officer and a local veterinarian.

The trapper will be paid for the lynx after it is approved for shipment. The Colorado Department of Natural Resources is offering $1,200 Canadian for females and $800 for males.

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from http://www.gov.yk.ca/news/2000/Feb-00/00-018.html
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Old 05-06-2005, 02:23 PM   #6
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Those big black tufts of hair at the ear are the lynx's trademark.
Hey. I'm getting tufts of hair on my ears. Maybe I'm really a lynx?
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Old 05-06-2005, 02:27 PM   #7
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Are you worth $800?
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Old 05-06-2005, 02:30 PM   #8
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Are you worth $800?
Yes. But I don't charge that much.
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Old 05-06-2005, 02:36 PM   #9
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It's a cat. Doesn't need much in the way of brains beyond "kill. eat. fuck."
I guess you can go ahead and shrink my head too then, and reclassify me as a wildcat.
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Old 05-06-2005, 02:56 PM   #10
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Anyone know what evolutionary (ahem, Intelligent Design[tm]) purpose the big black tufts accomplish?
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Old 05-06-2005, 03:14 PM   #11
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I think I heard something about radar reception type advantage.
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Old 05-06-2005, 03:30 PM   #12
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Anyone know what evolutionary (ahem, Intelligent Design[tm]) purpose the big black tufts accomplish?
It's just God testing your faith; or your sense of humor.

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Old 05-06-2005, 04:47 PM   #13
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Man... so cute and so terrifying at the same time... like Gremlins...
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Old 05-07-2005, 02:40 AM   #14
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Anyone know what evolutionary (ahem, Intelligent Design[tm]) purpose the big black tufts accomplish?
They look cool. It's God's way of making up for the duckbilled platypus.
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Old 05-07-2005, 05:22 AM   #15
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That shrunk head makes its paw look big.

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