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Lowe's Servaline Genet

Posted by michael on from the dict-serval dept.

Yet another anonymous submitter writes "The BBC have the picture of a new mammalian carnivore caught by a camera trap in Tanzania's Udzungwa Mountains National Park. The metre-long mammal is a member of the mongoose family."

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  1. Lowe's? by thefirelane · · Score: 3, Funny

    Ok,

    So I can't be the only one who thought this had something to do with home improvement. Come on, admit it.


    ---Lane

  2. Old story by brejc8 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Reminds me of a story of a British explorer coming back from an expedition with nothing exciting happening.
    So he makes up this fantastic creature he spotted.
    Years later they actualy find a creature which he describes.
    Finaly he admits to making it up on his deathbed.

    --
    Mouse powered Chips, Open source Processors and Lego
    1. Re:Old story by BigBir3d · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Really? And where did the pelt come from that backed up his claims?

  3. Um.. by ivan256 · · Score: 2

    "We now hope to find out more about the animal and thus help ensure its survival."

    How arrogant are we? This thing successfully hides from us and survives just fine for at least 70 years, and now we're going to help it? How? Let's just leave it alone and let it live in peace.

    1. Re:Um.. by SN74S181 · · Score: 2, Funny

      But.... but.... don't you understand?

      Grants proposals can now be written up. Zoologists can make their career by studying these poor creatures.

      Man as a species can't relax until we have a published report, filed away in libraries across the globe, that detail exactly where and how these creatures exist. Which of course, makes it much easier for somebody to wipe them out someday.

      It's similar to the way we've dug up all the archaeological relics we can find out of places, like the pyramids, where they've been preserved for eons. To put them in metal cabinets in steel and glass museums.

      They call it science.

  4. Re:Here's some more information about the beastie. by Uncle+Warthog · · Score: 2, Informative

    Oops! Here's the link