New Species Of Great Cat Found

highwaytohell writes "Scientists have found a new species of leopard on Borneo and Sumatra. The Bornean Clouded Leopard or Neofelis Diardi was originally thought to be similar to the mainland Clouded Leopard. However, Dr Stephen O'Brien, Head of the Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, US National Cancer Institute says, "Genetic research results clearly indicate that the clouded leopards of Borneo should be considered a separate species, DNA tests highlighted around 40 differences between the two species." The news comes just a few weeks after a WWF report showed that scientists had identified at least 52 new species of animals and plants over the past year on Borneo."

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finally!

[User 956]

The news comes just a few weeks after a WWF report showed that scientists had identified at least 52 new species of animals and plants over the past year on Borneo.

Ah ha! so that's what the rock is cooking!

Re:finally!

[Anonymous Coward]

they've been the WWE for years and the Rock's been gone for almost as long.

posting anonymously for shame of knowing this...

Re:finally!

[CastrTroy]

I still call it the WWF. I think its completely ridiculous that a wildlife fund and a wrestling federation can't share a trademark. Trademarks are only supposed to be exclusive for organizations in the same field. This is why Apple continues to be allowed to sell music, as long as they don't produce music, which would make them in conflict with Apple records.

Re:finally!

[stratjakt]

Apple Computer signed an agreement with Apple Records in the 1970s not to ever produce, publish, distribute or sell music, in order to keep the trademark.

Apple Records doesn't have the resources to follow through on the iTunes suit, although they did file one, and are 100% in the right.

A *NEW* great cat???

[zappepcs]

Is this another Apple viral marketing campaign?

Re:A *NEW* great cat???

[Whiney Mac Fanboy]

Is this another Apple viral marketing campaign?

"Clouded Leopard" sounds more like Vista if you ask me. Same as a OS X Leopard, but cloudier!

*deep breath*

[ravenshrike]

KITTY!!! And now back to you regularly scheduled Slashdot postings.

Re:*deep breath*

[LotsOfPhil]

You must have got too close.

Headline incorrect (pendantry)

[Whiney Mac Fanboy]

TFA states:

"For over a hundred years we have been looking at this animal and never realized it was unique.

No new species has been found, an existing one could be reclassified into two seperate species.

Is it endangered yet?

[hedgemage]

So... how long before its extinct due to people harvesting its organs for aphrodisiacs?

17 of 15?

[lahvak]

"Science: New Species Of Great Cat Found 17 of 15 comments"

What the heck? Is that a new species of math?

clouded leopard?

[dunkelfalke]

i'd rather call it "smoke jaguar".

Great

[Anonymous Coward]

You just know that somewhere, there is a fashion designer that decides that a glove made of the eyelashes of that animal is going to be the hottest thing next show, because that environment thing is so in right now. Or a thousand old Chinese millionaires who thinks that the powdered penis of this is finally going to cure their impotency.

Re:Great

[Inverted Intellect]

It is sad that such a graceful animal be wasted on making coats or other fashion items.

It is obvious that its lithe physique has promising potential for exotic cuisine.

So it just had the same mesh and texture?

[Moraelin]

So it just had the same mesh and texture, but was a different species? Good to see that God takes the same shortcuts Blizzard does. Can't blame Him, though. I mean, have you seen the kind of polygon count and texture resolution these things have? Oooer. It must cost a mint to model a new one, so some reuse is kinda expected ;)

Makes me wonder why He didn't just write the NPCs name above their head, though. I mean, it kinda defeats the purpose of trying to pass it off as a new species, if noone can tell.

And while I'm at it, how about an exclamation mark above quest-giver's heads, please? Talking to everyone in town works when you have 6 NPCs total in the town, like in old NES RPGs, but not when there's a million of them. Plus, they're starting to look funny at me when I ask them if they have a quest.