Carnivorous Swamp Beast Discovered In Madagascar

Posted by timothy on Sunday October 10, 2010 @05:39PM from the does-your-dog-bite? dept.

crudmonkey writes "Researchers have identified a previously unknown species of carnivore lurking in one of the world's most endangered lakes. Durrell's vontsira, named in honor of the late conservationist and writer Gerald Durrell, was first photographed swimming in Madagascar's Lake Alaotra in 2004. Subsequent surveys confirmed the mongoose-like creature was indeed a new species. Durrell's vontsira is the first new carnivorous mammal discovered in Madagascar in 24 years. Little is known about the species, which is roughly the size of a cat."

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Re:I don't usually complain about summaries by slyrat · 2010-10-11 01:25 · Score: 0, Troll

On a side note: is copy paste somehow destroyed on /.? I was trying to copy the name from Wikipedia but it will not paste.
This seems to be a problem with how it is coded for particular browsers. Copy/paste works fine for me using firefox 4beta6.