You can sometimes smell the Edinburgh binturong now they have moved enclosures to one more exposed to the open air - and popcorn is indeed an apt descriptor.
Bearcat or Binturong
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Seems to me the only ones who use the term "bearcat" live within the influence of the University of Cincinnati. Universally called a binturong otherwise.
Here's some additional info for those who have no idea what I'm talking about:
http://www.uc.edu/about/history.html
Here's some additional info for those who have no idea what I'm talking about:
http://www.uc.edu/about/history.html
You won't be familiar with the Daily Mail, but they have a low opinion of most people, including their own readers, and are unlikely to present them with a foreign-sounding word if there's another they can put in - being as they are a) patronising and unscientific and b) xenophobic. I'm also surprised they didn't try to claim binturongs gave you cancer or that the young animal was let out by illegal immigrants.
Sorry but I didn't understand one word of that. If you are saying it is fake then here.
I also hope that me being the only one who voted bearcat makes me sound stupid.
Horror at zoo as lions kill escaped baby bearcat - AOL Travel UK
Phantom Gaur
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Personally I always thought they smelled more like Frito's corn chips than popcorn.
Or show one in a picture with Princess Di!
It's not fake, but my point is that the Daily Mail is not a reliable source for zoological (or indeed any!) information.
It's a tabloid 'news'paper favouring sensationalism over anything else.
And common names can't really be wrong, so call it bearcat if you wish - just looks like you'll be in the minority!
Actually, comparing those two articles (Daily Fail and AOL) - you have to wonder which one plagiarised the other - assuming of course they're not both plagiarised from a third source. Classic 'churnalism'.
http://churnalism.com/leafv/#206dz - 968 characters exactly match between the two articles.
EDIT: Reading again, looks like it came from the Sun originally.
http://churnalism.com/leafv/#206dz - 968 characters exactly match between the two articles.
EDIT: Reading again, looks like it came from the Sun originally.
Ah well then, no wonder the readers can't be expected to cope with a challenging word like binturong.
IanRRobinson
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I think Ailurus fulgens' tag was "cat-bear". Put to bed, very wisely, before 1939. Although IF it really isn't very closely related to Ailuropoda melanoleuca maybe it needs another common name?
if it was a case of changing names then by rights the giant panda should have to change because its the red panda that is the original owner of the name (supposedly from Nepalese). The giant panda was named after the red panda (hence "giant").
IanRRobinson
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Totally agree, but even I can see that cause is a lost one!
not at all. I nominate "Chinese bear" instead of giant panda. I'm sure that will catch hold....
not at all. I nominate "Chinese bear" instead of giant panda. I'm sure that will catch hold....
No because there are other bears in China.
What about bamboo bear, that's what the Germans call it?
I really struggle believing it is a bear, but that's science for you.
The Chinese name is bei-shung which means white bear - could they not see that it is clearly black-and-white???
not everyone sees the world in black and white Pygathrix!Pygathrix said:
Yes but nearly everyone sees at least black and white!