Colombia: Teddy Bear Lookalike Olinguito Discovery Caught on Film [PHOTOS]

[Judi Lynn]

Colombia: Teddy Bear Lookalike Olinguito Discovery Caught on Film [PHOTOS]

Photo released of baby olinguito, first mammal discovered in western hemisphere for 35 years

By Hannah Osborne : Subscribe to Hannah's RSS feed | October 31, 2013 12:47 PM GMT

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Baby Olinguito photographed in Colombia (SavingSpecies) [/font]

Conservationists in Colombia have released a photograph of a baby olinguito, a cute teddy-bear looking mammal discovered earlier this year.

The photograph, taken by conservation group SavingSpecies, shows the fluffy, hand-sized young olinguito with its paws and claws flexed.

The olinguito was the first mammal to be discovered in the western hemisphere for 35 years and researchers described it as looking like a cross between a teddy bear and a cat.

Olinguitos are found in the cloud forests of Colombia and Ecuador. Adults weigh about 2lbs (900g), have large eyes and woolly orange-brown fur

More:
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/articles/518638/20131031/baby-olinguito-photograph-savingspecies-cub-mother-cute.htm

[sinkingfeeling]

1. He's so cute!

[leftyohiolib]

2. poor thing now when everyone sees him people will plunder their habitat for the export of these

animals

[AnneD]

3. All I can think of is Galaxy Quest....

look at the miners
you mean minors
look, that one is hurt, they are letting him drink first...............
Thanks for the laugh and cute pic.

[demwing]

5. Sure they're cute now...

...but in a second they're gonna get mean, and they're gonna get ugly somehow, and there's gonna be a million more of them.

[Little Star]

4. Oh my! He sure is cute.