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Related: About this forumRare ocelot kitten discovered in South Texas
Ocelot kitteh duz teh perp wak.
BROWNSVILLE Wildlife biologists in deep South Texas barely could control their excitement earlier this month when they saw the photo.
We all jumped up and down and screamed, said Hilary Swarts, a wildlife biologist for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
The scientists were admiring a black-and-white trail camera image of a two-month-old baby ocelot at the Laguna Atascosa Wildlife Refuge, which houses one of only two breeding populations of the mid-sized wild cats in the United States.
The new kitten meant that the group of 11 free-ranging ocelots at the refuge in Cameron County had grown nearly 10 percent to 12. One was struck by a car and killed on a highway in November, Swarts said.
To add to their elation, the biologists believe that the newly discovered ocelot, which they think is between three and five months old, is a female.
More at http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/Rare-ocelot-kitten-discovered-in-South-Texas-5328982.php#photo-6035979 .
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Rare ocelot kitten discovered in South Texas (Original Post)
TexasTowelie
Mar 2014
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onestepforward
(3,691 posts)1. What a sweet kitten!
I hope she grows up healthy and able to raise many kittens of her own. Ocelots are gorgeous!
Adsos Letter
(19,459 posts)2. Someone needs to tell SalmonChantedEvening!
"Sez awww" and "maik squee!"
kentauros
(29,414 posts)5. I just posted this story to his FB page.
He wanted to thank you for thinking of him
2naSalit
(86,502 posts)3. That's cool
I hope nobody does anything stoopid after hearing about it.
Thanks for posting!
Lochloosa
(16,061 posts)6. It's Texas. They are building the fenced compound and getting the fliers ready for next years hunt.
TexasTowelie
(112,063 posts)7. And Ted Nugent has made helicopter reservations for the hunt. nt
as anticipated... I mean really, just look at that picture with a varmint in it's jaws!! Varmints are now being decimated by this vicious cat...
rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)4. Very cool, thanks for posting.nm