Mythopoeika
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Central Cambridge! Wow.
Central Cambridge! Wow.
I love the pic. Perfect shot with it blending into the background so it almost is time nvisible.
Also, the rifle given for perspective, domestic cats easily get to that size, as discussed earlier, especially ferals.I kind of laughed at the pic that is described as "a baby big cat". It looks like an adult regular cat. It has no kittenish features that all cats have when young, eg body fat pudginess and roundedness.
Species... 'Moggy!'Also, the rifle given for perspective, domestic cats easily get to that size, as discussed earlier, especially ferals.
"It's an adult of whatever it is."
Depends on the size of the cat, does it not?So, this guy is scared to go into the woods because he encounted a cat?
What. A. Pussy.
Also, the rifle given for perspective, domestic cats easily get to that size, as discussed earlier, especially ferals.
I agree, it's not a cub or kitten of any large cat species, it's an adult of whatever it is, and I suspect it's just a cat. I have a feeling it might be someone's pet.
My cat was probably born to a feral barn cat because I rescued him when he was only about 4 weeks old (he fell out of a nest and though we left him where the other cats came for food, none claimed him). He is now 19 lbs., possibly 2 1/2 feet long fully stretched out. If he were feral, you wouldn't want to take him on.It's NZ so no wildcat population.
Have you any figures on size/weight of feral domesticated cats that haven't interbred with wildcats?
Not saying you are wrong but that second pic with the Lab is a big beast. Although I'd say normal - They won't shoot animals unless it's well away from a population base.
I believe in New Zealand, the official size classification for feral cats is "The size of a horse!"It's NZ so no wildcat population.
Have you any figures on size/weight of feral domesticated cats that haven't interbred with wildcats?
Not saying you are wrong but that second pic with the Lab is a big beast. Although I'd say normal - They won't shoot animals unless it's well away from a population base.
I believe in New Zealand, the official size classification for feral cats is "The size of a horse!"
One for the fans of old New Zealand newspaper comic strips.
Indeed. The only character actually based on real life, according to Murray Ball.Footrot?
(c)WoL '20'It was three and a half feet tall, four feet long and the legs were about three to four inches thick'
A hiker has described being metres away from a 'big cat' in Snowdonia.
Jacques Wood, 28, from Leeds, reached Crib Goch in the early hours of Saturday morning when he came face to face with the four-foot long silhouette.
Mr Wood said he set off from Leeds and travelled to north Wales at 2am on October 17, and started on his route at around 5.30am. But only 45 minutes later, he noticed he wasn't alone on the mountain, GloucestershireLive reports.
He said: "I had only been 45 minutes into the walk before I came face to face with the big cat."
The hiker had stopped to have a drink of water and take off his jumper as he was getting hot. After adjusting his head torch, he saw something in the not-too-far distance.
As tall as the tallest specimen of the tallest cat, the Siberian tiger then? Gosh.It was three and a half feet tall, four feet long and the legs were about three to four inches thick'
I can't think of any animal that would be so box-shaped anyway.
I can't think of any animal that would be so box-shaped anyway.
I can't think of any animal that would be so box-shaped anyway.
A 'Squar'dy Cat' then!
Article in the Guardian on ABCs in New Zealand (which I've yet to read).
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...ealands-obsession-with-giant-feline-sightings