Whisper of the Heart (1995)
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“Oh my god kitty!
Another one!
Another one!
Cat!
Cat!
Cat!
*kissy noises*
‘Sup buddy?
‘Sup? What’s up?
Holy Fuck.
They’re everywhere!!”
@captioned-vines
cat on bed: [sneezes]
cat on floor: [jumps in surprise]
I’ve been watching this on repeat for the past 20 minutes
Andres Rodriguez shot this creature dead on January 1st, 1986, in Sinaloa, Mexico out of fear that the animal would attack him. Rodriguez expected the big cat to be either a puma or a jaguar - the two large cat species in Mexico. He brought the body to a naturalist who examined it. The creature was the color of a puma, yes, but the limbs are too long and the body is too slim. This naturalist claimed that the cat is Mexico’s legendary large cat - the Onza. The Onza has been reported for centuries as a tawny colored cat with oddly long limbs.
The body was sent to a lab and was subject to many tests that revealed that the feline was not just a malnourished puma - in fact, it had a perfect amount of body fat. It was not a crossbreed of two different species either. But the genetic tests did tell that it had no genetic difference from a normal puma. It is thought that the Onza is just a puma with a slight appearance change from normal.
I wonder if like, it could be a species specific syndrome or something that alters body type? (like how waardenburg ferrets tend to have different skull structure from regulars).
This is really neat!
I wonder if it’s not a more region specific thing. Pumas are a very widespread cat, and I know that animals with wide ranges can have vastly different appearances (see the difference between a British red fox and an Arabian red fox for example)
If this is specific to Mexico I wonder if it’s not some sort of regional adaptation to climate. Either way, what an odd cat.