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I'd never seen one before. I can't remember where i saw them but their enclosure had a glass wall on it, you could look through from a dark room. They were sleeping and lounging around on the branches and window sills and looked really relaxed. They are from Madagascar and are the largest carnivore there. They hunt lemurs in trees at night and live up to 17 years old! They're about 70cm long, but their is the same length as the body so they look much bigger and can weigh up to 20kilos. I've been looking up facts on them, can you tell  . They have webbed feet and retractable claws! When they are on the ground they walk with their palms flat on the ground like bears rather than on their toes like dogs, cats and other civets. I think they look like a cross between a dog a cat and a bear. |
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Ooooo - just one more picture. That site has loads of pictures of Fossas, but that picture really shows the powerfulness and size of their legs and huge feet! http://www.fossaworld.com/index-page123.html |
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They are amazing animals, catrinsparkles! Thanks for posting those facts and info - they do look as if they have really come from a long long time ago. It's so hard to plump for any one animal, but I think a hazel dormouse has to be quite high up on my list of absolute faves! http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?im...icial%26sa%3DG |
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Awww they are sooo sweet!!! |
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Oh my goodness, I love them all! I have such a huge soft spot for all animals, I think I was Noah's wife in a previous life  The wee fox is adorable, the fossa is simply mesmerising, and Angie the little mouse is such a cute wee pip-squeak! I don't know why some people don't like rodents! Kim I totally agree about British wildlife, I especially love foxes - they're like a feline version of a dog in my eyes  DM - why not squirrels? Have I missed something here? We have hundreds of grey squirrels running round Glasgow. I grew up in the countryside in Scotland and only ever saw one red squirrel once in my life  I really hope they manage to get rid of a lot of hte grey ones and bring the red ones back. Although have you heard about the black, 'ninja' squirrel that is coming from Europe to UK? Do you have them over the pond? |
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Gotcha DM I do agree, although haven't had a personal run-in with them so am not quite as passionate.The problem we have is that Glasgow has lots of big parks (I think it has the most parks out of any European city? could be wrong) and there are lot of grey squirrels in each. The tourists (and a lot of locals) see them and feed them and then they multiply even faster! I've seen quite a few tubby looking squirrels running around (P.S. 'spawn of satan' made me laugh out loud ) |
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I am infamous for my loathing of squirrels! Have had run-ins with them forever! Washington is full of parks too, small ones and huge ones like Rock Creek Park which bisects the City. I'm only one block from it (what I refer to as "the woods") where I saw the chipmunk last week. There are rabbits, foxes, raccoons, opossums, quail and possibly owls, although I've never seen one. The d*** squirrels prefer to live in the neighborhood where the pickings are easy.... |
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