Re: [meteorite-list] OT: Black Panthers
Here in Germany we use to call it Miezekatz. Not too dangerous, but you nevertheless have to beware of it. Best, Matthias - Original Message - From: Phil Whitmer prairiecac...@rtcol.com To: meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2012 8:18 AM Subject: [meteorite-list] OT: Black Panthers Common names of wild big cats cause a lot of confusion. The largest and most common one is the Puma concolor, formerly known as Felis concolor. It's the mountain lion (cat), cougar, puma, etc. There are very dark colored strains of P. concolor but they are extremely rare. Pumas can be found almost anywhere except in the east where the only breeding population lives in Florida, where they are commonly called panthers. Panthera onca is the jauguar, or panther, the second largest big cat. They have the strongest jaws and biggest teeth of the large wild cats. They're the only head-biters of the wild cats, puncturing skulls with their big canines. The other cats kill you by chewing through your neck. Most P. onca are spotted, like their African leopard cousins, Panthera pardus. P. oncas can be found straying into AZ and NM, with a rumored breeding population south of Tucson. Black panthers (Panthera onca) have a genetic melanistic mutation giving them their color. Established breeding populations of black-mutated P. onca are very rare in the wild. Your chances of encountering one in the wild in the U.S. are pretty much zero. But watch out for Texas mountain lions, they'll pounce and rip your jugular out in a jiffy. Phil Whitmer __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Hinweis von ESET Smart Security, Signaturdatenbank-Version 6866 (20120207) __ E-Mail wurde geprüft mit ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com __ Hinweis von ESET Smart Security, Signaturdatenbank-Version 6866 (20120207) __ E-Mail wurde geprüft mit ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] OT: Black Panthers
Greetings List, At one time Jaguars inhabited the southern portion of the United States up to the Carolinas. They have a melanistic phase and have been referred to as black panthers. You won't run across one now north of Mexico except perhaps in southern Arizona. Happy Hunting (but check your back in south AZ), Brian __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
Re: [meteorite-list] OT: Black Panthers
Brian wrote: have a melanistic phase Here in Florida at the moment, black panthers are part of the culture. Of course they are now tecnically called melanistic bobcats, but who really cares? The backwards appropriation of a common name by certain experts IMO is more of a publicity stunt like the Pluto debate of what's a planet. Take a name in common culture, then subject it to pseudoscience, and then tell people they can't call something a non-scientific and established name that has been established years or centuries before. And everybody shakes there head with wide eyes and nods in approval. Suddenly with the strike of a geek's pen, a human idea has gone extinct... The cougars we have in Florida were called tigers in prior centuries. For example, the most prominent clan of native Florida Seminole indians is the tiger clan. Due to backfilling of common names in today's English, this anachronistic name seems out of place - but in reality what has changed is one person or groups idea of what constitutes a tiger by back flushing taxonomy on the masses and selecting type specimens when before there were none ... For example, from the wilds of south Florida, the school colors are blue and white but this panther has *always* been black http://mpsh.dadeschools.net/ and kicked the feline asses of all the arch rival, politically correct cougar pussycats: http://www.miamikillianhs.com/ kindest wishes from the territory where panthers rule Doug -Original Message- From: brian burrer brim...@gmail.com To: meteorite-list meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com Sent: Tue, Feb 7, 2012 5:47 pm Subject: [meteorite-list] OT: Black Panthers Greetings List, At one time Jaguars inhabited the southern portion of the United States up to the Carolinas. They have a melanistic phase and have been referred to as black panthers. You won't run across one now north of Mexico except perhaps in southern Arizona. Happy Hunting (but check your back in south AZ), Brian __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
[meteorite-list] OT: Black Panthers
Common names of wild big cats cause a lot of confusion. The largest and most common one is the Puma concolor, formerly known as Felis concolor. It's the mountain lion (cat), cougar, puma, etc. There are very dark colored strains of P. concolor but they are extremely rare. Pumas can be found almost anywhere except in the east where the only breeding population lives in Florida, where they are commonly called panthers. Panthera onca is the jauguar, or panther, the second largest big cat. They have the strongest jaws and biggest teeth of the large wild cats. They're the only head-biters of the wild cats, puncturing skulls with their big canines. The other cats kill you by chewing through your neck. Most P. onca are spotted, like their African leopard cousins, Panthera pardus. P. oncas can be found straying into AZ and NM, with a rumored breeding population south of Tucson. Black panthers (Panthera onca) have a genetic melanistic mutation giving them their color. Established breeding populations of black-mutated P. onca are very rare in the wild. Your chances of encountering one in the wild in the U.S. are pretty much zero. But watch out for Texas mountain lions, they'll pounce and rip your jugular out in a jiffy. Phil Whitmer __ Visit the Archives at http://www.meteoritecentral.com/mailing-list-archives.html Meteorite-list mailing list Meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
