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Archive of Animal Photography Reveals 18,000 Species and Counting

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Re: Archive of Animal Photography Reveals 18,000 Species and Counting

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Post by technothrasher »

My buddy is on a quest to be the first to photograph all forty species of wild cats. He's at 38 of 40 (I'm at 7, so I don't think I've got any chance of winning.) He's trying to finish up within the next six months or so, and is currently down in Chile trying to get a güiña. He recently told me, though, that his victory may be short lived, as a group of scientists reviewing cat species are likely about to break some of the small cats up into additional separate species and he'll have to get those too.

Re: Archive of Animal Photography Reveals 18,000 Species and Counting

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technothrasher wrote: post #6

My buddy is on a quest to be the first to photograph all forty species of wild cats. He's at 38 of 40 (I'm at 7, so I don't think I've got any chance of winning.) He's trying to finish up within the next six months or so, and is currently down in Chile trying to get a güiña. He recently told me, though, that his victory may be short lived, as a group of scientists reviewing cat species are likely about to break some…

Sounds like he has to front run the upcoming species demarcations.
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