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Published: 2008-07-01 20:39:01 +0000 UTC; Views: 2274; Favourites: 125; Downloads: 8
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Description Fossa (eupleurid) taken april 2008 at zoo Duisburg. Do not steal.
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Comments: 19

Fossa-Di-Amore [2010-03-29 05:35:07 +0000 UTC]

They are actually more related to mongooses than cat, but either way, this is an amazing shot, love the perspective! I love fossas! My zoo may be getting them soon. Is excited!

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Lunchi In reply to Fossa-Di-Amore [2010-03-29 14:08:03 +0000 UTC]

Thank you for the comment! Sounds good, not many zoos keep them. Duisburg holds the international studbook of this species, and have up to 2 batches of babies each year.

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ShiverZPhotography [2009-05-25 23:38:01 +0000 UTC]

I barely see Fossas within zoos, so this image is so amazing to me! Thanks for this awesome close-up ^_^

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Lunchi In reply to ShiverZPhotography [2009-05-26 11:01:17 +0000 UTC]

Thank you It is hard to take photos of them here because they have so many places to hide. I was just lucky that day with the young ones.

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FantasticFennec [2009-04-24 11:17:16 +0000 UTC]

Has been featured [link]

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Lunchi In reply to FantasticFennec [2009-04-24 13:17:35 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so mcuh!

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InsaneGelfling [2008-07-10 14:23:52 +0000 UTC]

Very nice, but a fossa isn't a cat.

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Lunchi In reply to InsaneGelfling [2008-07-10 18:31:44 +0000 UTC]

I am sorry I did not know the english word for the correct name.

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InsaneGelfling In reply to Lunchi [2008-07-10 19:28:53 +0000 UTC]

No worries.

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grugster [2008-07-10 11:50:08 +0000 UTC]

I feature this wonderful work in my journal. [link]
Bye Sunny

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Lunchi In reply to grugster [2008-07-10 18:32:10 +0000 UTC]

dankesehr

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nyanamia [2008-07-07 20:14:02 +0000 UTC]

What a beautiful shot! I like seeing uncommon animals captured so well. I can see its distant relation to cats in this shot

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Lunchi In reply to nyanamia [2008-07-08 19:21:30 +0000 UTC]

yes I forgot what they are called in english though. in german they are called "Schleichkatzen" which means "crawling cats" or something like that.

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nyanamia In reply to Lunchi [2008-07-08 19:50:24 +0000 UTC]

You have it up there in your title: "Fossa".

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Lunchi In reply to nyanamia [2008-07-08 20:03:43 +0000 UTC]

yes thats the name of the species. but species are in a group. and those are the "Schleichkatzen".
Like a lion is a lion but is in the group of "big cats". and a mallard would be in the group "waterfowl".

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nyanamia In reply to Lunchi [2008-07-08 21:04:01 +0000 UTC]

Ohh I see what you mean. In that case, I don't think there is an English name...I'd just use the Latinized family group name (Eupleurids). Maybe mongoose family is close enough.

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Thanks-To-The-Brains [2008-07-02 08:17:59 +0000 UTC]

Lol, I always thought that Fossa's were just some creatures from a movie (madagaskar)

This one looks so cute

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Lunchi In reply to Thanks-To-The-Brains [2008-07-02 15:40:20 +0000 UTC]

many ppl seem to think that but I dunno why. Maybe because not many zoos keep them so ppl are not used to see them.

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Thanks-To-The-Brains In reply to Lunchi [2008-07-02 16:25:32 +0000 UTC]

I think it either .
It's a shame that there are not many zoos with Fossa's

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