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Re:The First New Cat Species Discovered in 100 Years by WalterBright on Friday September 18, 2026 @08:02PM (#49761886)
My cat always looked at me like "if only you were smaller..."
Re:The First New Cat Species Discovered in 100 Years by sscaryterry on Friday September 18, 2026 @08:05PM (#49761907)
I'd be getting scared when a cat reach the 20kg threshold. I'm about 90kg, so thats a 4.5x ratio :)

Cats are the perfect killing machines (apart from maybe sharks) :)

Re:The First New Cat Species Discovered in 100 Years by WalterBright on Friday September 18, 2026 @08:09PM (#49761934)
There's a bobcat that lives around here. He's on my porch now and then, and I also see its tracks in the snow.

It doesn't look like it wants to be petted. I stay clear.

Re:The First New Cat Species Discovered in 100 Years by jstrieb on Friday September 18, 2026 @11:45PM (#49763123)
Many people don't know that Craigslist has a "best of" which includes this (relevant) post that makes me laugh every time I read it:

https://www.craigslist.org/about/best/ric/6881185958.html

Re:The First New Cat Species Discovered in 100 Years by WalterBright on Saturday September 19, 2026 @01:22AM (#49763573)
Yep, a bobcat. But much smaller than the one around here.
Re:The First New Cat Species Discovered in 100 Years by nunez on Saturday September 19, 2026 @01:31PM (#49768495)
omg WHAT

Where do you find this?!!??! This is GOLD!

Re:The First New Cat Species Discovered in 100 Years by jstrieb on Sunday September 20, 2026 @04:24PM (#49779721)
On the Craigslist homepage (on desktop) there is a gray navbar on the left side of the screen. That area has a calendar and some group of links below it. The second group of links below the calendar includes "best-of-craigslist" link.

https://www.craigslist.org/about/best/all

I like that the Craigslist site design is utilitarian and hasn't changed much over the years. The downside is that stuff like this can hide in plain sight.

Re:The First New Cat Species Discovered in 100 Years by nunez on Monday September 21, 2026 @10:46AM (#49787976)
Brillian! Thank you! I love Craigslist and am so glad that it's still around and hasn't been "modernized"
Re:The First New Cat Species Discovered in 100 Years by FpUser on Friday September 18, 2026 @10:04PM (#49762593)
>"I'd be getting scared when a cat reaches the 20kg threshold" - most likely even 10kg cat will shred you before you could blink. They're insanely fast and surprisingly strong for size. Furry explosives they are
Re:The First New Cat Species Discovered in 100 Years by TheOtherHobbes on Saturday September 19, 2026 @09:08AM (#49766297)
An angry cat in full fight mode will absolutely put a human in hospital, and the bites and scratches are teeming with potentially deadly bacteria.

They may be unique - a super-successful predator that has persuaded a more dominant species to look after it by looking cute and feeling soft and making relaxing noises.

Re:The First New Cat Species Discovered in 100 Years by fhe on Saturday September 19, 2026 @02:04AM (#49763796)
my cat at its peak weight is about 8kg, and that's the size that i'd get a bit nervous around if i didn't know it's a tame housecat that runs away at sight of a mouse...
Re:The First New Cat Species Discovered in 100 Years by anjel on Saturday September 19, 2026 @02:29AM (#49763935)
See also "why you should never put a chimp and a little person in the same room" by Penn Gillette