Auspex Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 "Confirming the species will take at least a few more months, but he suspects it was an American Cheeta between 10,000 and 500,000 years old." https://cardinalnews.org/2022/01/21/caving-team-discovers-retrieves-rare-ice-age-era-cat-skeleton-from-southwest-virginia-cave/?fbclid=IwAR3Oj-vSTlekB3VF9VUJMcqai7vCNKlGj7ysjN2bdF4bAnuYyu2aCsltjWc 6 2 1 "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 From the article: 4 2 Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM - APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDAWG Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 Cool find! But, am I the only one who feels badly for that cat, trapped in total darkness and wandering alone deeper and deeper into the abyss until it finally succumbed to starvation. I have a tendency the anthropomorphize things like this, but it seems to me that would be a terrible way to die. Don 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FB003 Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 2 minutes ago, FossilDAWG said: Cool find! But, am I the only one who feels badly No lol I literally just thought the same thing. *Frank* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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