What Happens Next: A Gallimaufry

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sirtessa:
“ rhamphotheca:
“ The Binturong or Bearcat, Arctictis binturong,
… is widespread in dense forests of south and southeast Asia. Primarily a frugivore (fruit eater), it is also known to also eat carrion, small invertebrates, fish, birds,...

sirtessa:

rhamphotheca:

The Binturong or Bearcat, Arctictis binturong,

… is widespread in dense forests of south and southeast Asia. Primarily a frugivore (fruit eater), it is also known to also eat carrion, small invertebrates, fish, birds, eggs, leaves, and shoots.

Throughout the binturong’s range, there has been loss and degradation of forests through logging and conversion of forests to non-forest land-uses. The species is listed as Vulnerable by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) because of a population decline, estimated to be more than 30% over the last 30 years…

Find out more: Encyclopedia of Life

Image by Tim Strater from Rotterdam, Nederland via Wikimedia Commons & Flickr 

Not a bear.

Not a cat.

Remember when a binturong escaped from Melbourne Zoo into a residential area of Sydney and totally freaked out the locals, because nobody knew what a binturong was and the police thought it was a panther?

(via sirtessa)

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    ((OH FUN FACT: binturongs smell like doritos. I am not joking or exaggerating in any way.))
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