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Culpeo-Fox — Its a Fossa
Published: 2013-08-18 20:46:34 +0000 UTC; Views: 22725; Favourites: 1236; Downloads: 0
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I always had a soft spot for Fossas for whatever reason - everything about them is weird. Weird name, weird appearance (catlike and yet anything else but a cat), weird anatomy (hence their latin name), weird sexuality features (females go through a fake masculization in their first years) - and boy, they sure do some weird sounds. Awesome critters.This guy appeared on paper while randomly scribbling some Fossas. I kinda liked him, so here you go with Dean Prior (yeah, i named him after an english village).
I don't know yet who he is. We'll see.
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I saw this and was curious about what sounds a fossa makes but all I can find are videos people took of fossa mating...where did you find out fossa sounds? (what does the fossa say )
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-4teB…
They do mate as well somewhere in this video but you can hear them making their sounds throughout the whole thing (yes, it is that weird "Ork Ork Aaaark Wäää")
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I get its good that their reproducing (since theres only around 3000 left in the wild) but why record them doing it? that's the only thing I don't get.
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Weird animal indeed, like all the viverrids.
Lovely characters you have.
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You always come up with the most wonderful names.
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Well, i didn't came up with it since Dean Prior...exists, as a village, that is. 
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You always make animals very expressive despite being "strange"
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I like the one on the left, with it's dignified bearing.
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ive allways had a soft spot for Ethiopian wolves and all canids.
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Fossas aren't canids, they're euplerids.
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i know its just culepo said she had a soft spot for fossas and i was saying what i had a soft spot for.
but thank you anyway.
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Gorgeous, Ms. Culpeo! The colors are quite smooth and those eyes of his are beautiful! I had always been curious about Fossa but I never got around to learning anything about them. I'll have to brush up now that you've adopted one into your lovely slew of characters, and I look forward to seeing what you do with him. If I might ask, what did you draw this with?
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Hell yeah, a Fossa! Since Madagascar they have a place in my heart xD
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THE FOOSA!
Sorry, really cheap Madagascar joke
I don't think I noticed just how unique and beautiful these creatures are, very sleek and sinewy, perfect hunters
This sheet really endears them to the viewers
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Very beautiful drawing! 
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that tail it beautiful (really one minded sowwy...)
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I always feel like I’m the only one left who has never seen a live fossa, despite living where they do…
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How is that possible? You're even from Madagascar. 8D
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Well… we don’t have them in zoos. We could only see them in their natural habitat, which isn’t quite accessible to us city-dwellers—and even when we go there, they’re shy animals who flee at the first sign of an approaching human. So, the closest I ever came to seeing a fossa was when I gathered a handful bloody feathers it had left behind, more than 15 years ago.
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Haha, yes agreed, they are quite gorgeous animals ^^ really wonderful work with the colouring too, it looks amazingly professional
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A fossa! I love fossas. 
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Thanks! Fossas need more love.
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GASP
A FOSSA
I have rarely seen any art of these wonderful creatures, these are gorgeous sketches! ^^
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Thank you!
And yes, Fossas are still rare here. Gonna change that.
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You're welcome!
Ah, wonderful! I can't wait to see more! ^^
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"Masculization"? How so? 
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Read about it here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fossa_%2…
It's pretty unique among mammals and the species itself rather unknown in general.
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Oh, it's like the spotted hyena, then. Female hyenas are known to have those as well
Hmmm, do any of the biologists know whether or not these guys have rough tongues like a cat? That might separate it from the felis genus altogether (although I'm not well-versed with both the mongoose and civets family in contrast to my total nerd-dom with big and small cats
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Well, learn more about the world everyday. Interesting sounding animal.
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Hmm. I SHALL be looking up Fossas for a while now, pardon me. *walks into large crowd*
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Das sind wirklich extrem seltsame Viecher. Als ich sie das erste Mal auf einem Foto gesehen habe war ich schon echt erstaunt, dass es sowas überhaupt gibt. Manche Tiere sehen echt aus als wären sie nicht von dieser Welt.
Auf jeden Fall mal wieder sehr schön gezeichnet. Ich mag seinen Namen.
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Den Fall hatte ich erst heute mit meiner Mutter; sie liebt diese "Überleben"-sendungen, die Sonntags immer auf DMAX laufen und da war gerade das Schnabeltier im Gespräch - meine Mutter hatte noch nie vorher von diesem (seltsamen, aber an sich doch recht bekannten) Tier gehört. Sie wollte mir nicht glauben, dass es sowohl Eier legt als auch Milch gibt, die Männchen giftig sind und obendrein halt aussehen wie Ente, Biber und Maulwurf in einem. 8D Die Natur ist halt schon eine verrückte.
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These guys are awesome, we have one at the Zoo where I work. Man, you got the tail and the eyes perfect. Nice work.
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Phew, that's good to know. Thank you!
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