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Old Jul29-04, 01:24 AM       Last edited by Ivan Seeking; Jul29-04 at 01:44 AM..            #1
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Strange animal shot and killed

A Hairless Mexican dog, a coyote with mange, an armadillo without a shell, a hybrid? An interesting story with a [dead] body for evidence.

Be sure to watch the video.

...People at the San Antonio Zoo say they have not seen anything like it. Terry DeRosa with the zoo says at a feather-light 20 pounds, he thinks it might be a wild mexican dog. [continued]
http://www.woai.com/news/local/story...4-9097690CDEFC
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Old Jul29-04, 01:41 AM                  #2
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Can't they put up some larger pictures?
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Old Jul29-04, 02:05 AM                  #3
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Originally Posted by Ivan Seeking
A Hairless Mexican dog, a coyote with mange, an armadillo without a shell, a hybrid? An interesting story with a [dead] body for evidence.

Be sure to watch the video.



http://www.woai.com/news/local/story...4-9097690CDEFC
That animal looks like the one from an xH outer space, just compare the picture of their faces, you will see what I mean..
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Old Jul29-04, 03:51 AM                  #4
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I have no idea what you are talking about.
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Old Jul29-04, 04:48 AM       Last edited by Monique; Jul29-04 at 04:54 AM..            #5
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funny that they put such grainy pictures up.. it looks just like a dog to me

Here's an update to the story.. they even got a 'liger' animal in there
(cross tiger and a lion)
http://video.woai.com/viewer/viewerp...woaiviewer.tpl
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Old Jul29-04, 05:02 AM                  #6
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why are ALL the newsitems about sex/death/abuse? typical..
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Old Jul29-04, 12:50 PM                  #7
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Originally Posted by Monique
funny that they put such grainy pictures up.. it looks just like a dog to me

Here's an update to the story.. they even got a 'liger' animal in there
(cross tiger and a lion)
http://video.woai.com/viewer/viewerp...woaiviewer.tpl
The face doesn't look like a dog's face to me...except maybe a little like a Chihuahua. What surprises me is that people at the Zoo couldn't be sure. Can't they do some kind of simple test to show whether or not its a breed of dog, or is DNA the only method beyond visual identification for something like this?

An interesting note about the Liger: I will probably get this backwards, but the gene that controls growth is found in the female lion, and in the male tiger. So, if we cross a male lion, with a female tiget we get something absolutely amazing - the biggest kitty cat I have ever seen! I think it may weigh almost twice as much as a normal lion or tiger. I saw a short nature diddi on this quite some time ago so the exact details are a bit vague. Must google.
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Old Jul29-04, 01:02 PM                  #8
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Originally Posted by Ivan Seeking
The face doesn't look like a dog's face to me...except maybe a little like a Chihuahua. What surprises me is that people at the Zoo couldn't be sure. Can't they do some kind of simple test to show whether or not its a breed of dog, or is DNA the only method beyond visual identification for something like this?

An interesting note about the Liger: I will probably get this backwards, but the gene that controls growth is found in the female lion, and in the male tiger. So, if we cross a male lion, with a female tiget we get something absolutely amazing - the biggest kitty cat I have ever seen! I think it may weigh almost twice as much as a normal lion or tiger. I saw a short nature diddi on this quite some time ago so the exact details are a bit vague. Must google.
Hey! I saw the same program about the liger. I don't remember if you have the parent's sexes right, but yeah that was really neat, because the gene that limited growth was in the parent of each species that they *didn't* use to breed. Really neat! Remember the shot where it was standing with its paws on the table, and how tall it was??

With this "chupacabra", like you said, why can't they just get some DNA and compare it whatever breed of C. familiaris (dog?)? I don't see why it's so difficult, the profs at my university compare DNA of plants all the time.
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Old Jul29-04, 01:08 PM                  #9
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Originally Posted by Monique
why are ALL the newsitems about sex/death/abuse? typical..
Because it grabs attention :-) Who wants to watch news about the worlds biggest cookie?
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Old Jul29-04, 01:16 PM       Last edited by Monique; Jul29-04 at 01:18 PM..            #10
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Maybe some social or political topics would be in place.. I was actually curious what's going on in San Antonio.. that's why you'd usually watch the news.. well.. I won't be stopping by when I'm in the neighbourhood
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Old Jul29-04, 01:19 PM                  #11
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Originally Posted by aychamo
Hey! I saw the same program about the liger. I don't remember if you have the parent's sexes right, but yeah that was really neat, because the gene that limited growth was in the parent of each species that they *didn't* use to breed. Really neat! Remember the shot where it was standing with its paws on the table, and how tall it was??
and the guy is standing on the picnic table and holding the meat as high as he can, and the Liger stands up and takes it with its mouth. :surprise:

That is one big animal! AMAZING!
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Old Jul29-04, 01:21 PM                  #12
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Originally Posted by Monique
Maybe some social or political topics would be in place.. I was actually curious what's going on in San Antonio.. that's why you'd usually watch the news.. well.. I won't be stopping by when I'm in the neighbourhood

chicken of tham thar chupacabras are yeh?
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Old Jul29-04, 01:22 PM                  #13
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Old Jul29-04, 01:35 PM                  #14
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Yes that would be the one. Incredible isn't it?
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Old Jul29-04, 02:48 PM                  #15
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Originally Posted by Monique
Maybe some social or political topics would be in place.. I was actually curious what's going on in San Antonio.. that's why you'd usually watch the news.. well.. I won't be stopping by when I'm in the neighbourhood
Are you in San Antonio often? ;)
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Originally Posted by Monique
Maybe some social or political topics would be in place.. I was actually curious what's going on in San Antonio.. that's why you'd usually watch the news.. well.. I won't be stopping by when I'm in the neighbourhood
It's bland and boring as hell. Don't speed, either. The cops are ruthless.
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