BORNEO AND SUMATRAN CLOUDED LEOPARDS

Thanks to subscribing to the Pinterest website picture pins, I was sent an email about cute fluffy kittens and so on, yet among these there was a new cat species being shown. The image was on the http://www.pinterest.com website here:

https://uk.pinterest.com/pin/451204456396060072/

https://uk.pinterest.com/dailymail/

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-442309/New-species-leopard-largest-fangs-cat-world-discovered.html

The Daily Mail article, from 2007, reveals the story behind the picture of a Borneo Clouded Leopard and mentions the Sumatran Clouded Leopard as well. The Daily Mail article provided a lot of info about the newly-discovered species and explained the need to protect their lands for future generations. While we know that the human population has its own needs for the using of world resources, there are some organisations that campaign on behalf of wildlife and thus create an awareness and a compassion for what would be called protected or endangered species. The article doesn't overlook the facts about leopards having their own hunting skills and ways to survive in the wild. The word ellipsis being mentioned is referring to the grammatical name for the 3 little pause dots like the ... or the . . . depending on the styles of the publisher as well as the writer... You can see the 3 dots in the close-up picture and the enlarged picture:

Close-up picture:

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/03_01/leopardR1403_468x660.jpg

Enlarged picture:

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/03_01/leopardR1403_600x463.jpg

See around the mouth and also upon the shoulder. While such images look cute, we aren't getting all the facts from these, as these leopards have the largest fangs of all the cats, somewhat like the pictures we've seen of the Sabre Tooth Tiger. Scientists researched the genetic make-up of such leopards and found dozens of differences there, so as to confirm the status of such creatures proving these are different species. So it just goes to show, we really haven't seen everything, after all. Borneo research has confirmed dozens of other species, too. Even so, in the last one hundred years a multitude of worldwide species has already become extinct. No longer protected or endangered... because they are no more...


Denis Martindale, May 2016.

SUMATRAN TIGER FAMILY

The tiger family had found
A resting place at last
And so they laid upon the ground
Not feeling so downcast...
The sun was shining, all seemed fine,
So each felt warm inside,
No hunger pains to make them dine,
Their needs had been supplied...

At times like these, a bond begins,
No predators nearby,
No truths a parent must convince,
No lessons cubs must try...
So why not take such times to pause?
Reflections soothe the soul...
Contentment helps until it bores,
Then it's fulfilled its role...

So off they sauntered back again,
Refreshed, revitalised,
Aware they'd shared some moments when
Life felt more highly prized...
If only humans followed suit,
To work... then rest or play,
Perhaps they'd grow much more astute
With every passing day...


Denis Martindale, copyright February 2016.


A poem based on a magnificent wildlife painting,
by artist Stephen Gayford. Google-search
gayfordgallery and 'Stephen Gayford poetry'.

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