Optional@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoSay It With Us: Paola Nogales-Ascarrunzlemmy.imagisphe.reimagemessage-square127linkfedilinkarrow-up1407arrow-down163
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minus-squarewomboflll@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·4 days agoWasn’t this cat discovered a year ago?
minus-squarefrongt@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·4 days agoOne was taken in in 2016, then taken to a sanctuary. Then they studied it, did genetic testing, looked for and studied them in the wild. The new thing is the official designation and the publication of the research from the last ten years. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/meet-the-adorable-and-tiny-tilcayo-the-first-brand-new-cat-species-identified-in-more-than-a-century-180989528/
minus-squarewomboflll@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoOK because I knew I heard about it before and was wondering why its just now blowing up.
minus-squareOptional@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·4 days agoA quick search says it was just this month.
Wasn’t this cat discovered a year ago?
One was taken in in 2016, then taken to a sanctuary. Then they studied it, did genetic testing, looked for and studied them in the wild. The new thing is the official designation and the publication of the research from the last ten years.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/meet-the-adorable-and-tiny-tilcayo-the-first-brand-new-cat-species-identified-in-more-than-a-century-180989528/
OK because I knew I heard about it before and was wondering why its just now blowing up.
A quick search says it was just this month.