Aquatic feline?

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Aquatic feline?; Look what I found!
Topic Started: May 8 2010, 08:25 PM (3,630 Views)
Practically Uninformed	May 8 2010, 08:25 PM Post #1
Informed enough to care Posts: 1,570 Group: Members Member #274 Joined: Feb 20, 2010 Nationality: Born in DC, bred in SC, now in NJ. A partial citizen of Tartarus Favorite Quote: "Ya gotta put the soup-drinker in the flute-lips, and shake it all up!"	Through the Speculative-Evolution Deviantart group, I uncovered this:River Cat (Leon del Lago) For those who won't bother with the artist's comments, it's a water-dwelling feline taking the role of a crocodile. I want to know, could this come to pass?
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Practically Uninformed	May 9 2010, 09:55 AM Post #16
Informed enough to care Posts: 1,570 Group: Members Member #274 Joined: Feb 20, 2010 Nationality: Born in DC, bred in SC, now in NJ. A partial citizen of Tartarus Favorite Quote: "Ya gotta put the soup-drinker in the flute-lips, and shake it all up!"	I'd like to know exactly where there is mention of giant Mediterranean crocodile-like otters, since I myself can't find any evidence of anything that was bigger than the endangered Giant Otter.
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Carlos	May 9 2010, 10:01 AM Post #17
Adveho in me Lucifero Posts: 11,702 Group: Members Member #5 Joined: May 31, 2008 Gender: Male Nationality: Portugayse Favorite Quote: Blame is the playing of children and is given to many like a gift that cannot be returned. Acceptance is the tool of the mature that is rarely loaned out.	The Cretan Otter is an example; Wikipedia proves how bad it is a source by not having an article on it (stupid idiots only care about dinosaurs), but I did learn it belonged to the genus Lutrogale: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lutrogale
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Holben	May 9 2010, 10:04 AM Post #18
Rumbo a la Victoria Posts: 14,335 Group: Admin Member #220 Joined: Sep 18, 2009 Area of expertise: Xenobiology	JohnFaa May 9 2010, 10:01 AM The Cretan Otter is an example; Wikipedia proves how bad it is a source by not having an article on it (stupid idiots only care about dinosaurs), but I did learn it belonged to the genus Lutrogale: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lutrogale Well, they're catering to what they believe public interest is. I'm worrying about them holding their breath more than anything, any swimming felines i've seen (tigers and jaguars) keep their heads above water and never dive.
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Practically Uninformed	May 9 2010, 10:07 AM Post #19
Informed enough to care Posts: 1,570 Group: Members Member #274 Joined: Feb 20, 2010 Nationality: Born in DC, bred in SC, now in NJ. A partial citizen of Tartarus Favorite Quote: "Ya gotta put the soup-drinker in the flute-lips, and shake it all up!"	Interestingly enough, information on it is lumped into an article about a Cretan deer. "At first view it may seem strange that the Cretan otter did not develop towards gigantism as in rodents or towards dwarfism as in herbivores, though it seems that it is slightly larger than its mainland ancestor." More evidence to the probability of Leon del Lago over the Croco-Otter: even the apex predator otter didn't get any bigger or smaller.
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Carlos	May 9 2010, 10:18 AM Post #20
Adveho in me Lucifero Posts: 11,702 Group: Members Member #5 Joined: May 31, 2008 Gender: Male Nationality: Portugayse Favorite Quote: Blame is the playing of children and is given to many like a gift that cannot be returned. Acceptance is the tool of the mature that is rarely loaned out.	However, I did see somewhere that they become more terrestrial, implying they at least ate small terrestrial prey like rodents
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Practically Uninformed	May 9 2010, 10:19 AM Post #21
Informed enough to care Posts: 1,570 Group: Members Member #274 Joined: Feb 20, 2010 Nationality: Born in DC, bred in SC, now in NJ. A partial citizen of Tartarus Favorite Quote: "Ya gotta put the soup-drinker in the flute-lips, and shake it all up!"	Of course. Meanwhile, Leon del Lago goes after large-scale prey, which isn't necessarily the same thing.
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Carlos	May 9 2010, 10:24 AM Post #22
Adveho in me Lucifero Posts: 11,702 Group: Members Member #5 Joined: May 31, 2008 Gender: Male Nationality: Portugayse Favorite Quote: Blame is the playing of children and is given to many like a gift that cannot be returned. Acceptance is the tool of the mature that is rarely loaned out.	But still that does not limit the possible existence of otter gigantism, specially when another otter, the Sardinian Otter (Megalenhydris) did got huge. So most likely giant otters would evolve over aquatic felines. Interestingly, you did suggested a scenario for otter extinction though.
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Practically Uninformed	May 9 2010, 10:28 AM Post #23
Informed enough to care Posts: 1,570 Group: Members Member #274 Joined: Feb 20, 2010 Nationality: Born in DC, bred in SC, now in NJ. A partial citizen of Tartarus Favorite Quote: "Ya gotta put the soup-drinker in the flute-lips, and shake it all up!"	Perhaps giant otters could develop in Europe, since Leon del Lago seems to be confined to North America.
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Ook	May 9 2010, 10:38 AM Post #24
not a Transhuman Posts: 2,933 Group: Members Member #282 Joined: Mar 10, 2010 Gender: Male	i think that they are from south america



Practically Uninformed	May 9 2010, 10:41 AM Post #25
Informed enough to care Posts: 1,570 Group: Members Member #274 Joined: Feb 20, 2010 Nationality: Born in DC, bred in SC, now in NJ. A partial citizen of Tartarus Favorite Quote: "Ya gotta put the soup-drinker in the flute-lips, and shake it all up!"	They are, and seem to be native to there, too. But, the artist's comments (if you'd be so kind as to find the link in the first post) state that they're quite abundant in North America, where it's too cold for crocodilians to spread. Places like Ohio or New Jersey, I suppose.
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Black_Panther	May 9 2010, 11:24 AM Post #26
Adolescent Posts: 472 Group: Members Member #56 Joined: Aug 17, 2008 Gender: Private Nationality: Mexico	Practically Uninformed May 9 2010, 10:41 AM They are, and seem to be native to there, too. But, the artist's comments (if you'd be so kind as to find the link in the first post) state that they're quite abundant in North America, where it's too cold for crocodilians to spread. Places like Ohio or New Jersey, I suppose. Yup, i think they're north american. Jaguarundis are common all over Mexico, getting as far as Texas. So, yeah, maybe without large competitors or humans around, they can get to northern areas and evolve into aquatic predators in areas where crocodiles aren't found.
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Ook	May 9 2010, 11:33 AM Post #27
not a Transhuman Posts: 2,933 Group: Members Member #282 Joined: Mar 10, 2010 Gender: Male	my mistake i dont read comments



Pando	May 9 2010, 11:38 AM Post #28
Obey or I'll send you to the moon Posts: 5,648 Group: Members Member #275 Joined: Feb 24, 2010 Area of expertise: Future Evolution	I still prefer otters. But if they're in separate areas then I'm all up for biodiversity!



Ook	May 9 2010, 11:43 AM Post #29
not a Transhuman Posts: 2,933 Group: Members Member #282 Joined: Mar 10, 2010 Gender: Male	this man creates interesting animals,like gigantic(really gigantic) flightless geese,pack hunting racoons,long legged wolferines,or carnivorous javelina



Pando	May 9 2010, 11:44 AM Post #30
Obey or I'll send you to the moon Posts: 5,648 Group: Members Member #275 Joined: Feb 24, 2010 Area of expertise: Future Evolution	I asked Viergacht to return on his DevArt page. He says he's thinking about it.



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