tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23686262.post6683078001991357331..comments2024-01-25T09:28:51.144-05:00Comments on Least Significant Bits: I Tought I Taw A Puddy Tat!JAMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04272374108524693575noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23686262.post-59340532901839901472007-01-19T23:50:00.000-05:002007-01-19T23:50:00.000-05:00Anonymous. It's quite possible that I saw a big b...Anonymous. It's quite possible that I saw a big bobcat. But the tail on this thing was definitely long. I remember that very clear. Either way, it blew our minds, the size of this thing, and the "Oh, here comes a car. Well, I guess I better move along now." casualness of his run. What I called "loping". He wasn't scared, he just felt it was time to mosey on.<br /><br />When I was in H.S. in Louisiana, back in the day, <a href="http://jamspeaks.blogspot.com/2006/05/tiger-crew-and-shasta.html">I worked some with a tiger at the local zoo.</a> They had a bobcat there, but it was much smaller than the one I describe here.<br /><br />They also had a black jaguar too, which is totally off point, but I remember how I loved to look at it. He was jet black, but you could still see his spots like the way you can make patterns in a solid color of suede.<br /><br />Thanks for stopping by.JAMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04272374108524693575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23686262.post-46454146241888938602007-01-19T21:56:00.000-05:002007-01-19T21:56:00.000-05:00You most likely saw a large bobcat. I live in FL a...You most likely saw a large bobcat. I live in FL and have seen many bobcats, and sometimes they are as large as you described(I have seen a couple large ones and thought PANTHER right away too...but then I studied closer). People think the larger bobcats are panthers right away due to the large size. To know for sure, you have to look at the tail. A panther tail is long and a bobcat's is much shorter. Also the panther is more tawny/tan and not so spotted.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23686262.post-56418614918697403232007-01-12T11:29:00.000-05:002007-01-12T11:29:00.000-05:00What is now called the Florida Panther once lived ...What is now called the Florida Panther once lived all over the southeast. I think it's a type of cougar, but I'm not very conversant on wildlife in general.<br /><br />Florida Institute of Technology, a University in Melbourne, uses The Panthers as it's sports teams nickname.JAMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04272374108524693575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23686262.post-12033267641718021962007-01-12T09:26:00.000-05:002007-01-12T09:26:00.000-05:00Hmm and I used to think those teams in Florida jus...Hmm and I used to think those teams in Florida just were being imaginative with calling themselves Golden Panthers.Sparky Duckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10599649584020982942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23686262.post-23359350991928962432007-01-12T07:53:00.000-05:002007-01-12T07:53:00.000-05:00I visit Florida at times to take the kids to mouse...I visit Florida at times to take the kids to mouse land. One time right next to out 3rd floor hotel window was a giant racoon asleep in the top of a palm tree.<br /><br />The kids went wild over it.<br /><br />I'm glad I didn't see any panthers<br />nobody would have believed me.nonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07550167783969561280noreply@blogger.com