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technothrasher 1 days ago [-]
My buddy is on a quest to be the first to photograph all forty species of wild cats. He's at 38 of 40 (I'm at 7, so I don't think I've got any chance of winning.) He's trying to finish up within the next six months or so, and is currently down in Chile trying to get a güiña. He recently told me, though, that his victory may be short lived, as a group of scientists reviewing cat species are likely about to break some of the small cats up into additional separate species and he'll have to get those too.
asdff 1 days ago [-]
Sounds like he has to front run the upcoming species demarcations.
bbor 23 hours ago [-]
That is simultaneously so heartwarming and so silly. Please sit him down and have a long, serious talk about cladistics!
The kids are learning about it earlier and earlier these days, you know — it’s better that he heard that species don’t exist from you.
technothrasher 9 hours ago [-]
Oh, trust me, he knows its meaningless in the end. It's really an excuse to spend his life engaged with and promoting conservation of the wild cats he loves.
HelloUsername 1 days ago [-]
Related "Photo Ark – An effort to document every species living in zoos and sanctuaries (nationalgeographic.org)" 23.apr.2020 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22953622 9 comments
mallory854 1 days ago [-]
This is my favorite type of news! Animals are the absolute best and I love learning about new ones we've discovered.
ChrisMarshallNY 1 days ago [-]
This guy is awesome. My wife got almost every one of his tabletop books.
orangemoonx 23 hours ago [-]
Someone make a copy before the AI companies shred them all and we lose count.
The kids are learning about it earlier and earlier these days, you know — it’s better that he heard that species don’t exist from you.
We all know LLMs can’t count lol