Re: I t'ought I saw a Spinosaur

[Ronald Orenstein <ron.orenstein@rogers.com>]

At 12:22 AM 7/3/2004, kustom66 wrote:
> But aren't they native to most continents + the British Isles...? Well, in 
> varying sizes.

No.  There are certainly cats on most continents (not Australia, though - 
and not on many oceanic islands where feral cats have been serious pests), 
but feral domestic cats belong to a largely African species (depending on 
taxonomy).  There are, for instance, no house-cat-sized wild cats (other 
than feral cats) in most of North America.  More importantly, because they 
are usually much more numerous than wild cats, and occupy a great range of 
disturbed habitats where wild cats are rare, they really do act as a new 
ecological presence (and threat) in most places.


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