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Photo of the Day #336: Snow Leopard
Category: Cats • Mammals • Photography
Posted on: September 10, 2008 6:17 AM, by Brian Switek
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on a white cat note, have you seen all the comments on your white tiger post at the old blog? Most of them are pretty damning on either the science education and/or ethics of the posters.
Posted by: tai haku | September 11, 2008 7:33 AM