Flat Headed Cat Is Doomed, Apparently

March 30, 2010 at 6:40 am

In the push for more and more crazy, and barely above worthless, replacements for oil because oil is now officially evil, there are real consequences

If you believe the myth that all cats hate getting wet, then you’ve yet to meet the flat-headed cat. With webbed feet and a streamlined head perfectly adapted for speed in the water, these strange felines not only like the water, they practically live in it. They are also recognized as the world’s least known feline.

And unfortunately, they may remain mysterious. According to National Geographic, a new study published in the journal PLoS ONE has indicated that the flat-headed cat’s habitat is rapidly being transformed into vast biofuel plantations.

Native to the swampy peat forests of Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia, the cats are nocturnal, elusive, tiny (they typically weigh between 3-5 pounds) and difficult to observe. There are also only two flat-headed cats in captivity anywhere in the world — both in zoos in Malaysia — so little is known about them.

If this was a development by an oil or coal company the climate alarmists would be up in arms. For bio-fuel? Not so much. The flat headed cat is losing up to 70% of its environment, and all for a fuel that barely works. Shame, really.