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New mammal found: future buggered by its being impossibly cute

Olinguito: the most famous Ecuadorian after Julian Assange

Olinguito: the most famous Ecuadorian after Julian Assange

Scientists who discovered a new mammal – Olinguito – in the cloud forests of Ecuador have given it the technical classification of doomed on account of its being impossibly cute.

“When we saw our first live Olinguito I looked into its adorable wide-eyes and thought ‘well, it’s buggered’ “ said zoologist Kristofer Helgen. “And that was before we watched it scampering all lovely from tree-to-tree and doing sweet little human things with its paws.” Continue reading

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