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I had a really weird moment at the Madagascar exhibit at the San Fransisco Zoo... that I can't remember the last time I've heard a child sing "I like to move it move it" at the ringtailed lemurs. While it was always annoying, I guess the absence of that sound must be an indicator I'm a Real Adult now with out-of-date cultural references. lol.

Anyhow, I'm here to talk to you about my favorite buddies from that movie - the fossa. Pronounced correctly as either "FOS-sah" or "FOO-sah", afaik.

Remember these guys, the bumbling villains of the first Madacasgar movie?

This movie did them dirty. They're such a cool species, and far more dignified than this!

Fossa are the largest carnivore on Madagascar, and hail from a group of carnivores only found on the island. They're lithe, cat-like creatures that aren't super related to cats, that look like you mixed in a weasel and maybe an otter; they're actually most closely related to civets and mongoose. They're sleek and very strong for the fact they're only a couple of feet long (not counting the very long tail). Highly mobile wrists that let them climb down trees headfirst and navigate the treetops to hunt arboreal prey.

Anyway, I'm in love. Here's the beautiful lady from the SF zoo.

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A fossa (Cryptoprocta ferox) crosses the street in Kirindy Reserve, Madagascar

by Dominique Schreckling

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Fossas (Cryptoprocta ferox) from Real Life are intersex-coded!

While perisex-typical for their species much like some submitted on this blog, such as the Spotted Hyena (Crocuta crocuta)— fossas that are female-typed undergo transient virilization after about a year or two of life, where they receive traits such as clitoromegaly resembling a penis with accompanying spines, then the traits regress as they reach sexual maturity. Scientists do not currently fully understand how transient virilization works. However, and thus why it was submitted here, it mimics FtMtF(-like) transitions in gender/sex-variant humans.

Requested by @futchimerotter

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