Apr 7 2010Come On, China, That Is Sooooo Not A Yeti
I don't know if China has even seen a drawing of a Yeti before but they never look like this. And they're also never in pink cages popping an angry squat while their picture's being taken. Glaring inaccuracies aside, this is the "oriental yeti".
The creature was snared in Sichuan province "after locals reported spotting what they thought was a bear". Hunter Lu Chin said: "It looks a bit like a bear but it doesn't have any fur and it has a tail like a kangaroo. It also does not sound like a bear - it has a voice more like a cat and it is calling all the time - perhaps it is looking for the rest of its kind or maybe it's the last one?
He concluded: "There are local legends of a bear that used to be a man and some people think that's what we caught."
Well hate to rain on the yeti Parade, but you remember Delores, the hairless bear at that German zoo? Well I think this is something similar. Except not a bear -- yo momma. Plus she wears combat boots and dresses you funny! Did I really just....? Yes, and I'm not taking it back either unless you tell her and she calls my parents and they make me.
Chinese hunters capture 'yeti' [theregister]
Thanks to John, Juan, Pat and Uncle_FUJ, who are all surprised it hasn't ended up on a menu yet.
Reader Comments
1. Dan - April 7, 2010 12:30 PM
Looks more like a shaved bear cub to me.
2. Dr. Nappy - April 7, 2010 12:31 PM
Panda with mange. Done.
3. Richard McBeef - April 7, 2010 12:32 PM
let's cut its gall bladder out and make it into tea to see if it makes dicks harder and longer. then we will no for sure what it is.
4. Third - April 7, 2010 12:33 PM
THIRD??????
What's a Yeti?
5. JFreezy - April 7, 2010 12:37 PM
@4,
Look in a mirror and you'll see a yeti.................OH SNAP!! YES I DID JUST SAY THAT!!
6. RiftPoint - April 7, 2010 12:37 PM
I say possibly a Binturong, also known as the Bear-Cat.
7. Riker - April 7, 2010 12:40 PM
I'd keep my eye out for ninja turtles if I were them.
8. bum master - April 7, 2010 12:46 PM
LOL @ 3
9. sokka - April 7, 2010 12:46 PM
knowing the chinese government, theyll back their scientists even if they say its a 300000000 old yeti reanimated from frozen ice that deficates pure ozone and rainbows
someone needs to make a crater of that crooked country
10. Pat - April 7, 2010 12:49 PM
@6 One article I read indicated that it's a "civet." Is that the same thing?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civet
Also, why aren't commenter links working?
11. Kris F. - April 7, 2010 12:51 PM
why keep it in a cage? why not set it free into the wild???
12. GreenCS - April 7, 2010 12:51 PM
Looks like a kinkajou w/out fur :(
http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/kinkajou/
Not this type, but I remember seeing a kinkajou that looked similar to that one, but can't find a pic atm.
13. Andrew - April 7, 2010 1:00 PM
Am I the only one that immediately thought this thing was a Chupacabra?
14. John Galt - April 7, 2010 1:10 PM
Manbearpig!!
15. Dishy - April 7, 2010 1:12 PM
Looks like an octopus.
http://www.freakingnews.com/pictures/32500/Patrick-Star-featuring-Booooob-l-%C3%A9ponge--32854.jpg
16. Troll - April 7, 2010 1:13 PM
Fake & Gay
17. naas - April 7, 2010 1:15 PM
@10 where have you been? they've been disabled for a few weeks now as part of GWs effort to get all the advertising asshats (ugboots, singles/dating ads, ect) off his pages I do believe
18. naas - April 7, 2010 1:18 PM
@15 Dishy good christmas that scared the shit out of me! Next time put a warning on a link that please, I've just soiled my armor
19. Liquid Tension - April 7, 2010 1:24 PM
the real mickey mouse
20. HamBone - April 7, 2010 1:26 PM
I don’t know what it is but it looks delicious
21. sean - April 7, 2010 1:39 PM
@ 13, hell no you aren't! thats totally the chupacabra! look it up, kids!
22. Shelby - April 7, 2010 1:42 PM
His ears look a little high to be a Binturong.. ;x
And his nose looks different.
23. LOL - April 7, 2010 1:43 PM
It's Punxsutawney Phil's mad as hell Asian cousin.
24. atheistgirl - April 7, 2010 1:45 PM
It looks like a pussy bear thing.
http://www.canadianstudmuffin.com/pussy.jpg
25. amanda - April 7, 2010 2:37 PM
it's probably a diseased bile bear. It is from China : /
26. thesta - April 7, 2010 2:53 PM
One of the commenters on the post below suggest that it's actually a Fossa, which is from Madagascar.
http://thenewschronicle.com/oriental-yeti-caught-china/040604201/
27. Christine - April 7, 2010 3:14 PM
It's a hairless bear.
28. RiftPoint - April 7, 2010 3:40 PM
Its not a Kinkajou, those live in central and south america. I would also say its probably not a bear (it has a "kangaroo-like" tail?). Also, the only Kinkajous I have ever seen are more on the size of a large cat, whereas this looks to be larger.
After being pointed towards the Civet, I have to agree with that. From what you can see in the pic, dark colored eyes, seemingly high perched rounded ears, and the nose is similar to a civet's as well.
29. Zombot - April 7, 2010 5:18 PM
Yeti actually translates into "that thing over there"
from what I've read at least.
30. Dinosaur Rex - April 7, 2010 5:42 PM
At least they should keep him in a bigger cage, with like actual food and water.
31. DOCTOR ZEUS - April 7, 2010 5:53 PM
Splinter + Nair.
32. Hop Lee - April 7, 2010 7:32 PM
They probably tried to google it, to no avail.
33. amanda - April 7, 2010 9:01 PM
RODENT OF UNUSUAL SIZE
34. blueZorro - April 7, 2010 9:12 PM
'poke'
35. Woodengineer - April 7, 2010 9:24 PM
It's a bear..thats been shaved looking at the razor burn all over the poor thing.
36. withpets - April 7, 2010 10:15 PM
poor mangy tree kangaroo
37. Alf - April 7, 2010 11:05 PM
It's a bearless hare.
38. Felyx - April 7, 2010 11:46 PM
It could be a hairless Red Panda? Or an ROUS...
39. Warsfeil - April 8, 2010 2:06 AM
This is totally a Kangaroo.
<--- Is an Aussie.
40. dingdong - April 8, 2010 7:17 AM
This is 100% a mangy hyena. Probably a former pet or circus animal.
41. Trent - April 8, 2010 8:25 AM
Its a fukin wallaby by the looks with some sort of disease, u know the diseased dogs see in bali running around with no hair, well its the wallaby version
42. BearsAreLosingTheirFur - April 8, 2010 10:19 PM
Look, it's probably a bear: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8345550.stm
The problem is there's basically no wildlife left in China, so they have no idea what it looks like when something wild stumbles across their ridiculous communist upbringing. Mao Zedong actually ordered all birds to be killed because they "steal the seeds of crop from The People".
What a bunch of assholes.
43. wouldn't you like to know - April 9, 2010 6:39 AM
I bet the chinese then ate it, as they do!!!
44. TISdashit - April 9, 2010 9:14 AM
LET IT GO!!!! Or atleast get it out of the cage into an enclosed area. BUT TAKE IT OUT OF THE F***ING CAGE!!!
45. laurie - April 9, 2010 5:24 PM
it looks like a hairless Hyena
46. Agata - April 9, 2010 11:08 PM
That's HORRIBLE!! It's a tortured, shaved bear!! :( WTF??
47. Danielle - April 10, 2010 9:09 PM
SUPER SERIAL
48. I R trollies - July 6, 2010 3:15 AM
That isn't a fossa because.
1. They are none in China.
2. Fossa has a very long tail.
3. I never heard of any mange on fossas, I read alot on them all the time.
4. There are all kind of civets that looks like fossas like.
http://zaxy.files.wordpress.com/2006/07/borneomystery.jpg this guy.
5. Its nose looks slightly different than the fossa.
6. We wait until the results come