Strange Critter

[lannaman]

Anyone ID this fellow?

A vet told me it was "Sueu Plaa" - literally translates - Tiger fish. It looks quite like a racoon.

It was probably killed by my cats, as it's throat had been mauled. Beautiful creature.

[Farma]

It looks like the Lesser or Small Indian Civet. Viverricula indica

[kandahar]

It is a civet. They make coffee from the excrement of them here in Thailand. Never tried it. Probably won't.

http://www.doichaangcoffee.com/doi-chaang-...om-civet-to-cup

[lannaman]

It is a civet. They make coffee from the excrement of them here in Thailand. Never tried it. Probably won't.

http://www.doichaangcoffee.com/doi-chaang-...om-civet-to-cup

Oh dear, I missed the chance of squeezing a coffee from the deadun! Maybe not such a good idea!

It is indeed a civet cat, thanks for that answer. I checked it out, here is the web page:

http://www.animaltrial.com/civetcat.html

Maybe I haven't seen a live one as they are nocturnal. Seen Minks (I think that's what they are) around here though.

[lannaman]

It is a civet. They make coffee from the excrement of them here in Thailand. Never tried it. Probably won't.

http://www.doichaangcoffee.com/doi-chaang-...om-civet-to-cup

Oh dear, I missed the chance of squeezing a coffee from the deadun! Maybe not such a good idea!

It is indeed a civet cat, thanks for that answer. I checked it out, here is the web page:

http://www.animaltrial.com/civetcat.html

Maybe I haven't seen a live one as they are nocturnal. Seen Minks (I think that's what they are) around here though.

Ah yes, there was a program on the TV, I think NG channel about a guy travelling the globe and eating and drinking way-out things, and this coffee featured, I think it was in Indonesia. The coffee is VERY expensive, and they showed some members of the public being offered a taste, they praised it and then were told where the coffee beans had been!

[sceadugenga]

I saw quite a large one near the White Temple a year or two back and I've seen them in Malaysia.

[canuckamuck]

I would like to know who the first person was to make coffee from excreted coffee beans, Must have been a frat joke or something similar.

[Curt1591]

In the movie "The Bucket List", this is Jack Nicholson's favorite brew.

[mcgriffith]

Beautiful critter, sorry it had to pass on.

Civets are very rare.

[dindong]

Wonder if this is a similar animal, I saw it at Chiang rai zoo but didn't take note of the name.

[lannaman]

Wonder if this is a similar animal, I saw it at Chiang rai zoo but didn't take note of the name.

No, not the same, your photo is ????? probably some sort of wild cat. Anyone else know what it is?

[sceadugenga]

Jungle cat?

Edited January 5, 2010 by sceadugenga

[lannaman]

I sure wouldn't like to bump into your puss while walking my pooch Scea.

I think it might be this one - LEOPARD CAT. See Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopard_cat

[brahmburgers]

A civit is a member of the cat family (Felinis or something) but can't be 100% sure it's a feline. You may be right by assuming it's closer to a raccoon.

I was traveling west of C.Rai, and stopped at a tiny village north of the river. There were two baby critters there, who were like raccoons. They must have been arborial, because when I played with them, they loved climbing up my arms. I wanted to buy them, and offered 500 baht for both, but the villagers wanted 1,000 for both. I was feeling poor at the time, and didn't have a good place to cage them (on 2nd thought, I could have set them free) so a deal wasn't struck. If I had the opp again, I would buy them and set them up in a nice big cage. There's a guy, former prison wardon, who lives west of C.Rai on the way to My Dream G.H., who has about 8 caged animals. Not surprisingly, cages are too small, and the animals looks sad.

All in all, northern Thailand has a dearth of wild mammals - almost none left at all. Sad indeed. Even in populated suburbs in the States, you'll have deer, raccoons, sometimes even black bear or cougar. In Thailand, you're lucky if you see one tiny deer mouse with pointy nose in 100 hours of hiking through the bush. Hate to say it, but Thais are awful at animal husbandry.

[jaideeguy]

"All in all, northern Thailand has a dearth of wild mammals - almost none left at all. Sad indeed. Even in populated suburbs in the States, you'll have deer, raccoons, sometimes even black bear or cougar. In Thailand, you're lucky if you see one tiny deer mouse with pointy nose in 100 hours of hiking through the bush. Hate to say it, but Thais are awful at animal husbandry."

that's because the rare ones end up in China as medicine or food........