tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739684561063978507.post2843094034120809659..comments2024-03-22T21:58:18.933+00:00Comments on ShukerNature: NUNDA - IN SEARCH OF THE STRANGE ONEAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15628598508836601012noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739684561063978507.post-1808117950598278502017-05-03T19:57:56.144+01:002017-05-03T19:57:56.144+01:00It sounds most likely to be a sabre tooth cat like...It sounds most likely to be a sabre tooth cat like a few have suggested. And it appears to exist in other parts of Africa too. I believe Chad and Southern Sudan are some other locations.Shivakumar Selvarajhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16024889903569537256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739684561063978507.post-8265290022129802852016-08-18T18:29:35.256+01:002016-08-18T18:29:35.256+01:00My guess is that the nunda is a species of Dinofel...My guess is that the nunda is a species of Dinofelis. That was the commonest genus of big cat in Africa in the Pliocene and Pleistocene epochs, and it coexisted with the lion, the leopard and the cheetah for two or three million years. The biggest known species were jaguar-sized, but a lion-sized species could have evolved easily enough. Perhaps it specialised in living in forests like the tiger, while the lion was a grassland-dweller. The known species had a stocky build, which suggests that they ambushed their prey by lurking in tree cover rather than relying on speed.Roderick Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14569854313054334200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739684561063978507.post-43818257231203156122016-08-18T18:25:40.447+01:002016-08-18T18:25:40.447+01:00My guess is that the nunda is a species of Dinofel...My guess is that the nunda is a species of Dinofelis. That was the commonest genus of big cat in Africa in the Pliocene and Pleistocene epochs, and it coexisted with the lion, the leopard and the cheetah for two or three million years. The biggest known species were jaguar-sized, but a lion-sized species could have evolved easily enough. Perhaps it specialised in living in forests like the tiger, while the lion was a grassland-dweller. The known species had a stocky build, which suggests that they ambushed their prey by lurking in tree cover rather than relying on speed.Roderick Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14569854313054334200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739684561063978507.post-10974561089473453332013-07-12T07:39:19.533+01:002013-07-12T07:39:19.533+01:00Perhaps something like homotherium or dinofelis.Perhaps something like homotherium or dinofelis.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02315443985929849900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739684561063978507.post-10506502831275854252011-10-18T19:34:35.765+01:002011-10-18T19:34:35.765+01:00Thanks for this - I checked the page, but it seems...Thanks for this - I checked the page, but it seems that this instance is a case in which any animal not identified by the local people is referred to as a 'tiger', rather than a term referring to a specific animal type. Also, the creature seen was only 60 cm (2 ft) long, and sitting in a tree, which is very different indeed from the huge, terrestrial nunda. Having said that, there is one large tiger-striped mystery cat on record from the Sudan, called the abu sotan, which I have documented in my original mystery cats book. Also, there are additional details of striped African mystery cats in my second, forthcoming book on mysterious cats.Dr Karl Shukerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222845702628862829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739684561063978507.post-10885878589457054342011-10-18T09:35:49.448+01:002011-10-18T09:35:49.448+01:00Hi,
I found a blog in which a tourist writes abou...Hi,<br /><br />I found a blog in which a tourist writes about a African tiger in Sudan :<br /><br />http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/tt/76f13/<br /><br />Do you think this could be the Nunda too ?Boshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17582184345673934121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739684561063978507.post-23143546598092643432011-04-06T00:59:33.451+01:002011-04-06T00:59:33.451+01:00As far as I'm aware, it's pronounced '...As far as I'm aware, it's pronounced 'nunn-dah', but I'm afraid that I'm no expert in Swahili pronunciation.Dr Karl Shukerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222845702628862829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739684561063978507.post-77791186119321035102011-03-30T18:52:12.933+01:002011-03-30T18:52:12.933+01:00I'm curious as to the pronounciation of nunda....I'm curious as to the pronounciation of nunda. Is it pronounced none-dah, or none-day? Like the village in New York..vagabonEdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15127403928982525579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739684561063978507.post-75319701844729392572010-04-28T12:15:45.338+01:002010-04-28T12:15:45.338+01:00Hi there, Thanks for your comment. Lion-leopard hy...Hi there, Thanks for your comment. Lion-leopard hybrids (leopons) have not been confirmed in the wild, and even in captivity they are generally created only by deliberately rearing lion and leopard cubs together, with mating them to yield hybrids the ultimate aim of such a practice (as in various Japanese zoos in the past). So even a single wild example, let alone a series, is exceedingly unlikely. Ditto for such hybrids explaining the marozi or spotted lion of the Aberdares. For more info, see my book Mystery Cats of the World, which is the source of much of the info re mystery cats present on the messybeast website and elsewhere online.Dr Karl Shukerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222845702628862829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739684561063978507.post-86012114688642739632010-04-27T21:54:31.194+01:002010-04-27T21:54:31.194+01:00Hi,
Sorry for my late reaction, I just read this a...Hi,<br />Sorry for my late reaction, I just read this article. Could it have been a series of accidental lion-leopard hybrids? They can have offspring, which would look strange to people who know lions and leopards.<br />See link below<br />http://www.messybeast.com/genetics/hyb-leopxlion.htm<br />PetraAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739684561063978507.post-82011852915252288102010-04-21T01:10:57.223+01:002010-04-21T01:10:57.223+01:00Hi there, Sadly, no. This is one cryptid that seem...Hi there, Sadly, no. This is one cryptid that seems to have completely vanished from the modern world, making me wonder lately whether the reports were based merely upon some freak individual of an already-known species rather than a wholly new, undiscovered species.Dr Karl Shukerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06222845702628862829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3739684561063978507.post-24906888584083346792010-04-19T11:00:19.648+01:002010-04-19T11:00:19.648+01:00Interesting stuff. Have there been any reports sin...Interesting stuff. Have there been any reports since that of Hitchens? If this animal is now extinct then we may never find out the truth.Wesker115https://www.blogger.com/profile/12261806881825711404noreply@blogger.com