Post #4495086
2026-08-09 10:37 UTC
@frogglin@theblower.au I wonder what animal this is meant to depict, since it looks cat-like, but domestic cats didn't make it to the Americas until 1492 - https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/american-antiquity/article/exploring-the-arrival-of-domestic-cats-in-the-americas/A3D8A7797C46D01175D545BBEFD76BFA
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@epicdemiologist@wandering.shop 2026-08-09 16:01
@mzedp@plasmatrap.com @frogglin@theblower.au There are jaguars in Peru; the beastie in the textile looks as if it could be spotted. https://eol.org/pages/51111815/articles
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@b00g13@mastodon.com.pl 2026-08-09 11:28
@mzedp@plasmatrap.com @frogglin@theblower.au Maybe a wild cat?