Tuesday, October 4, 2011

How to track down the @himalkk

Himalinga

Today on Chavie's nature hour, we're going to track the elusive (and endemic) Himalus Kotelawalus, a distant cousin of the Melursus ursinus inornatus (The Sri Lankan sloth bear) and also of Foxus Houndus, but my editor told me to take that bit off

There is only one confirmed specimen of this species, which would put it somewhere between Extinct in the Wild (EW) and Critically Endangered (CR) in the IUCN Red List, a category I personally like to call "ZOMG Almost Gone WTFBBQ!!11 (ZAGW)"

While naturally found wandering aimlessly around MC and Marine Drive, habitat and climatic changes have forced Himalus Kotelawalus to move into other areas. While there is no guarantee that you might spot him, conservationists scored a massive victory by introducing a smartphone to the specimen, which has made tracking using foursquare a trivial process. Though sightings in the wild have been rare, some lucky trackers and conservationists have had the privilege of capuring the specimen on film, often in quite unexpected places:


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Yeah, I'm that jobless. :P

Edit: Here are some more and a link to the PNG file, if anyone wants. ;)



31 comments:

  1. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA.... Epic post... xD

    Also, the pictures are priceless!!!

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  2. OMG! I'm actually laughing out loud! Brilliant, Chavs! Brilliant! :')

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  3. You've forgotten to mention that since he's found himself a mate, sightings of the Himalus have declined drastically. The only way of knowing if he's still alive is the ear-mark smartphone helping in keeping him on foursquare radar.

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  4. haha such good Photoshop :') who's next??

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  5. No words! Should the blog post of the decade! And the pictures, priceless... And Chav, you seriously need a job!

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  6. ROFLCOPTER in LOLCITY!!!!!! I completely agree with Nazly. The blog post of the decade hahahaha!! Chav, excellent job dude :D

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  7. HAHAHAHA EPIC!! Lmao xD chav you need a job. :P

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  8. LMAO! I think you shud put up more pics of him appearing in unexpected places...lol

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  9. Thank you muchas guys! :D

    Megs - LOL, so so true. :')

    RSZ - Just did. :D

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  10. this made a good tuesday. :D

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  11. Thanks GG! And yo! It's been a while! :D

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  12. What happened to the header of this blog?

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  13. K - Thank you! :D

    And well, this has been the header since December last year. :S

    Thameera - Thanks, mate. :D

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  14. ROFL MAO!

    So who is Luke's father? xD

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  15. Brilliant, just brilliant! And FYI, we bumped into @himalkk (dressed in a *shirt*) as we cruised out of the Joseph Fraser maternity home...

    Hmmmmmmmmmmm....

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  16. Ro - Thanks. :D

    WTB - Hahaha, more like C3PO's dad. ;)

    Angel - Thanks. :D And yes, he's been hanging out in the most interesting places lately, old churches in Fort, the Lionel Wendt (who would've thunk that old Himal would end up going to watch -wait for it- art exhibitions!!!) and yeah Keppetipola Mawata too. :D

    Hmmm indeed. ;)

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  17. Did he see this? I can't believe I've not seen this until now!

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  18. Prageeth - Yes, he did. :D This was posted just two days ago, so... :)

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  19. LOL!
    What a wonderful nature tour. More of this nature, please.

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  20. Thanks Amila. :D Unfortunately the specimen has recently gone completely under, or something. ;)

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