Science & technology

摘要

Bleiman and Eastland (ZooBorns!: Zoo Babies from Around the World), cofounders of the blog on which their series is based, draw attention to the increasing number of the world's wild felines on the brink of extinction. These endangered species include such familiar cats as lions, tigers, cheetahs, cougars, and jaguars (the third-largest cat in the world), along with less-well-known wild cats like the fluffy-coated Pallas's cat, whose chin fur resembles a beard, and the GeofFroy's cats of South America that stand upright to peer over vegetation to spot predators.