FOSSA - Amazing Predator

[Spookaboo]

FO-SSA. HY-HENA. Sorry, giggled at the pronunciations but great footage to watch, either way.

[kroovyandcal]

This creature looks mostly like a cat with a protracted snout better equipping it for smelling like a doggy. It must be one amazing predator.

[TheKonrad1984]

It looks like a mix of a cat and rat :)

[conjigalo]

It sounds like the narrator can barely read.

[1gun1shot1kill]

i'm sure it's pronounced FOO-SA

[briczar22]

@1gun1shot1kill -Yeah lately i have been hearing Foo-Sa more..oh well. either way, its a cool animal

[luyla1]

@briczar22 what benfites the world would get from prdiators i dont really get it if u could explain would be help full thx.

[briczar22]

@luyla1 The short answer is that predators keep other animal populations under control. If out of control, they might eat too many plants and throw nature off balance. So where we might not always like predators killing other animals, they do perform a service.

[luyla1]

@briczar22 v.good answer

[fiendin281]

@luyla1 what we benefit is not losing these rare beautiful species of animals forever. we humans have far out outgrown these animals that we share the planet with and it's our responsibility to protect them now.

[MrRazorblade999]

Looks like a mix between dog, hyena and cat

[ComradeFlorian31]

@MrRazorblade999 they've got the head of a cat and the snout of a mongoose

[MrRazorblade999]

@ComradeFlorian31 Yes, only they got a dog's nose.

[ten17ten17]

It's pronounced "foosa."

[jkbowens100]

this is my first time hering about this one.it has a cool name to, fossa.

[Aerodynamic1991]

he looks 50% giant rat 50% cat

looks like half rat half cat

[2degucitas]

5 toes on the back foot can be seen at 2:06. It reminds me of the extinct Tazmanian tiger. It resembles a very long, slender cougar.

[briczar22]

@2degucitas Good point, it does look like the tiger. I wish we could have saved that species.

[2degucitas]

@briczar22 yeah, me too.

[Alynnra]

@2degucitas Ha, that was what I thought too! reminds me of the thylacine for some reason.

[plutoamun]

Looks like a seal and a mountain lion merged.

[TheGoodSharer]

It's so beautiful and cute; I want to pet it but I'd better not!



[crazywaffleking]

wow I had never heard of these before. Only saw this video because it showed up as related to something else I was looking it. It does look kind of like a cross between a cat and a wolverine.

[LadySpy120]

wow that really does look like a cat. my cat really doesn't look that much different from the fossa.

[mkocja5a]

and those people deseeve to get tortured for trapping and killing them >:( fucking selfish peaces of shit! they can kill the chicken, ut the fossas can't?! i hope a fossa kills and eats some of those people!

[acr08807]

@mkocja5a You must be the life of the party.

[mkocja5a]

@acr08807 actualy, i can be very cheerful :) ...when i'm not disgusted at my own species

[mkocja5a]

did you make this? it's so preffesional :)

btw, the people that are chopping down trees in their terroy deserve to die for doing that! there's only 2500 of these animals left, so fossa's lifes are worth more then the people on that island.

[njnolan1]

the more humans show up, the more animals we lose. Think it's time to enforce some anit-procreation laws.

[quiggc1]

How about a video about Hyenas?

[briczar22]

@quiggc1 Hyeans are awesome. search- hyenas,forgotten predator, and you will see i did a video about them :)

[quiggc1]

@briczar22 Asante, Rafiki. Thank you, dear friend.

[Michaelmyersrulz]

i thought they were FOOSA!

lol

madagascar ftw

[timo6170]

where can i get one

[noxiouseels]

The Fossa are attacking!! XD

[domblet]

guess who's screwed up the Fossa's existence-oh, it's us

[parasempatik123]

It looks like mouse decided to be cat!

[efxman]

Why do people suck so badly? Why are we so completely lame as a species?

[geekylie]

this is my FAV new animal - thank you for this video!!! :)

[briczar22]

@geekylie Thank you for watching the video!

[fossafun]

It's pronounced FOO-sa

[hapi3rd]

These neat rare species disappear BECAUSE we are just More & More Numerous (Shamefully...); occupying More & More their Natural-Land, destroying it More & More for farming..., killing it More & More when it has Nothing Left BUT our Farm Stuffs to hunt for...

The ONLY Good-Solution = Human Population-Control !!! (in those Areas where Natural Habitats/Lands are being More & More occupied, destroyed or farmed... (for a Not-Higher Human average intelligence... :S)

[wks1978]

What is the world coming to?Just get someone to narrate it!

Machines are not always a good substitute for human beings.

[doltbezoar]

Thank you so much for posting this--what a gorgeous creature! Humans have to save these poor critters!

[gyqz]

Fuck humans!

[lastsaracen]

I thought it was dog or a cat at one time but I suppose it's neither.

[DjDedan]

@lastsaracen or both, it closely resembles the ancestor to carnivoras (dogs, cats, weasels, bears etc...)

[cjplantinos]

I'm interested with this animal. I just saw it being broadcasted on Japan's national TV. The program was entitled Wild Life, a documentary about Madagascar. They featured lots of animal species that lives within the island.

[HistoryHmoobGuy]

looks like a thylacine

[strandedneighbor]

people who kill that animal i dislike them with a passion

[creativeforce11]

Thanks I now know what a Fossa is - never heard of them before - great channel

[lastsaracen]

The Fossa, is it a cat, dog or a civet, can you help out?

[furrchomp]

@lastsaracen its related to the mongoose.

[BVargas78]

Poor creatures, it'll be a sad day for mankind when the last wild fossa dies.

[briczar22]

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thanks for watching. would love to visit all these places someday. And i thought i would never brake into that top 200 animal market in Algeria. yiippee!!

[MrKickyournuts]

The narrator sounds like he took adhd pills...

[briczar22]

@MrKickyournuts :) i had to do the voice over part late and the wife was sleeping..never wake the sleepy wife= happy husband :)

[8potta]

@briczar22 MAN UP! you know the species women belong in the kitchen right?

[craneywatch]

Fossas are so beautiful. Why the Madagascar cartoon made them look so ugly?!

[DarkSkysify]

@craneywatch yes they made it ugly so kids would be scared of it

[craneywatch]

@DarkSkysify humanity never learns how to respect the creations around it. It is very depressing for me.

[DarkSkysify]

@craneywatch yes i agree, humanity always change the beauty to ugly , bad stuff, its not rightf for them to do that

[craneywatch]

Fossas are attacking! Run for your lives!!!

[MsTokiohotellover99]

You forgot something briczar22! The fossa have a really long tail!

[Kakashisd]

@MsTokiohotellover99

Thats a long tail..

[debalbe22]

I go soon to Madagascar; will try to get you a photo of a fossa in the wild.

[DarkSkysify]

@debalbe22 hey let me know if u have the pix, i like to see it, thnx

[jagroar8309]

VERY interesting predator, one of amazing examples of convergent evolution in which genetically distant creatures become remarkably similar in shapes and functions. This creature , like clouded leopards, seems to possess powerful, stocky forearms for its size but may be with a bit longer muzzle(related to the number of teeth) and back than cats of the same size. I believe that arcaic feline species such as Proailurus might have looked exactly like this fossa.

Thanks for an educational video.

[Insidious77]

Thanks for sharing

[ilovethebeatles1212]

I thought it was pronounced "foosa" maybe im wrong or maybe it doesnt matter :p oh well!

[44paolo]

is that a feline?

[zaxtor]

@44paolo Looks like a feline but is not a feline nor canine and nor hyena.

Is a mongoose in the viverridae family.

Such as Civets, Linsang, Mongoose etc.

Their scientific name is cryptoprocta ferox.

They had a larger cousin known as the giant fossa "Cryptoprocta Spelea"

They are known to be a fearsome predator, extremely agile.

Luke Dollar study them.

They are neither nocturnal nor diurnal.

They are cathemeral means both active at night and at daytime.

They live upto 20 years in captivity.

[billme8]

That's one of my favorite animals. I've been to Africa but not Madagascar.

[ballin7077]

nice vid. didnt know that this animal existed. we gotta do what we can for nature. keep these vids coming!@

[briczar22]

@ballin7077 Thanks. They are in Disney's movie MADAGASCAR which they play the "evil" animals that want to get the lemurs, just like the Lion KIng movie where the Hyenas are the bad guys. We all know in nature the only true "bad guy" are humans and we need to do what we can to keep this planet as balanced and healthy as possible so we and others can enjoy it and its wildlife for centuries to come.

[VollendJatara9Jenny]

@briczar22 Actually MADAGASCAR was a Dreamworks Animation film, but I think some of the same artists had worked on the film. That's one thing about Hollywood that tends to irritate me, they tend to "demonize" predation ( plus in this film they have "unanthropomorphic" fish; in any films & TV shows I might get to make EVERYTHING will be sentient... whether it shows or not! O_o & I'll try to avoid "demonizing" predation) . & yeah, humans are pretty messed up... trust me, I know this! I AM one!

[briczar22]

@VollendJatara9Jenny... ah yes, Dreamworks, since I was in Orlando at the parks (Epcot, Magic Kingdom, and Hollywood studios) just last week, Disney is still in my mind controlling my every thought :)

[altarush]

@VollendJatara9Jenny I wish the fossas had killed that king and his yes man. People did the same to wolves and other predators without realize they are the demons.

[MrDarkcatify]

@briczar22 hey do you draw?

[briczar22]

@MrDarkcatify yes, but not very well.

[MrDarkcatify]

@briczar22 i do draw as well

sometimes i draw Cat-like animals