Talk:Beast of Bodmin Moor

Incisors or canines?
"A boy was walking by the River Fowey when he discovered a large cat skull. ... the skull was minus its lower jaw but possessed two sharp, prominent canines that suggested that it might have been a leopard."

Should this read "two sharp, prominent canines"? (Incisors are the smaller "front teeth", and canines are the large "fangs".) Cats normally have three incisors on each side in both the upper and lower jaws (thus this skull minus its lower jaw would have been expected to have six incisors and two canines.)

http://www.nhc.ed.ac.uk/index.php?page=24.134.166.172.294


 * Yes, you're right. See the photos of the skull on the Natural History Museum website: . I'll fix the text. -- Avenue (talk) 19:18, 1 January 2009 (UTC)

image
This image appears to be of a common housecat. Is there any citation accompanying it to document that this has really been claimed to be the 'Beast of Bodmin"? Locke9k (talk) 02:30, 12 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Nope. I removed it.Cop 663 (talk) 16:32, 14 April 2009 (UTC)

Removed uncited claim
I've removed this:


 * However the police have released classified pictures of large cats shot by farmers.

Because not only is it completely uncited, it's also pretty ambiguous. "Large cats" as in alien felines, or just large native cats?

Beast of Bodmin is Real
Extensive research allocating and there should be an inclusion. 146.200.180.251 (talk) 12:52, 3 October 2022 (UTC)
 * If you have reliable sources for that, sure. --Hob Gadling (talk) 13:14, 3 October 2022 (UTC)
 * Perhaps this? The Beast of Bodmin is not much more than a black cat wandering Bodmin-moor. It's obviously a real creature blown totally out of le proportionne - as was frequently said during Louis XIV's reign. 146.200.180.251 (talk) 14:03, 6 October 2022 (UTC)
 * It's as big as four cats, is afraid of stamps, and has four arses instead of a mouth. 😐  Tewdar   20:03, 6 October 2022 (UTC)
 * No, Instagram is not a reliable source, since it is WP:SPS. --Hob Gadling (talk) 19:51, 12 October 2022 (UTC)