What an excellent example of The Valley Effect, or whatever it's called.
I don't know if it's photoshop or just a particularly good/bad angle, but the small mouth and nose, the space between the mouth and eyes, and the poofy-roundness of the head all conspire to make it look just-human-enough to look totally freaky.
A little less human, and it would be a cute animal. Once it gets through the valley of looking freaky and looks more human, it'll be just another furry.
Wow! Interesting-- Google reveals no other photographs of the species, just some illustrations and a page that notes that No known photographs exist of this species. Well, if they all look like the fellow in the photo, they're an odd-looking bunch, but nonetheless it's neat to finally have a decent photo of a Tibetan Fox!
Nope. Just someone whose very good at Photoshop. Or whatever the latest and greatest is these days. It's a Cheetah's face (sans spots) over a coyotes(?) Nicely done. I had to look pretty hard at it to figure out it wasn't real.
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Date: 2006-11-15 01:53 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-11-15 02:07 pm (UTC)I don't know if it's photoshop or just a particularly good/bad angle, but the small mouth and nose, the space between the mouth and eyes, and the poofy-roundness of the head all conspire to make it look just-human-enough to look totally freaky.
A little less human, and it would be a cute animal. Once it gets through the valley of looking freaky and looks more human, it'll be just another furry.
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Date: 2006-11-15 02:13 pm (UTC)I completely agree.
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Date: 2006-11-15 02:22 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-11-15 05:22 pm (UTC)Hrm. "Misery-inducing" seems the best way to put it.
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Date: 2006-11-15 03:40 pm (UTC)(no subject)
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Date: 2006-11-15 03:40 pm (UTC)Limecat Sr.
Date: 2006-11-15 08:28 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-11-16 01:04 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-11-15 01:53 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-11-15 03:03 pm (UTC)It's a Cheetah's face (sans spots) over a coyotes(?)
Nicely done. I had to look pretty hard at it to figure out it wasn't real.
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Date: 2006-11-15 03:39 pm (UTC)Cheeyote
Date: 2006-11-15 04:14 pm (UTC)(After looking at your other responses. Do you ever feel like your repeating yourself?) ;>
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Date: 2006-11-15 04:17 pm (UTC)Re: Cheeyote
Date: 2006-11-16 04:59 am (UTC)(no subject)
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