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I have been informed that apparently ‘black panther’ is not a politically correct term to use, although I was referring to any type of black wild cat. But I had more of a black cougar type pattern in mind when I said that.
Look up Bagheera from Jungle Book. When referred to a large cat, black panther is perfectly acceptable.
“Bagheera is a black panther (black Indian leopard) who is a fictional character in Rudyard Kipling’s Mowgli stories in The Jungle Book (coll. 1894) and The Second Jungle Book (coll. 1895). The word Bagh (बाघ) means tiger in Hindi.”
“Bagheera – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bagheera
Bagheera is a black panther (black Indian leopard) who is a fictional character in Rudyard Kipling’s Mowgli stories in The Jungle Book (coll. 1894) and The Second Jungle Book (coll. 1895). The word Bagh (बाघ) means tiger in Hindi.”“Ben Kingsley to Voice Black Panther Bagheera in ‘The Jungle Book …
http://www.firstshowing.net/…/ben-kingsley-to-voice-black-panther-bagheera-in-…
Jun 25, 2014 – Now Disney has announced that Ben Kingsley will voice Bagheera, the black panther. Jon Favreau is directing the live-action/animated hybrid …”https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_panther
So, when I say ‘Black Panther’ I mean /any/ of the following: Black Jaguar OR Black Leopard. Which when painted on a Windstone Cougar, isn’t likely to be a massive difference, although I am extremely well aware of the rosette differences… I doubt Mel is going to toss THAT much thought into how the spots are painted…
By all technicality, I could also be referring to black Lions and black Tigers as well, as they could also be called “Panthers” by the subspecies “Panthera”
… in case anyone was curious why I felt saying ‘Black Panther’ is perfectly acceptable when generalizing for this particular purpose, otherwise, I’m very good at defining which exact cat I’m talking about.
I myself am not a big fan of the mantis shrimp tanukis, so if I end up buying one of these and get one, I’ll be happy to trade. Leaves are my favorite 🙂
[i]Keeping an eye out for fantasy gryphons and test paint dragons.[/i]
I agree with you Kaytana and others about black panthers. Thanks for posting your thoughts. I also wasn’t specifying a particular black cat but more referring to a blanket term for black wild cats. Based on what I read:
“Black panther, a big cat (of any species, but most commonly a jaguar or a leopard) whose coloration is entirely black. This may have originated from the Latin name Panthera for the big cats and was probably shortened from Black Panthera to Black Panther.”
I just posted the follow up because of a message I got about correcting my post because I was told Black Panthers are a revolutionary nationalist and socialist organization and that I shouldn’t ruffle any feathers on here by using that term. Good to know I didn’t offend anyone because I sure wasn’t aware of that and assume most others on here wouldn’t take something like that the wrong way when we are clearly taking about wild cats here. Anyway I also love the colourful tanukis!
Looking for rainbow or pink & teal grab bags!
I myself am not a big fan of the mantis shrimp tanukis, so if I end up buying one of these and get one, I’ll be happy to trade. Leaves are my favorite 🙂
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If I get one of the Leaf ones (which I also like a lot!) and you get one of the colorful Mantis Shrimp ones, ESPECIALLY one of the two on the last photo, I’ll Gladly trade with you, Stormbreeze! Please keep me in mind if you do get one. 🙂IN SEARCH OF MY NEXT GRAILS:
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*** Come visit me on deviantArt at http://ela-hara.deviantart.comThe tanukis look awesome Melody! So colorful and intricate designs. They remind me of Disney characters, they are so cute.
I agree with you Kaytana and others about black panthers. Thanks for posting your thoughts. I also wasn’t specifying a particular black cat but more referring to a blanket term for black wild cats. Based on what I read:
“Black panther, a big cat (of any species, but most commonly a jaguar or a leopard) whose coloration is entirely black. This may have originated from the Latin name Panthera for the big cats and was probably shortened from Black Panthera to Black Panther.”
I just posted the follow up because of a message I got about correcting my post because I was told Black Panthers are a revolutionary nationalist and socialist organization and that I shouldn’t ruffle any feathers on here by using that term. Good to know I didn’t offend anyone because I sure wasn’t aware of that and assume most others on here wouldn’t take something like that the wrong way when we are clearly taking about wild cats here. Anyway I also love the colourful tanukis!
Interesting that yours gets corrected but mine that was before yours did not o.0
Anywho, I do really wish the phrase “Politically Incorrect” would go away… This world is physically incapable of molding to the ideal of every single person, we are though, perfectly capable of accepting that not everyone see’s things exactly like we do, and should be happy that everything is so diverse, because if it wasn’t, it would be so-very-boring! Instead, people get offended… by *everything* and throw that dumb phrase around to justify it… (It’s a big issue in the USA, where we often can’t fly our own nations flag in fear we’re going to offend someone – not even joking, people get yelled at and told they can’t do it from housing associations to schools… while often not caring at all if other nationalities fly their own flags…)
I’m just going to point these small things out… which sort of shines a light on how awesome context is. (Kim, this is not aimed at you, just all in reference to the situation of someone correcting you)
“Jaguar” is also an auto mobile manufacturer.
“Jaguar” could just as easily be in reference to a football team…“Cougar” could refer to an older women who goes out looking for significantly younger men..
which leads me to “Puma” … which is a shoe company…
“Mountain Lion”? let’s not get started on how many High School teams use this in one form or fashion…with the context of our entire conversation.. not once has someone assumed we’re asking Melody to paint Old Ladies wearing sneakers in Teal and “Ultimate Black Metallic” auto paint…
After all, I’d much rather see Melody paint the cougars younger man (who prefers to wear Nike when he goes to his old High Schools games to support the awesome Mountain Lions!) in “Laser Blue” and “Inferno Orange” – because I’m a Chevy lovin’ Bronco’s fan, who has an appreciation for (mid-20’s) athletes…-and if that mental image didn’t make you laugh or at least smirk… then lighten up a lil, life is too short to be so serious!
Also… we’ve been talking about cats… I really do think everyone has been on that page this whole time..
Moving along, loving the details you have on the Tanuki’s, Mel! 🙂 They’re looking pretty darn awesome!
LOL, Kaytana that’s a great synopsis on the redunkulousness of ‘Polical Correctness’ which is all over the place it seems in the US… I agree as well. Things are getting too judgemental on what may or may not ‘offend’ someone, and something that was OK, even 10-25 years ago, is now *gasp* not correct or offensive! Oh the horror!
Gee… I guess I better not ask Melody to do any sculpts of gorillas in black. Hmmmm…would Silverback Gorillas be considered Senior Citizens? 🙂
IN SEARCH OF MY NEXT GRAILS:
Black Peacock & Butternut Adult Poads
Kickstarter 'Rainbow Tiger' Bantam Dragon*~*~*~* Ela_Hara: The DragonKeeper *~*~*~*
*** Come visit me on deviantArt at http://ela-hara.deviantart.comAny idea when the pink scratching dragons will be out? And will there be any pink hatching royalty? I would so love to have a pink hatching empress, hatching emperor, and hatching kinglet! LOVE that pink color! 🙂
Any idea when the pink scratching dragons will be out? And will there be any pink hatching royalty? I would so love to have a pink hatching empress, hatching emperor, and hatching kinglet! LOVE that pink color! 🙂
Hmm I see if anyone is working on pink scratching dragons. We are trying to cast some hatching royal dragons now. They are a pain, but we are getting a few.
Any idea when the pink scratching dragons will be out? And will there be any pink hatching royalty? I would so love to have a pink hatching empress, hatching emperor, and hatching kinglet! LOVE that pink color! 🙂
Hmm I see if anyone is working on pink scratching dragons. We are trying to cast some hatching royal dragons now. They are a pain, but we are getting a few.
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