On 11/29/05, Attila Csipa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wednesday 30 November 2005 00:14, Fawcett, David wrote: > > product has been given a modifier of 'Cheetah'. > > One more thing on the Cheetah (as in big cat) issue. I'm aware that the > instant association with this species is 'fastest predator on land', but if > one scratches a bit deeper it turns out that this title comes with quite a > price. A bit of trivia (from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheetah) regarding > cheetahs (with the risk of being partial for pasting here only what I thought > would be contradictory to some of Mapservers' characteristics): > > - The cheetah is a vulnerable species. Out of all the big cats, it is the > least able to adapt to new environments. > > - A cheetah can run up to 114 km/h for up to about 274 metres before it > overheats. The temperature within the cheetah reaches such high temperatures > that it would be deadly to continue, also why cheetahs are often seen resting > even after they have caught their prey. Roughly half of the chases are > successful. > > - Cheetahs are not true big cats, as they can purr as they inhale, but cannot > roar. By contrast, lions, tigers, leopards, and jaguars can roar but cannot > purr, except while exhaling. > > - Today, cheetahs have a growing economic importance for ecotourism and they > are also found in zoos. Because cheetahs are far less aggressive than other > big cats, kittens are sometimes sold as pets. > > - Cheetah cubs have a high mortality rate due to genetic factors and predation > by carnivores in competition with the cheetah, such as the lion and hyena. > Some biologists now believe that they are too inbred to flourish as a > species. > > - Cheetahs are included on the IUCN list: vulnerable species (African > subspecies threatened, Asiatic subspecies in critical situation) as well as > on the US ESA: threatened species - Appendix I of CITES (Convention on > International Trade in Endangered Species).
Attila, The name isn't written in stone. But I'm not sure I want to work on "MapServer Cockroach" just because it is the hardiest species in the Wikipedia. Best regards, -- ---------------------------------------+-------------------------------------- I set the clouds in motion - turn up | Frank Warmerdam, [EMAIL PROTECTED] light and sound - activate the windows | http://pobox.com/~warmerdam and watch the world go round - Rush | Geospatial Programmer for Rent
