The world oohed and aahed over the Smithsonian’s announcement of a newly named mammal species on Thursday. Behold the olinguito, described as “a cross between a house cat and teddy bear.”
New species of animal – known as #olinguito – discovered living in forests of Colombia & Ecuador, @smithsonian says pic.twitter.com/h6lOjPTYw1
— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) August 15, 2013
https://twitter.com/iTouchTheSky__/status/368274139636711424
Can't handle the cute… Meet the adorable olinguito, the new mammal that’s melting hearts http://t.co/pMM04fv9AD pic.twitter.com/8T65yCb8VO
— FOX59 News (@FOX59) August 15, 2013
Sure, the olinguito is a member of the raccoon family with some vicious-looking claws, but the pics are pretty darn adorable. Enter Washington Post political correspondent Karen Tumulty with another photo … of a dead one.
Not making this up: I'm sharing the MSNBC green room with a deceased #olinguito pic.twitter.com/HMAbkx7m2A
— Karen Tumulty (@ktumulty) August 15, 2013
Dead and in the MSNBC green room? That poor olinguito!
Per my last tweet: that specimen #olinguito died decades ago. And no, it is not waiting for makeup.
— Karen Tumulty (@ktumulty) August 15, 2013
Coming up next on @msnbc! MT: @ktumulty I'm sharing the MSNBC green room with a deceased #olinguito pic.twitter.com/z2rpXaXoGB
— Andrea Mitchell (@mitchellreports) August 15, 2013
https://twitter.com/jordanc/status/368066756339716096
Nothing wrong with studying a specimen, but for some, Tumulty really ruined the moment as the world basked in cute overload.
@ktumulty @washingtonpost – Just read the story. That photo is just full of nope for me. Poor thing.
— Dolores, Of Course (@DoloresOfCourse) August 15, 2013
https://twitter.com/Forbidden_Truth/status/368058919735656448
— sarabel myr (@bibiriba) August 15, 2013
Tumulty says she would have preferred a live olinguito.
@ktumulty Would you rather it were a live #Olinguito?
— Sheila Baylis (@sheilabot) August 15, 2013
@sheilabot Yes!
— Karen Tumulty (@ktumulty) August 15, 2013
Once again, Rep. Steve Stockman scores with an MSNBC burn that gives new and hilarious purpose to Tumulty’s pic.
He's doing an impression of MSNBC's ratings. MT @ktumulty I'm sharing the MSNBC green room with a deceased #olinguito pic.twitter.com/oIe5KKDWkg
— Steve Stockman (@SteveWorks4You) August 15, 2013
Truth!
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