The Curious Clouded Leopard

Using your large soft paws, you climb nimbly up a tree in search of a tasty macaque monkey or a large tropical bird. You're movements are silent, canceled by the percussive drips from the spent monsoon that passed through moments ago. There is an abundance of old world monkeys, so you are not worried about finding prey. In fact, its the middle of the day and you ask yourself, "why am I not taking a nap?" You are not the largest of wildcats, but nonetheless you are elusive to prey and maintain a mysterious existence.

With none the worry, you settle into the notch of a tree for a quiet rainforest nap.
















As you can see from your portrait above, you are quite beautiful. Your large paws, patterned fur, and long tree-balancing tail make you a cat well adapted to life in the forest. But as you nap in the trees confident of your placement in your local food web, there is a high price upon your skin. There is a particular animal called a human, who walks not as quietly as you and is not as ferocious a carnivore. However, your meat could feed a human family and the sale of your fur would fill more than a few pockets.

Here is your fur, for sale in a market.

You, the curious clouded leopard. With dwindling habitat and limited protection from human hunting, your elusiveness is your best chance for survival at the present.