Apple's Snow Leopard Helps Real-Life Snow Leopards

[Axemantitan]

Apple's release of its new operating system, dubbed "Snow Leopard", is helping raise awareness of the plight of one of the world's most endangered big cats, reports the Snow Leopard Trust, a group working to protect the real-life snow leopard in its mountainous habitat across Central Asia.

"This is a boon for wild snow leopards," said Brad Rutherford, Executive Director of the Snow Leopard Trust, "Apple is helping to show the world the beauty and majesty of this rare creature."

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"We have a new donor match going on through October," he continued. "For all the Apple partners, anything they give will be matched—that means they can have double the impact for snow leopard conservation.”

http://news.mongabay.com/2009/0907-snow_leopard.html

[jmann]

How quaint. :)

[GSMiller]

Interesting to see how Microsoft will try and match it :D

[iGuardian]

Interesting to see how Microsoft will try and match it :D

Microsoft Windows Steve Ballmer, raising awareness of incompetent Bosses and CEO's.

[Beric]

Snow Leopards are actually cool animals to protect from going extinct, unlike some species I couldn't care less about it. ;)

[Michael CM1]

I can see groups now purchasing naming rights for versions of Mac OS X:

Mac OS X "Manatee"

Mac OS X "Panda"

Mac OS X "Microsoft Fanboy"

[TuffLuffJimmy]

I can see groups now purchasing naming rights for versions of Mac OS X:

Mac OS X "Manatee"

Mac OS X "Panda"

Mac OS X "Microsoft Fanboy"

Pandas and manatees are basically genetically engineered to go extinct.

Snow Leopards are actually cool animals to protect from going extinct, unlike some species I couldn't care less about it. ;)

I hope you're talking about pandas.

[iBookG4user]

This is great, it always gives me a good feeling inside when animal lives are saved and protected. And raising awareness is one of the first ways to do that :)

[jmann]

This is great, it always gives me a good feeling inside when animal lives are saved and protected. And raising awareness is one of the first ways to do that :)

What kind of snowy animal is in your avatar?

[iBookG4user]

What kind of snowy animal is in your avatar?

That would be an Arctic Fox, my favorite type of animal :)

[jmann]

That would be an Arctic Fox, my favorite type of animal :)

How precious. It looks so soft.

[anti-microsoft]

Interesting to see how Microsoft will try and match it :D

Microsoft Windows new operating system, Windows 7, has made the public awareness of the highly endangered #7 increase by a huge amount!!:D

Ams.

[TuffLuffJimmy]

Microsoft Windows new operating system, Windows 7, has made the public awareness of the highly endangered #7 increase by a huge amount!!:D

Ams.

I was thinking the same thing...

[JFreak]

Microsoft Windows Steve Ballmer, raising awareness of incompetent Bosses and CEO's.

But that is not endangered species!!

[liptonlover]

Microsoft Windows Steve Ballmer, raising awareness of incompetent Bosses and CEO's.

Rather, raising the awareness of monkeys. :cool:

[Michael CM1]

Pandas and manatees are basically genetically engineered to go extinct.

I don't know much about manatees, but I have a pretty good idea about pandas. I kept learning about how darn stupid the child-bearing process can be with them with the two born in Atlanta. Apparently a lot of baby pandas die when the mother just squashes the tiny cub by accident. WTF?!?! It also takes a scientific miracle just to get one pregnant. I have no idea how these asexual creatures reproduce in the wild.

[TuffLuffJimmy]

I don't know much about manatees, but I have a pretty good idea about pandas. I kept learning about how darn stupid the child-bearing process can be with them with the two born in Atlanta. Apparently a lot of baby pandas die when the mother just squashes the tiny cub by accident. WTF?!?! It also takes a scientific miracle just to get one pregnant. I have no idea how these asexual creatures reproduce in the wild.

I've heard that if they have twins they nurse the weaker of the two and let the stronger one die. And since their diet is 99% bamboo they have a very poor nutrition milk that often can't sustain a child.