{"id":2995,"date":"2010-04-07T00:58:55","date_gmt":"2010-04-06T18:58:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptopia.us\/site\/?p=2995"},"modified":"2012-11-25T07:52:17","modified_gmt":"2012-11-25T01:52:17","slug":"oriental-yeti-found-in-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/2010\/04\/oriental-yeti-found-in-china\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;ORIENTAL YETI&#8221; FOUND IN CHINA!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cryptopia.us\/site\/category\/monsters\/unclassified\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1691\" title=\"unclassified\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/unclassified.gif?resize=100%2C99\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"99\" \/><\/a>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.timesonline.co.uk\/tol\/news\/science\/biology_evolution\/article7088318.ece\" target=\"_\">Times Online<\/a> and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/environment\/2010\/apr\/06\/mystery-of-oriental-yeti\" target=\"_\">Guardian<\/a> have reported that a bizarre creature, which has been dubbed the \u201coriental yeti,&#8221; has been trapped in the ancient woodlands of isolated central China.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Scientists have been befuddled ever since hunters in a remote region of Sichuan province captured a hairless beast in the forest. The hunters set out to claim their prize after locals reported what they thought was a bear roaming around. One of the hunter&#8217;s responsible for the find, Lu Chin, described the strange creature:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cIt looks a bit like a bear but it doesn\u2019t  have any fur and it has a tail like a kangaroo. It also does not sound like a bear \u2014 it has a voice like a cat and it is calling all the time \u2014 perhaps it is looking for the rest of its kind or maybe it&#8217;s the last one&#8230;&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Oriental-Yeti21.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2999\" title=\"Oriental-Yeti2\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Oriental-Yeti21-300x180.jpg?resize=300%2C180\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Oriental-Yeti21.jpg?resize=300%2C180&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Oriental-Yeti21.jpg?w=460&amp;ssl=1 460w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Confused local animal experts have shipped the mystery beast to Beijing, where Chinese scientists are hoping that DNA tests will prove that this odd animal is the  zoologists&#8217; equivalent of the Holy Grail &#8212; a mammal new to science.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A bizarre creature, which has been dubbed the \u201coriental yeti,&#8221; has been trapped in the ancient woodlands of isolated central China.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2504,"featured_media":12254,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[163,24,165,1121,166,167,132,164,162],"class_list":{"0":"post-2995","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-bear-monster","9":"tag-bigfoot","10":"tag-china","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-oriental-yeti","13":"tag-sichuan-yeti","14":"tag-unknown-animal","15":"tag-yeren","16":"tag-yeti"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Oriental-Yeti111.jpg?fit=530%2C317&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2504"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2995"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2995\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10345,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2995\/revisions\/10345"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptopia.us\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}