In the jungles of Madagascar roams an endemic beast known as the fosa. It has the frame of a small cougar and head of a mongoose, hunting any animal with a heartbeat, including lemurs.
Though the fosa rests atop the food chain in Madagascar, slash and burn agriculture threaten the future of this already dwindling population.
Host Frank Stasio talks with , professor of biology at Pfeiffer University and fosa researcher with National Geographic, about this Malagasy carnivore.
Dollar will . on Thursday at the in Raleigh as part of the Extreme Mammals exhibit.