Actually no, but for an exciting reason: this is a species only just newly identified this month!
The one with the incredibly high hunting success rate is the black-footed cat, which is from southern Africa. The one in the pic is a tilcayo, from Bolivia. It looks similar to another species of wildcat in the same area, but one that had brought into a wildlife sanctuary (by a guy who found and cared for it as a kitten and didn't initially realise it wasn't a domestic cat) and a scientist realised that it was not actually the same thing
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betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 3d
Every cat I've met so far has been a smaller-than-a-house cat. Will update with new developments as they occur though.
Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 3d
Probably a good thing, lol
somebody_to_love@lemmy.today · 3 pts · 2d
It’s so cool that we keep discovering new species. Makes the earth a bit more magical.
Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 3d
I've read the articles and saw the little video clip, but I haven't found one with sound and I want to hear it! Anyone?
kettuli@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3d
Also the deadliest hunter.
Skua@kbin.earth · 7 pts · 2d
Actually no, but for an exciting reason: this is a species only just newly identified this month!
The one with the incredibly high hunting success rate is the black-footed cat, which is from southern Africa. The one in the pic is a tilcayo, from Bolivia. It looks similar to another species of wildcat in the same area, but one that had brought into a wildlife sanctuary (by a guy who found and cared for it as a kitten and didn't initially realise it wasn't a domestic cat) and a scientist realised that it was not actually the same thing
kettuli@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2d
Well that’s way cooler.