The black-footed cat, mainly distributed in the semi-desert area of Africa, is one of the smallest cats, with an average weight of only 1.6Kg, its shape is like a full moon kitten, with large round eyes and curved ears, and the coat color of the head is like our local resident Tanuki cat, the coat color on the body is like a cheetah, which is covered with spots, who looks at who does not love ah.
But! Don’t underestimate their combat effectiveness because of their size, inherit the habit of cats lying out of the night, this little guy will travel more than ten kilometers to the right place to hunt birds, rabbits and insects that have been resting for a busy day, and their hunting success rate is as high as 60%, higher than the success rate of any cat including lion cheetahs, dozens of birds and rodents can be caught in one night, and even they can attack small antelopes that are four or five times larger than their own size, which is called a hunting performance!
Black-footed cats like to act alone, except that when hunting, the courage is quite small, often hiding themselves, if you encounter them in the wild, do not come forward to “tame” them, their attack speed is very fast, less than ten centimeters tall body can jump up to a height of seventy or eighty centimeters, it is not certain who bullies whom.
And having said so much about its fierce combat performance, in fact, it has long been included in the list of vulnerable animals. Because they are too small, many large carnivores will also take them as prey and do not kill, and the already rare black-footed cat is even more difficult, so such a cute kitten seems to be unable to take it under the name in this life. If we really encounter black-footed cats in reality, we can just look at it, don’t bring them more survival pressure, protect animals and nature is our duty!
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