African Golden Cat Attacks Monkeys in Rare Camera Trap Footage

livescience.com ^ | January 28, 2015 | Megan Gannon

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African golden cats are hardly ever photographed in the wild. In their rare, camera-trap cameos, the cats are usually seen licking their spotted fur or innocuously inspecting the unfamiliar lens.

But recently, scientists captured a much more dynamic scene: a golden cat crashing a party of red colobus monkeys in Uganda.

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Note, there are 3 videos, scroll down to view them.

[Pearls Before Swine]

Before I watch, is this a nature snuff flick?

[ColdOne]

Awesome, thanks so much for posting.

[Berlin_Freeper]

Bank Robbed in Russia

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

Where can I get one?

[dainbramaged]

Talk about quick - fresh monkey meat.

[Cry if I Wanna]

Well a cat’s gotta’ eat.

[Jolla]

No, it is one quick cat and one quicker monkey, but clearly the cat goes away without a meal. You have to slow it down around 12-13 seconds, it is a blur a normal speed

[MNDude]

darn. I hate monkeys.

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There is a slomo version of the video down the page.

[rlmorel]

Very cool...one lucky primate!

[Squawk 8888]

Kitty ping.

[Bigg Red]

No, the monkeys scream “Epic fail!” at the poor kitty at the end. I watched the video, and could not make head nor tail of it, but, fortunately, they have the slo-mo version a little lower on the page.

[Bigg Red]

I hate monkeys, too. Always have.

[Slings and Arrows]

[doorgunner69]

Cat kills a monkey? Sounds like there could be a racissss angle in here somewhere..............Got to be careful with them dog whistle words, don’t you know.

[houeto]

That was hilarious!

[Mjaye]

From source: (citing a Golden Cat caught on camera two years ago) “The researchers said they lured the creature to the camera trap with Calvin Klein’s Obsession for Men”.

“The cologne contains civetone, which comes from the scent glands of civets, small mammals that are native to Africa and parts of Asia.”

Note to men: Skip the Obsession when visiting wild areas frequented by Golden Cats, or anything else that might fancy civets on the menu.