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This is the smallest African wild cat, the black-footed cat... (Beautiful cat alert)
IMGUR ^ | June 30, 2015 | KittyInTheCity

Posted on 07/01/2015 10:38:51 AM PDT by beaversmom

More pics here: This is the smallest...


TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: africa; blackfootedcat; cat; kittyping; wildcat; wildlife
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To: beaversmom; AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
Awwwwwwwww. Thanks beaversmom.

41 posted on 07/01/2015 11:53:48 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW)
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To: SunkenCiv

:)


42 posted on 07/01/2015 11:55:26 AM PDT by beaversmom
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To: beaversmom

Same here. Also from deep in S America (Tierro del Fuego I think), Geoffrey’s Cat, which the local zoo used to have on exhibit (haven’t been there in a while). They also used to have a Nile (Delta) Cat, which was in the herpetarium, think it’s long gone.


43 posted on 07/01/2015 11:57:29 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW)
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To: beaversmom

I have spent a fair amount of time in the Namib and Kalahari where these creatures live. I don’t think I’ve ever heard of them.


44 posted on 07/01/2015 12:05:50 PM PDT by stormer
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To: SunkenCiv

Looks like this blackfooted kind is a recent addition to the Philadelphia Zoo if anyone is close:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/06/17/black-footed-cat-philadelphia-zoo_n_5504085.html

I had not heard of the Geoffroy’s cat prior. Here is info from Wiki. He looks a little like the Kodkod.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffroy%27s_cat

I’ll have to check out the Nile cat next. Thanks.


45 posted on 07/01/2015 12:07:39 PM PDT by beaversmom
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To: beaversmom

Our Mr. Bob is also spotted and has a tiny bit of desert lynx in him. He also has an odd personality. Not terrible smart and a bit distant and feral. He does love me and my daughter in law. Others not so much.


46 posted on 07/01/2015 12:07:45 PM PDT by Mercat (Donate to Stop the HildeKraken PAC)
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To: SunkenCiv

I’m no expert (full disclosure, I’m not even at all knowledgeable) on ths subject, but don’t those cats look as if they’d been previously domesticated?

I don’t mean the kitties in the pic, specifically, I mean the breed. I wonder if they’re feral descendents of pets from a not too terribly long ago collapsed polity in that AO.


47 posted on 07/01/2015 12:07:51 PM PDT by Grimmy (equivocation is but the first step along the road to capitulation)
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48 posted on 07/01/2015 12:08:09 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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To: beaversmom

They have some at the Columbia, South Carolina, zoo. Also a fishing cat, who wades around in his pond looking annoyed that there are no fish.


49 posted on 07/01/2015 12:08:45 PM PDT by Tax-chick ("And that drummer from that one band whose name I can't remember is also dead."~SamAdams76)
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To: Mercat

Would love to see a pic of him.


50 posted on 07/01/2015 12:10:44 PM PDT by beaversmom
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To: Tax-chick

Awww...they ought to put some fish in so he can “play” with them. :)


51 posted on 07/01/2015 12:11:45 PM PDT by beaversmom
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To: SunkenCiv

Found this on great and lesser wild kitties of Egypt:

http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/cats.htm


52 posted on 07/01/2015 12:17:38 PM PDT by beaversmom
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To: beaversmom

Sounds lie a racist kitty to me. Need to eradicate or just cut off feet.


53 posted on 07/01/2015 12:18:35 PM PDT by Cyman (We have to pass it to see what's in it= definition of stool sample)
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To: Cyman

Did you see his scientific name!?

Felis nigripes


54 posted on 07/01/2015 12:20:29 PM PDT by beaversmom
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To: NorthMountain
Deceptive little monsters ... probably rip your face off if you give them the chance ....

I'm reminded of a scene in "Galaxy Quest" where the away team discovers the cute little aliens.

55 posted on 07/01/2015 12:25:52 PM PDT by Flick Lives (“One should not attend even the end of the world without a good breakfast.” -- Heinlein "Friday")
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To: Flick Lives
Didn't you guys ever watch the show?
56 posted on 07/01/2015 12:35:11 PM PDT by NorthMountain ("The time has come", the Walrus said, "to talk of many things")
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To: beaversmom

Let me know when you have the 3rd domesticated generation born, and I’ll buy one from you.


57 posted on 07/01/2015 12:36:25 PM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: NorthMountain

LOL! It is a funny movie.


58 posted on 07/01/2015 12:56:14 PM PDT by Flick Lives (“One should not attend even the end of the world without a good breakfast.” -- Heinlein "Friday")
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To: beaversmom
"Here is some info here..."

From the wiki article..."Apparently, they get all the moisture they need from their prey..."

No thank you. I bleed enough already playing with my furry little cat buddy.

59 posted on 07/01/2015 1:08:47 PM PDT by moovova
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To: MrB

I don’t think you can get the ‘wild’ out of them just by a few generations of domestication. It would take breeding with a domesticated cat, like the Savannah is bred:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savannah_cat


60 posted on 07/01/2015 1:13:55 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, If you can keep it.")
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