Posted on 05/09/2020 12:08:21 AM PDT by nickcarraway
With people staying in their homes more these days, they’ve been realizing just how close ‘home’ actually is to wildlife and the outdoors. Take this video of a bobcat chasing a squirrel in a tree for example; This kind of encounter is something you would expect to see in a wildlife documentary shot with ultra high-definition cameras, not someone’s backyard filmed on a cell phone.
We’ve watched bobcats make some pretty incredible catches before, but this one was pretty impressive. Especially since the cat outsmarted the squirrel on his own turf!
The squirrel was doomed .
It picked a palm, a mono-trunk.
It had nowhere to go, up top of the palm
are only fronds, no branches.
Still, yet it could have stood a better chance up
in the fronds than allowing itself to be driven down to the ground
I think he had to go up the tree, he could go faster than the bobcat. I’m not sure how easily the bobcat could maneuver that high.
I’d beliine s cat beat a squireill at chess, Biden beating one not so much.
I doubt that it is a Bobcat. It looks like a domestic cat, with a wild car cross.
It has the size, face and spots of a bobcat. The tail is way too short for a domestic cat, too long for a bobcat. A Long-tail Bobcat?
Glad the tree rat lost.
Bobcat tails can get a little longer than the one on the cat in the video. Pretty sure it’s a bobcat.
Cats are pretty agile. Here’s a leopard going after a monkey high in a tree: https://imgur.com/iKWmqFd
One morning, in the days before every person a videographer, our mystery cat was up in the walnut tree in the front yard. He was on a branch near the trunk about 10 ft up or so. A squirrel was below him wanting up. He eventually succeeded by racing past on the other side of the tree. Its tough when you don’t quite have the agility for the existing conditions. Some time later, maybe a year or two, I did see him feeding on a squirrel, so he had at least one successful hunt.
He was a mystery cat because we didn’t know where he came from and at the end we didn’t know where he went. He showed up in the high grass in the back yard, was hungry and stayed after we put out some cat food. He was an indoor/outdoor cat and disappeared one day. We suspected coyotes, but the new next door neighbor was suspect. He did not seem to like cats and may not have liked an animal roaming on his property.
The cat had a good life while he was here
The head seems to lack the size and ruff of a bobcat, with a lack of tufting on the ears. And the short tail suggests a domestic cat, there being more than a few examples and breeds with that trait.
Not all bobcat individuals have a big ruff, and they come in various sizes. Ear tufts can be of different sizes/visibility, too.
Here is a bobcat that doesn’t have huge ear tufts: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haMDJDcaOfU
Here is a bobcat that doesn’t have a giant ruff or ‘fur cheeks’: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TAUW3Gu28Q
Some additional examples: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOgZDUFvk4Y
The clever little devils are now disguising themselves and trying to pass as housecats!
Some of the bigger relatives have decided they don’t want to live outside and would rather live with people.
I think its a Bobcat such as ones found in Florida. Looking at the vegetation, that’s probably where it is.......
I think you are right. The palm is of a type common to Florida, as is the lawn grass.
That looks like it would be fun for an hour or two, then drudgery and bother for years and years. At least with kids, one can expect that they will normally become adults and move out.
Apparently Messi the puma isn’t a big bother to take care of (other than cost of food) and basically acts like a giant housecat. He’s a significant YouTube star, lots of videos of him playing and being cute.
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