Tired little predator

Wonderful Sand Cat (Felis margarita, kocka poustni) from ZOO Ohrada, Hluboka nad Vltavou, Czech republic


My friend *Allerlei took this awesome photo:


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INFO ABOUT THE ANIMAL:

Name: Sand Cat (Felis margarita)
Location: Sahara, Arabian Desert, deserts of Iran and Pakistan
Size: 50 cm + 30 cm long tail weight: 2, 7 kg
Diet: rodents, lizards, birds and insects
Conservation status: Near Threatened
Enemies: humans, wolves, snakes, raptors
Interesting facts: Sand cats have thick fur on their paws, so they can walk on hot sand | cats do not have to drink water – they gain all the water they need from the body of their prey | cats dig their prey into sand to come back and eat it later | they live solitarily

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