This cat is known as a cheetah. It has four long legs in nature. Its ability to catch mice makes domestic cats ashamed. In Africa, there is a beautiful medium-sized cat living in it. It has a strong figure and its fur is covered with spots. People call it "little cheetah". The real name of the little cheetah is serval. Although it is much smaller than the real cheetah, in terms of proportion, the serval's four very eye-catching long legs are the longest among the cats, and its two tall big ears are also the largest among the cats.
The long legs gave the serval excellent running and jumping ability, allowing it to jump more than 1 meter high and more than 4 meters away at once; the two big ears strengthened the serval's hearing, allowing it to hear the subtle movements of prey several meters away. Just from the two points of the serval's long legs and big ears, we can speculate that it is an excellent hunter. This is indeed the case.
If the serval hears the movement of the prey, it does not need to use its eyes, but only those big ears to accurately determine the specific position of the prey, then jumps and draws a beautiful arc in the air. The end of the arc is often where the prey is captured.
Even the little servals, they also have 4 long legs and two big ears, and their hunting movements are exactly the same as those of adult servals.
The serval has a rich prey, and it likes all kinds of birds, fish, reptiles, and insects, but its favorite is rats.
According to statistics, rats account for nearly 90% of the serval prey. An adult serval can eat up to 1,000 mice in a year!
In the United States, some people raise servals as pet cats and feed them about 10 gussets at a time. The servals will swallow the mice into their stomachs like snacks, and their appetite is so amazing.
In our previous impression, the cats that can catch mice are the most common cats. However, as more and more domestic cats are spoiled by their owners to live a pampered life, their ability to catch mice has gradually declined.
Some domestic cats have never seen a mouse, let alone catching a mouse; some domestic cats are frightened by the mouse after seeing a mouse; in an era when domestic cats' nature of catching mice is gradually declining, there are not many domestic cats that are "received to catch mice" like servals...
In front of servals, domestic cats should feel very ashamed!
Of course, the serval's prey is not limited to these little mice. It also captures larger hares, pheasants, and even small antelope that are bigger than it. Unlike cat animals such as lions and leopards that live in Africa, although servals have excellent hunting capabilities, they rarely hunt poultry and livestock. The serval, which loves to eat mice, is undoubtedly a good friend of the farmers.
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