That grouchy look seems to be permanent on adult black-footed cats, as seen in multiple images shared on Facebook’s Small Wild Cat Group by wildlife biologist Alexander Sliwa, who is a fan of this “ant-hill tiger.”
But the kittens? All the adorables!
Just don’t get carried away and decided to adopt one. They are naturally fierce, untameable, and it will be a bad experience all around.
But out in the wild, these qualities are essential for the tiny black-footed cat.
More information:
- No empty anthills to den up in? An abandoned rodent burrow will do.
- Animalia page
- How Stuff Works page/li>
For lagniappe:
Do you know how happy your cat is?
Feature image: Nathan Rupert, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.
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