Shark Bait, that is truly a magnificent cat.
Agreed! I'm hoping he/she sticks around. I've only seen it twice.
Shark Bait, that is truly a magnificent cat.
They say if you want to plant Blueberry bushes, plant 4. One for the Squirrels, one for the Chipmunks, one for the Birds and one for you.
Hee Hee,
My spirit animal is the rabbit, or Hare. And just because I love them and have soft spot, doesn’t mean I won’t eat them, because they are delicious, But, I will not consciously kill or hunt them. Just a weird principle thing.
Way off thread topic.
All squirrels must DIE!
Ouch! I'll put the request in! But if she doesn't go, get a couple SQRTO Squirrelinator Traps for $50 a piece:When your finished, send her down to my house. I spent $1600 last year to keep the **** things out of my attic.
Oh: yes, I know a man who liked Bunnies. His name was Hugh Hefner and he built a publishing, merchandise, and club empire on a Bunny head image.
How do you "unconsciously" kill rabbits and hares? Do you sleepwalk with a shotgun, or have you got a bobcat trained to get them for your kitchen?![]()
The African and Asian equivalent is the bay lynx, called "Rooikat" (Red Cat) in Afrikaans. They're fascinating predators. The ears have quite long tufts, something that scrimshaw artist Linda Karst included in her remarkable portraits of them.
Years ago, "Life" ran a feature using a high speed camera of a rooikat attacking a swarm of birds. It did a high leap and downed about 8 birds in a swirl of motion. Some were probably finished off after they landed, wounded. Even one big guinea fowl would be a meal, but they're killing machines. Like leopards, they'll sometimes ravage a barn of lambs, taking only one with them.
All cats are master predators. I love watching YouTube videos of leopards hunting antelope and sometimes, baboons. And avoiding lions and baboon troops out to kill them.
Some of you have read Jean Auel's books about Ayla, the Cro-Magnon girl. Her "spirit animal" was a Pleistocene lion. Some Amerindian tribes also believe in spirit animals that the Indians believe they have a spiritual connection with. I'm Anglo, but understand that belief. My spirit animal is probably the leopard. I admire their skills and ability to exist where never suspected. The leopard is a master of survival.
BTW, we once had real lions in North America. (Panthera atrox, bigger than Panthera (Leo) leo in Africa and NW India. I think the last died out about 11,000 years ago. How'd you like to face that or a Short-faced bear without firearms? Early men here had that task.