What is it? Isn't that cute cat? It's a cat, but it's not cute at all... Because they are the legendary "desert wildcats".
The desert feral cat is the only cat that lives most of the time in the desert, and Central Asia and North Africa are the main habitats of the desert cat. At present, the desert cat has been officially recognized as an endangered species, and there are only about 10,000 left in the world, and the number is still decreasing.
And this time, The team of Gregory Breton and Dr Alexander Sliwa found desert feral cat cubs for the first time in the African Sahara Desert.
"It was a little dark, but with some lighting, we saw sparkling eyes in the grass behind us."
So, this group of scientists found such a litter of kittens, which should be desert wild cats about 4 months old.
These feral cats are very sensitive to danger, otherwise they would not be able to live in such a dangerous place as the desert. Desert night cats are able to survive in harsh environments from -5°C to 52°C, and even desert cats can take water from their daily diet for months without drinking water. And
The bite power of the desert cat is amazing, ranking first among the felines, and it is no different from the snow leopard. In one of the values of the bite force and body proportion of African animals (BFQ), the value of the flat-headed honey badger is 188, while the value of the desert wildcat is more than 130, and the value of the European badger is only 109.
Finally, the desert wildcat has a characteristic, no matter how old it is, its face is very "young", the legendary childlike face. But you can't look cute, you want to raise it as a pet, it is really not suitable for breeding. Thousands of years ago, the Arabs spent a long time to successfully domesticate the desert feral cat and become the ancestor of today's domestic cat.