Serval cat, a kind of appearance like a leopard heart but extremely "gentle" species, its name comes from Spanish, meaning "wolf like a deer", through the meaning is not difficult to understand, from the appearance, the serval cat gives people a wild feeling, and because of this appearance, it also makes it a valuable breed, although domestic prohibition, but in foreign countries, it has become a "local tycoon" pet, from 2012 to 2017, it has become the boss of the global luxury pets, Many high-class people spend a lot of money just to get out with it, even Queen Elizabeth of the United Kingdom is fascinated by it, and the serval cat at home is worth up to 60,000 yuan.
Not only that, many stars have also entered the circle of serval cats, have taken photos with it, and it is also the top in European and American circles, which depends on its angelic face and the figure of the devil, it is said that in a party in Silicon Valley in the United States, a large number of serval cats appeared, but such an expensive breed is forbidden to be domestically bred in China, but it has also appeared, Zhang Xinyu once held a serval cat together to take photos, it is said that the price of the serval cat is as high as 420,000, you can imagine how high its status is, But even if it has a super high status in the human circle, on the roads of Africa, it is called the "shame of felines", what is the reason for this? Let's explore it together.
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As a unique species on the African continent, the serval cat mainly appears in the sub-Saharan position, many people will mistake it for a fox, their reminder is like a small cheetah, the limbs are very slender, different black spots appear on the fur of the whole body, extending to the head, there are black rings on the tail, the male is larger than the female, in the feline family, the serval cat is relatively large.
Most of them live in the savannah, as cats, belong to the solitary animals, basically a serval cat in the wild will occupy about 20 square territory, usually basically live here, their territorial awareness is very strong, for foreign invaders even if it is a big guy, they will also fight with one, even in the mating period, males do not allow females to share their territory.
Like most cats, they are nocturnal and are more sensitive in their movements, while females are more active than males.
Although it belongs to the solitary animal, but also often can see males and females walking together, and this situation is generally in the mating season, if you are lucky in the African savannah, you can see a couple of serval cats to enjoy the nourishment of love, from time to time to the joy of fish and water, so unhappy, but this time is normal and very short, after mating, the male will leave the female, and then look for new love, it is really a "scumbag", and the female is also very strong, even if they are lonely, It will also raise the cubs to live independently.
Although the cubs are conceived in the arms of their mothers for two and a half months, they are still very small after birth, and they will not develop in the form of growth after 11 days, and then slowly enter the feeding period, until 6 months will the canine teeth be completed.
After a year, the kitten will be forcibly expelled by the mother, let it find its own territory, and the newborn calves they also need a year or two to fully determine their territory, normal serval cat and domestic cat life expectancy is the same, the average ten years, the longest life reached 23 years.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="21" > powerful hunting ability and often helps humans</h1>
When they grow up, the serval cat will hunt on its own, and as a feline, and has the appearance of a cheetah, the serval cat also has a strong predatory ability, but most of them are some small animals, basically some small birds, small mice, etc., which is a bit excessive for such a large it.
However, from the list of predation of serval cats, these small animals often go to the farmland of humans, so in order to be able to better find food, serval cats will often appear in plants planted by humans, although they are preying for their own selfish desires, but they also indirectly help humans.
So humans try to call it "Mr. Agricultural Friendly", after all, there will be some insects in the serval cat recipe, they will plague human crops for a long time, and it just so happens that the serval cat also has this good, so everyone is complementary.
But this menu of the serval cat is completely sorry for its appearance, after all, it is like a cheetah that makes everyone think that the serval cat is a ferocious animal, if you know something about the cheetah, you must be able to know that it can easily take the life of the small wildebeest in a large wildebeest herd, and the serval cat is also the same level as the Eurasian lynx, in contrast, it can easily slaughter wolves and deer, and then look at the serval cat, which is inevitably disappointing.
For this reason, many people feel that the serval cat is the shame among felines!
But in any case, from the perspective of natural ecology, each life has its own appeal, or perhaps the serval cat has been associated with the cheetah in the process of evolution, only born of its appearance, but without its nature, but in the matter of helping humans, it still gives it a good review!
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="36" > as the darling of the "local tycoon circle", it is now endangered</h1>
Serval cat was born in Africa, and in Africa there is an ageless legend, the cat can directly talk to God, so the serval cat has a high status from ancient times to the present, because of the long-term help to humans, the serval cat in ancient Egypt has also been sought after by humans, a variety of statues and stele things are also common, serval cat from the appearance characteristics to the behavior of the ancient Egyptians are more regarded as the embodiment of the female god of war Best, so the serval cat is also the sacred beast of Egypt, in some temples there is also the tradition of raising serval cats, When people go to the temple, they feed it according to the ritual.
In fact, there are many legends about cats, folk have long been rumored that "cats have five blessings", "cats into the blessed land" some sayings, there are rumors that some stray cats into the house is a place of great luck, other places will also be in the home for the "fortune cat", and in China, the cat is alluding to the signs, ancient rumors that cats can ward off evil to bring signs to the owner, so the cat culture is actually passed down from ancient times to the present.
And the location of the serval cat is also noble today, although it is a second-level protected animal in China, so it is forbidden to be raised, but overseas, it is the darling of the local tycoon circle, but it is a difficult thing to raise a serval cat, after all, it lives in the wild, and has a super high sensitivity, so it is difficult to stop for a moment, so if it is placed at home, their experience is very abundant, so it will often be messed up, at this point, it can be understood as a feline "husky"!
It has been rumored earlier that the IQ of serval cats is higher than that of domestic cats, but the same is also the opposite, they themselves are difficult to tame, from the perspective of nature, long-term living in the wild, wild nature is difficult to change, they are difficult to be as docile as domestic cats, many people may refute, but when you really see it, it may be docile this second, and the next second the wild gene bursts out, catching you off guard!
Although as the darling of the local tyrant circle, but the serval cat in the world is also facing a great crisis, although in the grassland their territory is very vast, but in the continuous development of human beings, the grassland territory has been slowly shortened, so the current wild serval cat habitat is not as vast as imagined, coupled with the repeated speculation of the outside world, so that the serval cat becomes more precious, many crooked people began to continue to hunt the serval cat, or brought to the local tycoon circle for sale, or with their fur for sale.
From the current point of view, the serval cat has been listed in the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, is a species protected by the Trade Convention, although it is currently a non-endangered Wu Zong, but if humans do not stop hunting, their number is likely to continue to decrease.
As a sacred species, we have the obligation to control selfish desires and better protect the serval cat, after all, its beautiful appearance is loved by everyone, and this love does not have to be possessed, enjoying this process is also beautiful, do you think?