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Most people will look at this kitty and say: What the %&#$?! So allow me to introduce Savuti.
Savuti is an African Serval ("leptailurus serval", formerly "felis serval" ), a smaller cat that's native to the African plains and scrub lands.
They are very formidable hunters, with birds and rodents being their prey of choice. They can sneak up on flocks of small birds, and should they take flight, they will "take flight" right after them, jumping into the air 12-15 feet. They can knock four to five birds out of the sky before they hit the ground.
They have huge, radar ears, and that's not a facetious statement at all, as those big ears allow them to hear the ultrasonic sound emitted by rodents, and they can track them, even underground, and dig them right out of their burrows.
Those long legs aren't just for jumping. They have a very specialized wrist that lets them swivel their forpaws around to incredible angles that improve their ability to reach into those rodent burrows or holes in trees and pull out their prizes!
Savuti weighs in at about 25lbs, and as can be seen in this pic, is like a double-sized housecat on stilts.
The serval's name is generally thought to have been derived from the Portugese word "lobo-cerval", meaning "lynx". The word itself dates back into the eighteenth century, and is apparently based on the Latin word via French.
Cat Trivia: there are melanistic phase servals (black furred) that inhabit the regions of lava stone and pumice, where they blend in almost perfectly with the black rock. They have been extremely difficult to observe, and to my knowledge, there have no specimens taken captive for study, nor reliable photographic evidence acquired.
This picture was taken 18-Apr-04. The image was taken with a Canon EOS 10D and the EF 28-200mm f/3.5-5.6 USM lens. The original was taken at full frame of 3072x2048x24b, ISO eqv 400, 1/90 shutter, f/4.5. This image was shrunken down for space conservation.
Savuti is an African Serval ("leptailurus serval", formerly "felis serval" ), a smaller cat that's native to the African plains and scrub lands.
They are very formidable hunters, with birds and rodents being their prey of choice. They can sneak up on flocks of small birds, and should they take flight, they will "take flight" right after them, jumping into the air 12-15 feet. They can knock four to five birds out of the sky before they hit the ground.
They have huge, radar ears, and that's not a facetious statement at all, as those big ears allow them to hear the ultrasonic sound emitted by rodents, and they can track them, even underground, and dig them right out of their burrows.
Those long legs aren't just for jumping. They have a very specialized wrist that lets them swivel their forpaws around to incredible angles that improve their ability to reach into those rodent burrows or holes in trees and pull out their prizes!
Savuti weighs in at about 25lbs, and as can be seen in this pic, is like a double-sized housecat on stilts.
The serval's name is generally thought to have been derived from the Portugese word "lobo-cerval", meaning "lynx". The word itself dates back into the eighteenth century, and is apparently based on the Latin word via French.
Cat Trivia: there are melanistic phase servals (black furred) that inhabit the regions of lava stone and pumice, where they blend in almost perfectly with the black rock. They have been extremely difficult to observe, and to my knowledge, there have no specimens taken captive for study, nor reliable photographic evidence acquired.
This picture was taken 18-Apr-04. The image was taken with a Canon EOS 10D and the EF 28-200mm f/3.5-5.6 USM lens. The original was taken at full frame of 3072x2048x24b, ISO eqv 400, 1/90 shutter, f/4.5. This image was shrunken down for space conservation.
Category Photography / Animal related (non-anthro)
Species Feline (Other)
Size 1024 x 682px
File Size 113 kB
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It's no where near the quality of ShastaCat's pictures, but here is a shot showing the long thin legs and neck of a serval, though not full grown yet.
It's no where near the quality of ShastaCat's pictures, but here is a shot showing the long thin legs and neck of a serval, though not full grown yet.
Servals have been accused of being mini-cheetahs more often than not. It's not until you really see them standing and see those huge ears, that it really becomes obvious.
Of course, if you're seeing them in-person too, it's different. A camera rarely catches all the subtle colorations in fur, and there's not size perspective. :)
Of course, if you're seeing them in-person too, it's different. A camera rarely catches all the subtle colorations in fur, and there's not size perspective. :)
The Director of the facility has been working with them for many years, and so since becoming a part of the org, I've gotten to work with them. They're neat cats, though a bit more feisty than I like to deal with. Although, considering that I'd be lucky if Macumba were /only/ that feisty... :)
LMao hes saying ugh what life choices did i do to be put in this prison the humans dont even know i can speak to them literally... go ahead mock ... the birds where happy as fuck that 1 day i got super into telepathy and sang just 4 me it was hailrious.. thanks avians! - u got furries right there yea they where made to real question is where in the multiverse are they? many come from right in ur local galatic multiverse cluster although just as many perhaps come outside of that majority perhaps within something like that yes? depends on ur perspective of connections with the infinte
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