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Sand cat killing and eating a Saharan snake

Can Sand Cats Kill Snakes?

PoC avatarPosted on January 21, 2018 by Michael BroadApril 9, 2021

Yes, sand cats kill snakes very efficiently even if they are venomous. In some areas of the sand cat’s distribution reptiles play an important role in the cat’s diet. For example the nomads of the Sahara desert in North Africa …

Posted in Sand cat | Tagged cat hunting, sand cat, snakes | 4 Replies
Sand cat burrow

Sand Cat Burrow

PoC avatarPosted on October 6, 2017 by Michael BroadOctober 6, 2017

The sand cat is called ‘the cat that digs holes’ by Saharan nomads. I think uniquely, this cat makes its home exclusively in burrows. The sand cat is the only true desert cat. It either occupies an abandoned (or even …

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Sand cats eat ten percent of their body weight per day

How much do sand cats eat?

PoC avatarPosted on October 5, 2017 by Michael BroadOctober 5, 2017

There is an astonishing story about a sand cat eating a prodigious amount of food which answers the question. A professor whose name is H. Mendelssohn working at Tel-Aviv University (the sand cat is found in Israel) wanted to find …

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Eagle owl in Israel an enemy of the sand cat

What are sand cats’ enemies?

PoC avatarPosted on October 5, 2017 by Michael BroadOctober 5, 2017

Sand cats have few large terrestrial predators to fear. Sub-adult sand cats are sometimes killed by eagle owls and in some areas of their range golden eagles, jackals and wolves occasionally kill adult sand cats. Aside from these predators the …

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Sand Kitten showing the very large ears

Why do sand cats have big ears?

PoC avatarPosted on November 27, 2016 by Michael BroadNovember 27, 2016

Big ears tell us that the sand cat relies heavily on sound, and possibly picking up vibrations in the ground, to detect prey. The sand cat has huge ears (the ear flaps or ear pinnae). This small wild cat also …

Posted in Sand cat | Tagged cat anatomy, sand cat, sand cat anatomy

Do sand cats purr?

PoC avatarPosted on November 27, 2016 by Michael BroadNovember 27, 2016

Rashed Al Qamzi, who I believe is a supervisor at Al Ain Wildlife Park and Resort (believed to be in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia), says that sand cats do purr but in a slightly different and more subtle way to domestic …

Posted in Sand cat | Tagged cat vocalisations, feline vocalisations, sand cat, small wild cat species, small wild cats
Sand cat kitten

Do sand cats make good pets?

PoC avatarPosted on November 27, 2016 by Michael BroadApril 9, 2021

On the internet people ask if sand cats make good pets. The same question applies to other small wild cats. There are a lot of people who fancy the idea of having a small wild cat as a pet because …

Posted in Sand cat | Tagged exotic pets, sand cat
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Why are sand cats endangered animals?

PoC avatarPosted on November 26, 2016 by Michael BroadNovember 26, 2016

Officially sand cats are not endangered. So there! The IUCN Red List categorise this small wild cat as Least Concern. This is the most positive classification under the Red List scheme. The classification has improved from Near Threatened in 2011. …

Posted in Sand cat | Tagged IUCN Red List for Cats, sand cat

Sand cats are very difficult to keep in captivity

PoC avatarPosted on December 19, 2014 by Michael BroadDecember 19, 2014

Today, there is a splash of online news activity about the charming, female sand cat, Naiade, who has just died at El Paso Zoo at the old age of 17. This is an exceptional age for a sand cat in …

Posted in Sand cat, Wild Cat Species | Tagged captive cats, captive wild cats, Cat News, sand cat | 9 Replies

The wild cat species who failed to become the domestic cat

PoC avatarPosted on January 15, 2014 by Michael BroadJanuary 15, 2014

The DNA of all domestic cats has no trace of any wild cat species other than the African wildcat (also Near Eastern wildcat and Arabian wildcat – felis silvestris lybica). However, 10,000 years ago, there were a number of other …

Posted in Chinese Mountain Cat, Fishing cat, Human to cat relationship, Jaguarundi, Jungle cat, Manul, Margay, Sand cat, Small Wild Cat Species, Video, Wild Cat Distribution, Wild Cat Species, Wildcat | Tagged african wildcat, chinese desert cat, fishing cat, jaguarundi, jungle cat, margay, sand cat, small wild cat species, wild cat species | 15 Replies

The Adaptations Of The Only True Desert Cat

PoC avatarPosted on August 17, 2012 by Michael BroadNovember 8, 2017

The sand cat is the only true desert living cat. The black-footed also lives in dry environments. The sand cat lives in areas of sandy desert. In these areas the temperatures reach extremes. For example in the Karakum Desert (Central …

Posted in Cat Anatomy, Cat Behavior, Sand cat, Wild Cat Species | Tagged sand cat, sand cat anatomy | 7 Replies

Cute Endangered Wild Cat Species

PoC avatarPosted on August 16, 2012 by Michael BroadAugust 17, 2012

Time NewsFeed is currently presenting “The 15 Cutest Endangered Animals in the World” in photos. Two of them are small wild cat species, the sand cat and the Iberian lynx. The sand cats that are featured have ‘charmed the Internet’. …

Posted in Lynx, Sand cat, Wild Cat Species | Tagged endangered wild cat species, Iberian Lynx, sand cat, small wild cat species | 4 Replies

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