This is a bit of fun (mainly). Light-heartedness after some heavyish stuff. There is a photo on Facebook taken by the Savannah Cat Shoppe called “Serval Cat’s photo” meaning a photo of serval cats. It is also captioned “All seven”. It may have been taken with a mobile phone. It is an interesting photo.
Initially, I thought that there were two caracals in the photo as well. Then I noticed that there were three caracals.
Then I noticed that there were six servals. But there may be a seventh. I am not sure. I can’t therefore agree with the photographer who might be the owner of the Savannah Cat Shoppe. It is not clear how the photographer had decided that he/she had photographed 7 servals. Not criticism intended – just a bit fun.
The picture could be “Three caracals and seven servals (maybe)!”
Here is the picture and my scribbles.
There are one or two lingering questions. What are these wild cats doing all bunched up in a conservatory? The picture is interesting, for sure, but it is a bit odd. The cats look sheepish and anxious or am I misjudging the cats’ demeanour?
They are medium sized wild cat species. Both are quite amenable to being domesticated or being around people. The caracal has been used to hunt with people in Asia and the serval is frequently domesticated and treated as a pet in American homes. There are downsides to that arrangement (a) servals are declawed when domesticated because they are strong cats and (b) they spray everywhere, we are told. If you like cat pee inside the home, fine, otherwise don’t bother and (c) servals can escape and that causes all kinds of problems (mainly for the cat).
Associated: Living with servals and caracals.
Are you going somewhere? Yes, there are cat bodies in the photo without heads. You can’t just count heads. Noe sure about the depth of field being screwy. The depth is fine in the big photo of the servals and caracals. They are all sharp front to back.
lol, good one, Sarah! Hey, I like your homesite. Read most of it the last two days. It’s good. Esp liked the pgs on your Bus and the cats that you’ve nurtured. Some really good descriptions and anecdotes there. <3 What does the golden medallion at the top of your page stand for?
Michael, I was jumping round a bit there btwn jpegs in my comment, sorry. Was referring to the two in the article pic “Serval Cat’s Photo” being a bit chubby. What looks like two different bodies[upper right Caracal(s) and and lower second from far-right Serval(s). Well, now I’m with you, one extra Caracal bod, and one more Serval getting squished.
I figured the two in the sink pic were Savannah and Serval in profile (or F1, judging by his somewhat-muted? ocelli and elegant black nose and coat). Anyway, the depth of field seems to be a bit screwy in both photos, do you agree? I’ve got to go pack now–guess I’ve put it off long enough! My isolating means that I need to immerse myself with old buddies. 😉
Well we are guessing a bit but I don’t believe either images are photoshopped. The image in the comment you refer to is (a) the cat on top is a serval and (b) the cat in the sink is probably and F1 or F2 Savannah cat (the offspring of the serval in the image). That is my guess.
I don’t think these people are able to photoshop. It is not easy to do photo-editing and it can take a lot of time.
Yes, quite possible. Thanks Sarah. Hope you work is going well.
Myabe they are diversifying into Caracats (which have reached F2 generation) or Servical/Caraval crosses?