serval hunting – Freethinking Animal Advocacy

Why do small cats (domestic, caracals, servals, etc.) have pointed ears and big cats (lion, tiger, cheetah, etc.) have rounded ones? Is there an adaptive function to the ear shape?

November 12, 2023 by Michael Broad

Stryker the Cat is a serval not an F1 Savannah cat

The question in the title is malformed. It is inaccurate but I have taken it direct from quora.com. For a start, the caracal and serval are not small cats. They are medium-sized wild cats. Also, a genuinely small cat which happens to be a cute-looking wild cat, the sand cat, has enormous and round …

The serval is a successful predator

September 29, 2023 by Michael Broad

If you are interested in the wild cat species you may be interested to know if the serval is a successful predator. They are successful! They use the same technique for hunting smaller and larger prey which seems improbable as the technique is to pounce on them from a height and then stun them …

Do servals eat frogs and fish?

September 29, 2023 by Michael Broad

Servals eat frogs and fish and enjoy hunting in wetlands

Yes, servals eat frogs and fish. The serval has a preference for wetland habitats and therefore it is unsurprising that they hunt in water and don’t mind getting their feet wet (Wild Cats of the World). Captive servals deftly hook live fish out of water and in the wild servals have been seen hunting …