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HI! I’M CATIE WAYNE AND THIS IS ANIMALIST NEWS! TODAY I’D LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU THE
TOP 3 WILD CATS YOU WISH YOU COULD DOMESTICATE, OR HAVE AS A NORMAL HOUSE CAT. I’M SURE
THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO ACTUALLY OWN THESE WILD CATS AND ALL I GOT TO SAY ABOUT
THAT IS….ARE YOU CRAZY? THESE ARE WILD ANIMALS, AND HAVE NO PLACE INSIDE OF A HOUSE. BUT CAN
I PLEASE COME OVER SOMETIME? LETS BEGIN! --# 1! THE CARACAL! THIS IS ONE CUTE CAT THAT
YOU SHOULD KEEP YOUR DISTANCE FROM, BECAUSE UNLIKE OTHER SMALL AFRICAN CATS, CARACALS
WILL NOT HESITATE TO KILL PREY LARGER THAN THEMSELVES. CARACAL’S ARE KNOWN FOR THEIR
JET BLACK EARS WITH LONG TUFTS, AND THEIR PLAIN, UNMARKED COAT. THEY’RE ALSO KNOWN
FOR LEAPING UP TO THREE FEET IN THE AIR TO CATCH BIRDS ON THE WING. CARACALS ACTUALLY
USED TO BE TRAINED AS BIRD HUNTERS IN IRAN AND INDIA, AND ARE STILL KEPT AS PETS BY SOME
PEOPLE TODAY. ---MOVING ON TO #2! THE OCELOT- THESE ADORABLE
CATS ARE FOUND IN REGIONS FROM SOUTHERN TEXAS, TO NORTHERN ARGENTINA, AND ARE ABOUT TWICE
THE SIZE OF YOUR AVERAGE HOUSECAT. THEIR BEAUTIFUL COAT CAMOUFLAGES THEM INTO THICK VEGETATION,
AND HELPS THEM HUNT BIRDS, SNAKES, LIZARDS, AND EVEN FISH AND CRAB! THAT’S RIGHT! THESE
LITTLE GUYS CAN SWIM WELL, AND WOULD MAKE GREAT WATER PALS…AS LONG AS THEY DON’T
CHANGE THEIR MIND ABOUT HAVING YOU AROUND... --AT LAST COMING IN AS MY FAVORITE WILD CAT
I WISH I COULD DOMESTICATE! IS THE SAND CAT! SAND CATS ARE THE ONLY CAT SPECIES FOUND PRIMARILY
IN THE DESERT. THEY ARE NATIVE TO NORTHERN AFRICA, AND BOTH SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL ASIA.
THESE CATS ARE RIDICULOUSLY TINY, AND PEOPLE OFTEN MISTAKE THEM FOR KITTENS OR A DOMESTIC
CATS! SAND CATS ARE VERY ACTIVE AT NIGHT BEING PRIMARILY NOCTURNAL, THEY HUNT BY DIGGING-
USING THEIR BIG EARS TO LOCATE THEIR PREY BELOW AND ABOVE GROUND. THEIR DIET CONSISTS
OF RODENTS, BIRDS, REPTILES, AND SNAKES. SOUNDS LIKE A PRETTY NORMAL HOUSE CAT. OH! AND SAND
CATS CAN SURVIVE WITHOUT WATER, USING THE BODY FLUID FROM THEIR PREY TO SURVIVE.