Steve Kaluski
04-22-2010, 05:43 AM
These are not animals that sit on your lap and purr, try and stroke it and you will never play the guitar again :)
No angry tabby or feral, the wildcat is a genuine wild species of cat; it was here long before we were and long before the domestic cat had even evolved. Infamously the only wild animal to be completely untameable, even when captive reared, Scottish wildcats may look a little like your pet cat but these are incredibly tough super-predators, sometimes called the Tiger of the Highlands, Harshad :).
Sadly, our wildcat is critically endangered with less than 400 individuals remaining in the wild and barely a handful in the captive breeding population.
Steve
MKII 70-200 f/2.8 f/5.6 1/320 sec ISO250 (Cropped on height, left the OOF blades of grass at the foot, spotting on legs)
Not the greatest of BG as the light & time of day was at it's harshest, so have toned it down, otherwise it would have looked like 'astro turf (artificial turf)'
No angry tabby or feral, the wildcat is a genuine wild species of cat; it was here long before we were and long before the domestic cat had even evolved. Infamously the only wild animal to be completely untameable, even when captive reared, Scottish wildcats may look a little like your pet cat but these are incredibly tough super-predators, sometimes called the Tiger of the Highlands, Harshad :).
Sadly, our wildcat is critically endangered with less than 400 individuals remaining in the wild and barely a handful in the captive breeding population.
Steve
MKII 70-200 f/2.8 f/5.6 1/320 sec ISO250 (Cropped on height, left the OOF blades of grass at the foot, spotting on legs)
Not the greatest of BG as the light & time of day was at it's harshest, so have toned it down, otherwise it would have looked like 'astro turf (artificial turf)'