Browsing through my folders I found a series of images taken some time ago and thought I'd make up a little sequence to share.
For your information, the Caracal is a powerfully built feline whose hunting skills are hard to match. As you can see from those images, its muscular hind limbs allow for explosive bursts of speed and spectacular vertical leaps. Especially when a mouse is involved! Keep in mind, the rodent is just a morsel, my little predator is able to bring down mammals up to four times its weight!
Adult Caracals are rather solitary and like most cats they display behaviours indicative of territorial defence such as scent marking and scraping. Their enemies are mainly Lions and Leopards. Blackjacked Jackals are known to prey on their young in the Kalahari.
Those images were taken in very harsh light. Given the speed of this cat it wasn't an easy job for me to maintain focus...Nevertheless I do hope you enjoy viewing:)
Cat and Mouse Game
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