Sensational Serval

Wish you all a very and prosperous new year, hope the New Year brings a lot of happiness and wilderness in our life. Today is the first blog of this year hence the topic should be special so decided to bring one of the rarely sighted species for you, the color and walking style of this lovely cat makes it one of the best from the cat family. The experience of Masai will always be remembered in books of heart forever because to sight this cat you need to be extremely lucky.

Since we have already felt the experience of Seval with one of the most liked blog “Asante Sana Kenya – Not only Big Five”, today I will update you on the uniqueness of this cat, if you have missed the blog you may click here to read the same.

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Sensational Serval

The Serval is Sensational because when you see it for the first time you will confuse and recognize it as Leopard or Cheetah but it is not. Serval Cat is a wild cat native to Africa

Serval is magical because of longest legs than any cat relative to its body size; hind legs are longer than its front ones

Serval is magical its ears are the largest of any cat in comparison to its body size

Classic hunting quality is another reason to make it sensational animal, Servals are very successful hunters - they catch 50% of their prey. Other cat species have only a 10% success rate, they can even catch flying birds

The Ancient Egyptians used to worship Servals for their grace and power

Because of these qualities, Serval is the most attractive cat but rare as well, you can find this lovely animal near Central & South Africa, after reading unique quality let us move to facts file to understand the nature and habitat of one the most attractive creature

Facts File

Small head, large ears with a golden-yellow to buff coat spotted and striped with black and a short black-tipped tail characterize the Serval. Each Serval is unique; there are no two servals with the same marks on their fur

Servals are carnivores – they prey on rodents (particularly vlei rats), small birds, frogs, insects, and reptiles

Serval's ears serve as radars that easily recognize sound produced by moving animal (even when they are moving in the underground tunnels). Excellent sense of smell, hearing and eve sight helps Serval to find prey and avoid predators

Servals are solitary animals, which gather only during mating season. They use urine and scratching of the trees to mark their territory, which is usually 12-20 square kilometers large

The Serval prefers areas with covers such as reeds and tall grasses and proximity to water bodies, such as wetlands and savannahs

What super qualities and facts this lovely animal is in possession, part of the Cat family but leaving them behind with sharp hearing and excellent hunting qualities. Trust me it is attractive to our eyes as well. The long leg, the color, the eyes topping it to walking style is nothing less than a rockstar

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