Yaguarundi — long tweeting cat that is friends with monkeys and eat bananas
Nature has created many wonderful species of cats, but yaguarundi — the most unusual representative of the family. This animal also resembles a miniature Puma or large cat, looks usually friendly, but gambling remains a predator. Amazing yaguarundi and habits that have long puzzled zoologists and caused heated debate.
Although yaguarundi comparable in size to domestic cats and quite aggressive in the home they are not only useless, but dangerous. Too strong the hunting instinct of these animals, which are equally as keen to hunt mice and chickens and ducks.
But some animal lovers still find a common language with yaguarundi and even keep these cats at home. They claim that cats are well tamed, but to recommend them only to those who love macaactive Pets, unable to sit still another minute.
The sight of these cats unusual nature has endowed them with a long body, tiny head and massive long neck. In addition, yaguarundi can be as inconspicuous brownish in color, and fiery red. This difference in color once confused scientists, who even brought the red animals as a separate species, called the cats of air.
Everything became clear when in the same litter was discovered kittens are gray-brown and red color. Ever since then, cats the air was abolished and zoologists have continued to be surprised by unusual animals.
And the reason for bewilderment yaguarundi give enough. You should start with the fact that these cats are able to publish a huge number of different sounds. The repertoire of the yaguarundi cat meowing as usual, and very strange bird chirping and whistling parallelity.
Even more unusual culinary choices yaguarundi. These cats are omnivorous in the literal sense of the word. Like any small predator cats of this species prey on small mammals and lizards, but they enthusiastically indulge in fishing. But if hunting and fishing were unsuccessful, the animals do not despair and willingly eat... grapes, bananas and peaches.
Also known ability yaguarundi to cooperate with the monkeys for raiding the gardens. Cats are happy to participate in such robbery, lifting off the ground then, I accidentally dropped primates. Well, in extreme cases, the animals are not too proud to settle for contents of garbage containers on the outskirts of the village.
Live yaguarundi forests in the southern part of the North American continent and across most of Central and South America. Despite extensive habitat, in recent years to meet these animals is not easy. No, yaguarundi is not consumed as a source of valuable furs or as a threat for livestock predators. Just so people actively started to develop the forest inhabited by these cats that they simply will soon have nowhere to live.
While the extinction of the yaguarundi is not threatened, but hunting of these animals is strictly forbidden by law in all countries where they occur. In the state of Texas, USA, for the destruction of these cats is quite possible to be behind bars. Similar to the introduction of criminal responsibility for extermination yaguarundi also in Mexico, Panama and Argentina.
Keywords: Jungle | Monkeys | Fruit | Predators | Predatory cats