Very Rare Sighting by Meisiekind
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This is the beautiful African Wild Cat. They closely resemble the domestic cat but are larger and more ferocious than your average pet and weigh up to 6kg. These beauties are almost entirely nocturnal and usually only moves about long after sundown. They are very, very rarely sighted.
We were extremely lucky. This one, in broad daylight around noon, caught a ground squirrel in the Nossob camp. It proceeded to carry its prey to a tree and had its lunch. It then laid down on one of the camper's picnic tables and proceeded grooming itself from head to toe.
Unfortunately he was in deep shadow and I had to use my 250mm lens. When anyone of the many crazy photographers moved too close to him, he hissed at us. I really did not want to experience a "close encounter" with him. I will post more pics of this beautiful and rare sighting!
Thank you for visiting and for your very welcome comments and favs on my birthday upload for Mieke yesterday.
Carin xx
Comments (25)
Adobe_One_Kenobi
There is a Scottish wild cat very similar to this. Excellent shooting my friend.
Adobe_One_Kenobi
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CjZQV6scPk
Rob2753
It's a beauty and I can only think it must have been really hungry to hunt during daylight hours, again fate :) right place + right time = great shot :)
Meisiekind
You stole my line! :):)
jendellas
Wow, he just looks like our pet puss cats, fabulous capture, great to see. xxx
helanker
What a beautiful "cat" I am glad you were luck to catch it, Carin :)
jayfar
A fab capture Carin.
durleybeachbum
Brilliant! And how very exciting!
aksirp
oh, what a great find and picture! european wild cats have the same pattern in tail but darker colored in the body. very beautiful cat and picture!!
romanceworks
An amazing shot!
BorisB
It's really beauty!!
Richardphotos
what a beautiful feline and very sharp capture
snowcrow1
Fabulous capture!!! Great image considering you pushed up the shadows.
Quidnunc
A beautiful animal, captured in the only way that it should be.Thank you for sharing your good fortune
Faemike55
Very beautiful capture wonderful information
MrsRatbag
How lucky you were to see this rare cat! He's a beauty...I hope he managed to get back into safety in the wild.
wysiwig
A really fine capture. He looks very healthy. We have feral cats here. Every domestic cat is only a generation away from being a wildcat.
whaleman
Somewhat similar to our elusive and rarely seen Lynx and Bobcat. I have only seen them twice in the wild and got a photo of the second one but not worth posting. Great catch Carin!
kgb224
Amazing capture Carin. God bless.
Katraz
Great shot.
sandra46
EXCELLENT WORK
sharky_
Be careful.... Nice shot. Aloha
auntietk
What a treat to see this creature!!!
danapommet
S/he is a beautiful animal and looks so much like a house cat. Lucky for you to have the chance to take this photo. I also like the textures in the tree bark.
West_coaster07
Nicely done!!
debbielove
Very cool and you were VERY lucky! Knowing a bit about wildlife, I know this is a find.. Top marks! Rob
Chaosphoto
very nice cat Carin. I had an 8kg ginger tabby siamese cross once that was all bone and muscle. He was one big cat but he was the sweetest thing