A Conversation for Colours of Wildlife: African Wild Cat
Doesn't look much like its tame cousins
paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Started conversation Aug 20, 2018
The head makes me think of the ocelot. The legs are far too long to resemble those of house cats. The body is a bit like that of a Bobcat.
Doesn't look much like its tame cousins
Dmitri Gheorgheni, Post Editor Posted Aug 20, 2018
Actually, my youngest sister's comment was, 'That cat looks just like Miss Lindquist's cat, only skinnier.'
Miss Lindquist was our piano teacher. She had a very large striped cat, about 30 pounds' worth, which my sister at five mistook for a tiger....
Doesn't look much like its tame cousins
paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Posted Aug 20, 2018
Well, yes, but in any event it's clear that this is a wild cat of some sort.
Doesn't look much like its tame cousins
Willem Posted Aug 21, 2018
Hi Dmitri and Paulh! It's actually funny to me to hear different comments on this … some say it looks surprisingly similar to domestic cats, others say it's quite different! Anyways domestic cats themselves differ hugely among each other …
Interestingly for instance the lighest adult leopards are lighter than the heaviest recorded domestic cat.
Doesn't look much like its tame cousins
paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Posted Aug 21, 2018
I'll take your word for it. I don't have the nerve to weigh even light leopards. And heavy cats never were my cup of tea. 
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Doesn't look much like its tame cousins
- 1: paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant (Aug 20, 2018)
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