Animals

The March of the Red Crab
A Moth Find a New Home
Suicidal Birds
A leopard and A cheetah
The Spectacular Hornbill
The Antelope with an extraordinary nose
Masquerading Males
Tiny But Powerful
Electric Fishes
Paternal Care
Hairless Cat
Passionate Parrot
Calling Out To Mother
Hot Wheels
Discs On Their Wings
Two-humped Camels
Frozen Frog
Silken Chambers
Earth Pig
Swordsman of the Sea
The Ostrich Trick
Electrifying Meal
Bizarre Turtle
Grey Whales
The Flying Lemur
The Winged Fishing Creature
Llamas
A Different Sort of a Parrot
The Tailless Cat
The Ancestor Of The Rhino
Acquisitive Wood Rats
The Butterflyfish
The Amazing Jumper
The Largest Deer
The Devil’s Coach-Horse
The Porcupine With A Prehensile Tail
The Irritating Fencing
The Acrobatic Otter
The Busy Termite Colony
Superb Mimics
The Canary
Snow Monkey
Jumping Spiders
Glass Lizard
Beetle Rhino
The World’s Smallest Bear
Hygienic Ants
Flat as a Pancake
The Carpet Shark
The Centipede Walk

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The Magnificent Caracal

The caracal is best-known as a hunter of dazzling speed, agility and balance. It is related to the lynx. It can hurl itself several metres off the ground to snatch small birds from the air. It is able to change the direction of the paws when it leaps and is swift enough to catch several birds at one go.
The caracal is a medium-sized wild cat with long pointed ears. The ears are tipped with tufts of black hair. The caracal is found in India,West Asia and Africa.This most handsome of cats has reddish-brown fur and an elegant gait. The female caracal gives birth to 2-4 cubs in a den made in the hollow of a tree or a rock crevice.

When young the cubs make distinct chirping sounds like birds!
The caracal is not to be confused with caracul, a commonly used fur that comes from the karakul, a kind of Asiatic sheep.

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Last updated on :8/27/2004