Caracal Cats 101 : Fun Facts & Myths
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In today's video, we are going to talk about some interesting facts and myths about the Caracal Cat.
The caracal cat is one of Africa’s ultimate hunters, a stealthy cat with an exceptional ability to hunt out prey on the savanna.
The caracal is a graceful, slender, cat with a short, thick coat and characteristic long black-tufted ears. Its body color ranges from tawny-gray to reddish-brown, and sometimes entirely black “melanistic” animals may occur. They have distinctive narrow black stripes running from their eye to their nose and down the middle of their forehead, and their eyes are yellow-brown, with circular pupils instead of slits. The kittens feature reddish spots on their undersides, which adults do not have.
Here are some of the interesting facts about the Caracal Cat, which will give you some further insight into its characteristics and temperament.
1. Caracal's Meaning.
The name Caracal is derived from the Turkish word "karakulak" meaning "black ear." The Caracal was once trained for bird hunting in Iran and India. They were put into arenas containing a flock of pigeons, and wagers were made as to how many the cat would takedown. This is the origination of the expression "to put a cat amongst the pigeons." The Caracal is capable of leaping into the air and knocking down 10-12 birds at one time.
2. Caracal’s Closest Kin.
In terms of appearance, many similarities can be noted between the caracal and the common house cat. They both share a small, almost spherical head with tiny marble-like eyes. However, the caracal is more closely associated with and often mistaken for the serval.
Despite a near-identical body shape and structure, the visible differences between the serval and the caracal are actually quite striking. The caracal looks like a serval that hasn’t yet developed its black spots.
The easiest way to tell the two apart is by their ears. Servals don’t have the caracal cat’s distinctive ear tufts.
3. Caracal Cat's Size and Appearance.
Often referred to as the desert lynx, the Caracal does not actually possess the same physical attributes of members of the lynx family, such as the characteristic ruff of hair around the face. Instead, it has a short, dense coat, usually, a uniform tawny-brown to brick-red, and black melanistic individuals have been recorded. As the name implies, the backs of the ears are black and topped with long black tufts about 1.75 inches long. This tuft is the characteristic that Caracals do share with the members of the lynx family. It is the largest member of Africa's small cats, and it's most formidable. Males can weigh as much as 40 pounds, and females as much as 35. They stand between 16-20 inches at the shoulder and are 35-39 inches long.
4. Caracal Cat's Behavior.
Caracals are solitary animals. They maintain a territory which they will mark by leaving feces where they can be seen and spraying urine onto bushes.
Another method of communication is their vocalisations. These include the familiar purr of house cats along with mews, growls, hisses and a ‘wah-wah’ noise which they used to show they were uneasy.
This species shows no pattern for its activity being active both during the day and at night. On colder nights they tended to be active for long periods.
5. Caracal Cat's Distribution.
The caracal’s range is large, including a good part of Africa, to extend through the Arabian and Anatolian Peninsula, as well as southwestern and central Asia to Kazakhstan and central India. In Africa, the caracal is found everywhere except the central Sahara and the dense forest areas of equatorial West Africa. They occupy a range of habitats, being typically woodlands, scrub forest, and thickets, with rocky hills and plains also being common habitats, preferring edge habitats, particularly forest and grassland transitions.
6. Caracal Cat's Habits and Lifestyle.
Caracals are solitary animals, except during mating and the rearing of kittens. Males and females are both territorial and have an active home range. A male’s territory may overlap the range of several other males, but a female’s entire territory is for her individual use. Primarily nocturnal, sometimes caracals are seen during the day, particularly in undisturbed regions. Although terrestrial, they are skilled climbers as well, with tenacious attitudes. The time of hunting is usually regulated by prey activity, though caracals usually hunt at night. They have very good hearing and sight, and they communicate with a variety of growls, hisses, meows and spits.
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Big floppa explained, great video tho, i did not know they got the name because of the ears, now i know!
@gothshooterkatsura
3 жыл бұрын
Spoiled it
@viktordickinson7844
2 жыл бұрын
Are you challenged
@Arkolob
2 жыл бұрын
flop lore
@bingusandfloppa1238
Жыл бұрын
True
@bingusandfloppa1238
Жыл бұрын
True
"Caracals are agile hunters" *looks at the guts on Gregory and Kimbo* ...riiiiiiiiiight...
@-Owmen
2 жыл бұрын
Ok
@viktordickinson7844
2 жыл бұрын
That's because their owners abuse them by overfeeding
@Brock_I_tell_ya
2 жыл бұрын
@@viktordickinson7844 ong
@viktordickinson7844
2 жыл бұрын
@@Brock_I_tell_ya seethe
@UrrmmWut...
2 жыл бұрын
@cygnia ya they are so so so much overweight it's sad. They need to be able to run in a huge open space for exercise and I don't think gregory/gosha and floppa are getting that needed exercise at all. That's sad.
We be floppin
@keagcrafter5697
2 жыл бұрын
u get this as a pet and name it floppa
Big Floppa
I'm sorry but can't take this animal serious after the big floppa meme Edit yes this comment is satire I am aware this animal can probably kill me in a flash
@robertbarber1198
3 жыл бұрын
You would if it was standing in front of you pissed off I couldn’t have that as a pet
@dartog4967
3 жыл бұрын
@@robertbarber1198 i'm pretty sure one adult can take him on.
@vxxiii4160
3 жыл бұрын
Except if you're Russian
Take a shot every time he pronounces Caracal a new way.
@viktordickinson7844
2 жыл бұрын
It's text to speech
@ChrisAndCats
Жыл бұрын
At least it's not mack-yoop fasser-book stickyvoice or that shouty female one that puts. Full stops in. Random places! I could happily dropkick both into the wide blue yonder.
"Care-icle" and "Car-akal" . . . I'm living for the interchangable pronunciation in this video 🤣
You forgot to mention their tendency to commit war crimes.
@sersastark
2 жыл бұрын
Yep
@latinobattleleague8512
2 жыл бұрын
? Explain
@thenightphantom3433
2 жыл бұрын
@@latinobattleleague8512 dude hes joking
I see videos of people raising Caracals as indoor pets, sometimes with other animals, after seeing this video, I wonder if it's the right thing todo, I'm fascinated by them, so beautiful and agile, but they are closer to being a wild animal than a pet.
@SkyPangolin
2 жыл бұрын
You need experience to own them that is a bad idea to keep one with another pet
@SkyPangolin
2 жыл бұрын
You can keep them but you need to be REALLY informed about them
@budgetcoinhunter
2 жыл бұрын
*Grug Ughlin* 10,000 years ago I see videos of people raising African Wildcats as indoor pets, sometimes with other animals, after seeing this video, I wonder is it's the right thing todo, I'm fascinated by them, so beautiful and agile, but they are closer to being a wild animal than a pet.
@chiforifora6344
Жыл бұрын
I see videos of people raising Caracals as indoor pets, sometimes with other animals, after seeing this video, I wonder if it's the right thing todo, I'm fascinated by them, so beautiful and agile, but they are closer to being a wild animal than a pet.
@beaupeterson188
Жыл бұрын
It's probably not a good idea. But, if you notice, most if not all videos are of people in Russia, where I assume laws around owning certain pets are much different.
Love it when ya call me big floppa
Round eyes are kind of unique in the feline world if I'm not mistaken with slits being the norm and one of the telltale signs of a nocturnal predator
@ChrisAndCats
Жыл бұрын
Pallas cats have round pupils also, but are more crepuscular (twilight) rather than nocturnal. I love those crabby little sausages.
Someone should petition to change the name of the Caracal to "the Floppa".
big flopp big drip
5:27 IT'S DOIN A BLEP
Amazing!!! I called them " hellcat" 🤣🤣🤣😅😅😅 for every videos I saw this cat they are always hissing!! They look like leopard .. !
@oceanview2965
Жыл бұрын
I'm trying to find out why they hiss so much, and what does it mean.
@mrsalami8352
Жыл бұрын
@@oceanview2965 If the ears are up its a friendly hiss, but if the caracal has the ears back and looks scared its an angry hiss
If il own a caracal il name him karl 🤣
@dhorus73yt85
2 жыл бұрын
I would name him floppa
Ty Rav for imforming me about these magnificent beasts.
Floppa Facts
Caracal sounds like a domestic cat.
@oligilliganrobloxminecraft7953
3 жыл бұрын
But it’s not, it’s a fully wild animal
@kamoshidadaking4661
2 жыл бұрын
@@oligilliganrobloxminecraft7953 ok Minecraft kid
@SkyPangolin
2 жыл бұрын
@@oligilliganrobloxminecraft7953 you can keep them if you have like 10 years of experience
@dylanprinster2798
2 жыл бұрын
@@SkyPangolin not if theyre domesticated
@wildyato3737
2 жыл бұрын
How people are taking as pet at first 😳😳
Thank you, Kitten life
So caracals DON'T just communicate by hissing! They hiss when they're angry!
@fizzsodaa
Жыл бұрын
So they’re angry most of the time?
@ender5892
3 ай бұрын
@@fizzsodaayes. They're stressed.
I never knew they were called floppas till today
Why do they hiss so much for no reason? Are they just always mad?
@darkgalaxy5548
Жыл бұрын
They're not always mad, only when being filmed.
Big floppa
Why anyone would want a cat that only wants to rip you face off beats me.
big floppa lore
cool
Story Recapped here lol
@yidiayahbox817
2 жыл бұрын
Yes I was like this voice is familiar lol
Caracal cats are Fascinating and Rare of the Feline Cat Family
1:17 baby Gregory and Justin
Big Floppa lore
Personally I wouldn't recommend trying to keep one as a domestic pet. Speaking from the experiences one of my friends had with a caracal!
i love lynxs and osolots and bobcats and savanas and caracals and wild cats and snow leperds
Hey this is the same voice for the movie recap channel
Alternate title: the full facts and myths about hecker
"To put a cat among the pigeons" That's not an expression. You just made that up.
@WingedWithFireyMana
2 жыл бұрын
Actually it is. I grew up hearing it a lot.
@michellebarnhill5130
2 жыл бұрын
Yes, I've heard it as a saying many times.
Thought I was watching a movie recap for a second
floppa moment
I wonder what they bred with way back when to get those ears
I cant tell if it's a real voice or not
@BibleCampVictim69
3 жыл бұрын
text to speech
aren’t cheetahs the biggest members of small cats?because they can’t roar
cool. but I haven’t seen cararcal cats before,
CATS RULE!!!!!!!!!
F L O P P A F A C T S
floppa
I fro. SA so know what it is i love chacma baboons more
Bitches be shoppin, floppa be floppin
Care-ah-kell Car-a-kol Ker-o-kle
@jaygo71
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, idiot alert ⚠️ 📢
Floppa facts
Noice
Please watch Revelation 14:12 this verse talks about the saints. So very informative
the caracal cat is most likely to be called floppa
big floppa
Floppa
Rooi kat
Wowowh do
Hecker
They should not be kept as pets. It's cruel. They are wild animals
Looks like Hecker
@Corkerstein
2 жыл бұрын
Get out, just get out with ur hecker shit, its called floppa
@tiktaalik7406
2 жыл бұрын
@@Corkerstein we all de evolved to the point where we say a Caracal looks like Hecker instead of saying that Hecker looks like a caracal
@Corkerstein
2 жыл бұрын
@@tiktaalik7406 we must destroy those who say that
Pin it for a free carcal cat
HECKER????
big flopper!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
FLOPPAAA FLO[A[AA YES YESS EYSSS YESSS EYSS PLSLSS PLSLS SPOSLSLS TES SYES SYESS EYESS
Who will take this one as a pet ..way too wild and aggressive
@charleydraper8656
2 жыл бұрын
Me
@Corkerstein
2 жыл бұрын
Me
Flop lore
I'm scared now
They are very dangerous 🤥
Stop pronouncing it cuh-ROCK-ul.
@hisroyalhighness8566
3 жыл бұрын
So how is it pronounced?
@stiprus_garsas
3 жыл бұрын
kara kahl
@thend4427
3 жыл бұрын
It's a robot
@mathewhorodner2000
2 жыл бұрын
LOL
NOT Caracal fish or Caracal birds!!
*BIG FLOPPA*
floppa
floppa