One of Satara Rest Camp’s features are a habituated African Wild Cat (perhaps more than one) that patrols the camp after dark, reminiscent of the pre-historic days when these cats first associated with humans and gave rise to the domestic tabbies that share human households the world over today. Even though we kept our distance, her regular visits to our campsite and bungalow was a welcome facet of our evenings in camp during our December 2021 visit to Satara in the Kruger National Park.
African Wild Cat in Satara (photo by Joubert)
African Wild Cat in Satara (photo by Joubert)
African Wild Cat in Satara (photo by Joubert)
African Wild Cat in Satara (photo by Joubert)
African Wild Cat in Satara
African Wild Cat in Satara
African Wild Cat in Satara
African Wild Cat in Satara
African Wild Cat in Satara
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What a great opportunity to see a wild cat and you and Joubert made the most of it with some really lovely photos.
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Thank you very much, Carol. This really was very laid-back game-viewing from our stoep.
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🙂
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Such a pretty cat! It looks similar to my current domestic cat – a pixie bob.
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The Pixie Bob breed also looks like it has some wild cat in there!
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They look like little bobcats. 😺
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Dit bly darem een van die mooiste katte! Weereens pragtige foto’s, Dries.
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En mens waardeer elke geleentheid om hulle te sien omdat dit so selde gebeur!
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Mal oor daardie lang bene en die rooibruin wat so deurslaan.
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Hierdie lyk amper soos ‘n huis kat … tog, die lang bene verraai dalk dat dit nie heeltemal die geval is nie.
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Maklik om te verstaan dat hulle die voorate van ons troetelkatte is, ne Corna?
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Looks very much like a regular domestic cats, except the legs are longer. Lovely creature!
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Indeed very easy to see that they’re related to our domestic cats, and seeing how this cat, or cats, at Satara have become familiar with living around people also easy to understand how it came that we have cats as pets these days.
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Excellent captures from Joubert! Except for the long legs, they could just as well be the stray cats wandering our neighborhood here in Arizona.
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You’re very right, John. Easy to understand how the cat became domesticated, isn’t it?
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These photos show a very handsome wild cat, perhaps more active than domestic cats. Wonderful shots, Joubert!
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Thanks, Hien! I’ll pass your kind comment to Joubert. You’re right that these cats are much less “lazy” than their domesticated cousins. Probably because it is tough surviving in the wild and there’s no time to waste!
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That? cat at Satara brought me a wonderful sense of joy when we were last there. It certainly is habituated to humans but is not tame in the sense of a domestic cat. I think I appreciated being able to see one from so close up – yet it remained aloof enough to be wild.
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It is a wonderful opportunity to watch an otherwise shy and rarely seen feline!
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Mal oor die foto waar daardie pragtige oë soos twee koplampe skyn!
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Is ook dikwels hoe ons die skim uit die donkerte sien kom het – met oe wat die stoeplig of die braaivuur reflekteer.
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Joubert, jou fotos is die beste!
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Hy glimlag van oor tot oor toe ek jou kommentaar vir hom wys, dankie Una!
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I like cats, I got two at home. Thanks, D. and Joubert. 🙂
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Then you should show them these pictures of their distant cousin from Africa, H.J! 😀
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She’s a bit bigger than my cats…
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I think it’s the longer legs that make it seem that way, Lois
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I was thinking the same thing, Dries. Those long legs are what I noticed first.
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Hy lyk beslis heel op sy gemak.
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Defnitief die plaas se baas!
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