Nature The Sand Cat: Meet The Exclusive SAND CAT

In the heart of an arid desert, during the dark hours of the night, a sand cat comes out from its den and stops. It listens and look around. Then crouching low to the ground, the sand cat quietly starts its trek across the sandy terrain.

Suddenly, the sand cat leaps upon its unwary prey-a gerbil. Afterward, the Sand cat continues through the night, with the sand cat making occasional leaps into the air to catch more prey. If it catches more food than it can eat, the sand cat wisely cover what is left with sand. It returns to its den in the early morning and seldom appears during the day. Consider some intriguing features of this elusive creature.

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The Sand Cat Ear, Hearing and Sound

 The acute hearing of sand cats helps them locate their prey, even if it is underground. To locate a mate, the Male sand cat produces a high pitched barking sound. The females sensitive hearing enables her to hear this call over a long distance.

Another fascinating feature of this creature is its ear. The inside surface of each ear of the sand cat is covered with a thick white hair, which protects the cat from windblown sand.

The Paws of The Sand Cat and Its Survival

There is a hair covering the paws of the sand cat, this hairy covering on the sand cat's paws prevents the animal from sinking into the sand and insulates the paws from extreme sand temperatures. The paws of the sand cat makes tracking it very difficult because the soles of its paws are covered with a dense mat of hair that renders its track nearly invisible.
The sand cat can survive by living off the water they obtain from their prey.

Important Features of The Sand Cat

 Location of the Sand Cat(Where the Sand Cat can be Found): In the interior of the sahara, throughout Arabia, and in parts of central Asia.

Weight: Males are between two and three kilograms

Size overall: Between 40 and 57 centimeters

Tail: Between 20 and 30 centimeters

Disposition: Docile, when compared with other cats in the wild, which tend to be ferocious.