Photo by Bill Wight (Wikimedia)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nI doubt the Bobcat would have eaten my Mom and Dad since they prefer to feast on smaller animals such as birds, rabbits, insects and even fish.\u00a0 The Bobcat is a stealthy hunter that will usually ambush its prey by leaping on them from up to 3 m (10′).\u00a0 You can just imagine the look of surprise on that poor little rabbit’s face.\u00a0 You can normally find this cat hanging out at night in wooded areas, swamps, deserts and have even adapted to city life as they do fairly well around people.<\/p>\n
Bobcat Fast Fact – <\/strong>In many areas throughout North America the Bobcat is still trapped for their soft and cuddly fur.\u00a0 Luckily this hasn’t hampered the population as they continue to succeed in the wild.\u00a0 Some have estimated that the population is over 1 million animals in the United States alone.\u00a0 Well done Mr. Bobcat, well done!<\/p>\nI guess that is all for now.\u00a0 Have a great day and I will see you back here at the same time tomorrow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
It seems as though I have been writing about exotic animals lately as I think I have covered all corners of the globe with Wild Facts such as Dingos, Poison Dart Frogs and Fennec Foxes.\u00a0 Today I am going to take Wild Facts back home to Canada.\u00a0 We are going to look at a familiar little cat in North America called the Bobcat.\u00a0 I still remember my parents telling me stories about how they were followed home one night (I think it was after a party, can you believe that MY parents use to party?!?) by a Bobcat.\u00a0 That is <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3180,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[60,4024],"tags":[348,1227,1230,1231,1228,1229,4025],"yoast_head":"\n
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