Fun Cat Facts Exercises

Tigers 3. Lynx large fur covered feet act Cheetahs chasing Antelope as natural snowshoes in order to 1. The tiger’s saliva is antiseptic Cheetahs can run fast for about help stalk their prey in deep and comes in handy for cleaning 20 seconds before they get tired. snow. their wounds. Try this game to see how quickly 2. Tiger stripes are individually as Bobcats you become tired. unique as the human finger print. 1. The deep low growl of a • You’ll need at least three Lions bobcat can be easily confused for friends, an open space, and a a mountain lion’s call. 1. Lions are the only feline that stopwatch or a watch with a 2. Bobcats living in the north live in a pride and hunt second hand. tend to be larger than those in the cooperatively. • Choose one person to be the south. 2. All females in a pride are timekeeper. One person related. African Servals pretends to be the cheetah 3. Both males and females roar 1. Servals have the longest legs chasing its prey. and can be heard up to 5 miles. relative to body size of all cat • Everyone else pretends to be Leopards families. the antelope running from 2. While hunting, the Serval may 1. Leopards will stalk and eat the cheetah. pause for up to 15 minutes at a their prey in trees to avoid • The timekeeper starts the time to listen with it’s eyes closed. conflict with other predators like game and counts 20 seconds. 3. The Serval is reputed to be lions. • The cheetah must tag an the most effective hunter of all 2. The strongest climber among antelope in 20 seconds. mammals in the animal kingdom. the big cats, a leopard can carry • Take turns being the prey twice its weight up a tree. Caracal cheetah, the antelope, and Jaguars 1. A Caracal’s ears, which it uses the timekeeper. to locate prey, are controlled by 1. Fossil records from two A cheetah can run 550 feet in just 20 different muscles. million years ago show evidence 20 seconds. It must catch its prey 2. Caracals are best known for of jaguars. before it gets too tired. It must their spectacular skill at hunting 2 Jaguars have the strongest rest awhile before it can hunt birds, able to snatch a bird in jaws amongst cats, second again. flight, sometimes more than one strongest in all land mammals. at a time. Cougars The Tiger’s Roar 3. The pupils of a Caracal’s eyes A tiger’s roar is a warning to 1. After humans, mountain lions contract to circles rather than have the largest range of any others to stay away. Try this slits. exercise to see how far your roar mammal in the Western Jungle Cats Hemisphere. can be heard. You’ll need at least 1. Often seen in groups, the 2. Cougar’s hind legs are larger two friends and an open space Jungle Cat is perhaps the only and more muscular than their (tape measure is optional.) feline where both male and front legs which gives them great female come together to actively jumping power. • The friends should face each partake in the rearing of the 3. The cougar holds the other and one person roars. young. Guinness record for the animal • Back up 10 feet and roar 2. Jungle Cats were revered by with the highest number of again. Continue doing this ancient Egyptions and sometimes names with over 40 names in until you can barely hear the mummified and placed in their English alone. (mountain lion, person roar. tombs. puma, panther, etc.) Geoffroy’s Cat Lynx How far away are you before you 1. Geoffroy’s kittens are able to 1. Lynx are known to jump 7’ can barely hear them? A few feet? stand after only four days. into the air from a sitting position An entire backyard? Use the tape 2. Geoffroy’s Cats are agile to catch game birds in flight. measure to see how far. climbers spending most of the 2. Lynx eyesight is so strong that daytime in a tree and hunting at they can spot a mouse 250 feet A tiger’s roar can be heard up to night. away. 2 miles away.

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