Serval antics
Category: Carnivores general, Other wildlife, Uncategorized, zimbabwe | Date: Jan 25 2009 | By: zimbabwewilddogs
Hi folks,
This post has absolutely nothing to do with wild dogs, but these servals are just too cute, so I had to share this with you… The ranch I live on in the Savé Valley Conservancy (Chishakwe Ranch) recently agreed to provide a home for a family of 4 servals that needed a release site after being reared in Harare at the Tikki Hywood Trust. The servals are an adult pair and their two kittens, 1 male and 1 female. They are currently in a large enclosure whilst getting used to the bush and learning how to hunt.
To help them learn to hunt, their meat is sometimes placed up in trees, to encourage them to climb (birds are an important component of a serval’s diet). I was helping with this feeding the other day and was thrilled to watch the female kitten zoom up the tree to grab the meat that had been placed there.
She was hesitant at first, eyeing up the distance to her dinner….
But then confidently climbed up….
And successfully snagged the meat, dropping it to the ground where she could take it and hide somewhere deep and dark to eat in peace!
Rosemary x
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