The Black Footed Cat

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The Black Footed Cat

• By Jonathan

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Physical Description

• The Black Footed cat has gray and black stripe
  fur.
• They weigh about 3pound and are 10 inches tall.
• They can run fast.

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Habitat

• The Black Footed cat lives in south Africa
• They live where it is flat,sandy and grassy.
• During the day they live in burrows and they go
  out at night.

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Food and Diet

• The Black Footed cat eats birds, eggs, rodents,
  insects,
• They are carnivores.
• It uses its teeth and claws and jaws to eat.

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Predators

• The main predators for the black footed cat are
  farmers.
• They sometimes get poisoned or caught in traps.
• They use their claws, teeth and speed to get away
  from predators.

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Babies

• A mother has from one to four babies at a time.
• The babies weigh 84 grams and have brownish black
  fur.
• Babies cant see until 6 days have gone by.

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Special Traits/Interesting Facts

• The black footed cat can live for up to 13 years.
• One story says that a Black footed cat can leap
  onto a giraffes neck and bring it down.
• They are endangered and people are not allowed to
  hunt them.