Little-Known Wild Cats Appreciation (Twitter Thread)

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Mariel Ruvinsky • Writer and Editor
Nov 17, 2020 2:00 PM EST

Large cats may be dangerous, but we can't help but wanna pet them anyway. They're just so fluffy and cute and have big, big teeth but also such huge bellies. The smaller wild cats are just as pet-able, but people don't normally know about them as much as they know about the big cats. 

We think that should be fixed and so did the twitter user @soapachu who made a totally awesome thread giving these wild cats the appreciation that they deserve. She also made the astute observation that wild cats, just like all other cats, are really done with all of us fawning over them, but hahaha we don't care, we'll continue fawning over their totally-over-it little widdle adorable faces anyway.

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    Cat - badly-drawn bee @soapachu Replying to @soapachu A small thread on wild cats you may not have known about, all of whom have had enough of your shit. Rusty spotted cat. Max weight 3.5lbs. Not. Having. It. 8:36 PM - Nov 13, 2020 - Twitter Web App 1.5K Retweets 371 Quote Tweets 3.8K Likes
    via @soapachu
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    Cat - badly-drawn bee @soapachu 000 Replying to @soapachu The black footed cat. Gram for gram (and when you only weigh 1.6kg, the grams are important) considered the deadliest cat on earth. Native to South Africa. 8:39 PM · Nov 13, 2020 · Twitter Web App 95 Retweets 24 Quote Tweets 1.4K Likes
    via @soapachu
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    Bear - badly-drawn bee @soapachu 000 Replying to @soapachu The Guiña. What you get if you cross a domestic cat, a panther and a bear, but make it really small, because this one comes in at 5.5lbs / 2.4kg. Native to Argentina and Chile. O ENRIQUE COUVE, FAR SOUTH EXP 8:41 PM Nov 13, 2020 · Twitter Web App 394 Retweets 120 Quote Tweets 2.3K Likes
    via @soapachu
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    Cat - badly-drawn bee @soapachu 000 Replying to @soapachu The flat-headed cat. Which seems a) a bit mean on the part of the naturalist who named them, and b) like bad 17th century taxidermy. Native to Southeast Asia, super endangered and part-aquatic. 8:44 PM · Nov 13, 2020 - Twitter Web App 123 Retweets 30 Quote Tweets 1.5K Likes
    via @soapachu
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    Mammal - badly-drawn bee @soapachu 000 Replying to @soapachu The oncilla. Beautiful, but very disappointed in you. Tipping the scales at a whopping 2.9kg, the oncilla roams Central America down to Brazil. 8:46 PM · Nov 13, 2020 · Twitter Web App 84 Retweets 3 Quote Tweets 1.3K Likes
    via @soapachu
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    Cat - badly-drawn bee @soapachu 000 Replying to @soapachu The sand cat. So. Over. It. Weighing all of 7.5lbs / 3.4kg, this tiny desert warrior is capable of killing venomous snakes like sand vipers, but mostly it preys on small rodents and birds. 8:47 PM · Nov 13, 2020 · Twitter Web App 88 Retweets 20 Quote Tweets 1.4K Likes
    via @soapachu
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    Mammal - badly-drawn bee @soapachu 000 Replying to @soapachu The leopard cat. You are underperforming and she's not impressed. There are populations on Borneo and Sumatra. 8.4|bs / 3.8kg and hunts rodents and insects in the trees 8:50 PM - Nov 13, 2020 · Twitter Web App 58 Retweets 4 Quote Tweets 1.1K Likes
    via @soapachu
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    Terrestrial animal - badly-drawn bee @soapachu 000 Replying to @soapachu The margay. Native to Central and South America where she will spend most of her life in the trees. She has flexible ankle joints that allow her to descend trees head-first and she will even give birth up in the tree canopy. 8.8lbs / 4kg 8:53 PM · Nov 13, 2020 · Twitter Web App 100 Retweets 23 Quote Tweets 1.3K Likes
    via @soapachu
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    Cat - badly-drawn bee @soapachu 000 Replying to @soapachu And everyone's grumpy favourite - the Pallas cat. If ever a face said 'just shit off, would you?' it's this. Native to the inhospitable mountain slopes of Central Asia and our chunkiest contender at a whopping 10lbs / 4.5kg 9:00 PM · Nov 13, 2020 · Twitter Web App 124 Retweets 42 Quote Tweets 1.6K Likes
    via @soapachu

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