Cute little kitten.....NOT!

[sandboa]

I headed over to the San Antonio Zoo for their members only 7:30am opening time to see if some cooler morning weather provided more interesting photo ops. What I found is that many species were waiting for their morning meals and were more active than normal.

One of my favorite species at the zoo is the diminuitive Black-footed Cat (Felis nigripes). This little cat of Southern Africa is the smallest cat in the world, an adult being the size of a half-grown domestic cat. They are, therefore, cute as hell. However, they are apparently not very "personalble" little beasts. Don't let appearances fool you, this is one ornery, unsociable critter!
I believe that attempts to domesticate and keep them have been unsuccesful due to their flighty and fiesty nature.

I had never seen it out before for more than a few seconds since they are very shy as well. However, I think it was hoping I would feed it since it sprinted back to the building area out of sight when I walked up, but quickly came back out, right up to the edge of the cage.








The wire didn't help the photo shoot, but these photos will have to do until I photograph a wild one!

Chris

[Shadow]

Cool! I've never even heard of these guys...

[lhdvies]

Very nice shots Chris

[houtex01]

Very nice photos Chris...

Ron

[David Alaniz]

Good shots, like the look on the second one.

[scottbuckel]

Nice captures! I really like the second one.

Scott

[photo4fun]

Insanely cute!!!

[ifly223]

I want one!!! : )

[jasonp]

cool, never heard of these and I don't remember seeing them at the San Antonio zoo..

[sandboa]

Originally Posted by jasonp

cool, never heard of these and I don't remember seeing them at the San Antonio zoo..

They have had them awhile, but they are back in a small cage tucked away next to the African Bird Aviaries and the Cheetahs. Easy to overlook since the cage is somewhat overgrown as well.