World’s Smallest, Most Fearless Kitten
- Posted by Bill Belew in Animals
Jul 12,2008
Four tiny kittens, known as prionailurus rubiginosus, were born at a zoo in Port Lympne Wild Animal Park in Kent.
The rusty spotted cats are about the size of a rat when fully grown and weigh a whopping 40 grams, about one third that of kittens of domestic cats.
The difference, these little guys don’t know how small they are.
In the wild, they are found in Sri Lanka and parts of India. They are also fearless.
“A female with kittens will defend them without thinking of herself. They will quite happily attack us – they are so small we have to be careful not to tread on them,” says one zoo keeper.
“In their own minds these cats are tigers – they think they are much bigger than they really are. They are quite fearless.”
These four kittens are part of a breeding program to ensure they are protected from any catastrophic event that might threaten their extinction.
Lemme see, that would be us trying to protect the fearless. From whom? Us, probably.
The cats will attack and eat anything they can catch not mindful that they might be dinner for some much larger creature. They are nocturnal so as to not be easy prey for birds and bigger cats.
Reminds me of the bumble bee. The bee doesn’t know he can’t fly and does it anyway. GP wonders what these little cats could do if we would just leave them alone.
What do you think of capturing animals to ‘protect’ them?
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2 Responses to “World’s Smallest, Most Fearless Kitten”
As long as the habitats are spaceous and can mimic the natural habitat as much as possible….uh….I guess zoos are okay. Are they are necessary evil?
Or, would it be better to education the populace? Would take a generation or two of intense re-education and rehabiliation on how to co-exist with the local habitat. Oh, so much to phathom. But each little step helps.
On to this precious little cat (and the bumblebee for that matter) on what it can teach us on a metaphysical level….
The bumble bee should not be able to fly….but it can and does. This cat is ferocious but it is as small as a rat….is that a country rat or a NYC rat? (BIG difference)
But seriously…. just think what we are capable of if only we, as humans, would believe in ourselves.
Great post! Thanks. Really enjoy your blog.
T
Thanks for your thoughts, T. I agree. I always taught my kids to be ‘bumblebees’ as my dad taught me. My kids have been able to surprise themselves by how much they can achieve, if they just believe.
Thanks for reading.
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