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The Philadelphia Zoo

Kids immediately given names: the male name and Drogon Vizerion and female Reygar. Such names they received in honor of the popular book series of characters and fantasy television series "Game of Thrones».

Recently the young first fully examined veterinarians and made him the first vaccination. Also applied on foot each kitten small ink marks to distinguish them from a distance. Kids during the inspection were mostly quiet, although sometimes tried to hiss and scratch. All the same, it is not home kittens and wild, no matter how cute they were not looking.

Black-footed cat (lat. Felis nigripes) of all wild cats smallest and lightest. Lives in southern Africa, but there occurs very rarely. There are two varieties of it: one, living in the Kalahari Desert, lighter: other inhabiting arid grassy area is colored more brightly.

The characteristic features of desert cats in this animal are mild: the ears is not increased, the hair on the paws small. Skull its narrower than the Gobi desert and cats. The average length of the animal is only 0, 48 0, 56 m, though there are larger specimens. 2/7 part accounted for by a thin, pointed tail with transverse rings and a black tip. Weight is 1, 5 - 2 5 kg. Voice of the cat startlingly loud and sonorous.

Animal received its name because of the four black stripes adorning his soles. General pattern of stripes and spots in Black-footed cat is very intense. In winter, turning pale ground color; dominated by sandy tones, dark yellow, light brown.

Her food in nature are typically nontoxic small animals - and vertebrates, invertebrates. Scarcity of diet may be due to the small size and the animal, and the multiplicity of its population. About his enemies unknown. This is probably the largest predatory mammals and birds, as well as poisonous snakes and pythons.