http://share.triangle.com/node/4137 Comments for "Exotic predators - Cats" en http://share.triangle.com/node/4137 <!-- BeginContext name="blog-teaser" q="(share|communities/*)" --> Cats are hypercarnivores. This means they must eat a high protien diet. Meat, of some type is the only thing they can survive on. As the earth increases the number of humans, predators such as tigers&hellip;<!-- EndContext --> <!-- BeginContext name="blog-front" q="share/blog" --> <p>Cats are hypercarnivores. This means they must eat a high protien diet. Meat, of some type is the only thing they can survive on.</p> <p>As the earth increases the number of humans, predators such as tigers will not be tolerated. </p> <p>Even smaller predators are in danger, due to humans competitive nature. Deer hunters don&#39;t want to allow a mountain lion any of the herd. Bobcats and ocelots are great additions to an ecosystem, due to their ability to keep rabbit and rat populations at bay.</p> <p>Yet they also have been irradicated in most areas that they once lived in. Poisoning rabbits and rats poisons the felines as well.</p><!-- EndContext --> <!-- BeginContext name="blog-front" q="blog" --> <p>Cats are hypercarnivores. This means they must eat a high protien diet. Meat, of some type is the only thing they can survive on.</p> <p>As the earth increases the number of humans, predators such as tigers will not be tolerated. </p> <p>Even smaller predators are in danger, due to humans competitive nature. Deer hunters don&#39;t want to allow a mountain lion any of the herd. Bobcats and ocelots are great additions to an ecosystem, due to their ability to keep rabbit and rat populations at bay.</p> <p>Yet they also have been irradicated in most areas that they once lived in. Poisoning rabbits and rats poisons the felines as well.</p><!-- EndContext --> <!-- BeginContext name="blog-front" q="*" --> <p>Cats are hypercarnivores. This means they must eat a high protien diet. Meat, of some type is the only thing they can survive on.</p> <p>As the earth increases the number of humans, predators such as tigers will not be tolerated. </p> <p>Even smaller predators are in danger, due to humans competitive nature. Deer hunters don&#39;t want to allow a mountain lion any of the herd. Bobcats and ocelots are great additions to an ecosystem, due to their ability to keep rabbit and rat populations at bay.</p> <p>Yet they also have been irradicated in most areas that they once lived in. Poisoning rabbits and rats poisons the felines as well.</p><!-- EndContext --> http://share.triangle.com/node/4137#comment bobcats caracals cats felidae feline leopards lions lynx Pets and Animals tigers Tue, 13 Feb 2007 22:50:26 -0500 Caracalover 4137 at http://share.triangle.com