thank you
whoa squeaks who knew a rack and roar
like a lion hi guys squeaks and I were
just working on our big cat Roars and
when I say big cat I don't mean your
neighbor's really fat pet cat I mean a
big wild cat like one of these guys not
all wild cats are considered big cats
though so how do you spot the difference
between a regular wild cat like a serval
and a true big cat like a lion I'll tell
you Wildlife experts say that there are
four main groups of big cats lions
tigers leopards and jaguars but the
easiest way to tell if a wild cat is a
big cat is to ask can It Roar only true
big cats have the ability to Roar other
Wildcats can growl but they don't quite
roar like these four do like all wild
cats big cats are carnivores meaning
they eat other animals they're skilled
hunters and need lots of land to roam
and lots of prey to eat even though big
cats have a lot in common if you know
what to look for you'll be able to tell
them apart in no time let's start with
the Lions you can only find these guys
in Africa Lions have light brown fur
with a little tuft to Black for the ends
of their tails male lines have Shaggy
manes that make them look a lot bigger
than the females most cats prefer to
spend time alone but not lions lions are
the only cats that live in groups a
group of lions is called a pride lions
even hunt in these groups their
preferred snacks are zebra's wildebeest
and African Buffalo Lions move fast when
they hunt and they can jump really
really far a lion can leap more than 10
meters in one bound that's as long as a
school bus tigers are just as impressive
as lions they're the biggest of the big
cats a Siberian tiger could be twice as
big as an African lion you can find all
kinds of tigers throughout the continent
of Asia they live the farthest north of
all the big cats and I'm pretty sure
that you know what these cats look like
most tigers are orange with black
stripes on their bodies in fact tigers
are the only big cats that have stripes
these markings help them blend in with
the tall grasses as they sneak up on
their prey usually deer or water buffalo
another cool thing about tigers they can
swim some have even been spotted
Crossing Lakes carrying heavy prey in
their mouths our last two groups of big
cats are probably the easiest to mix up
because they look a lot alike leopards
and jaguars both of these big cats have
yellowish coats with dark spots on them
called rosettes but a Jaguar's rosettes
have at least one black dot in the
center while leopards don't so it might
be pretty hard to tell apart a leopard
and a Jaguar unless you check them out
up close which I don't recommend but
it's easy to know which is which if you
know what part of the world they live in
leopards have the biggest range of all
the big cats that means they live across
the widest areas and they can be found
throughout Africa and Asia and leopards
are the smallest of the big cats but
they're not that small they can weigh up
to 80 kilograms and get nearly two
meters long that's about the size of a
full-grown man like all big cats they're
excellent hunters and prey on animals
like Impalas monkeys and even porcupines
leopards are also the strongest climbers
of of all the cats and can carry an
animal twice their size up a tree to
munch on or save for later Jaguars on
the other hand are a little bigger than
leopards and they live in a totally
different part of the world in the
rainforest and grasslands of Central and
South America and they often hunt
animals that live in the water like
crocodiles and fish so as you can
imagine like tigers Jaguars are really
good swimmers so now if you happen to
bump into a big cat you can tell what
kind it is but lions tigers leopards and
Jaguars are only four of more than 30
species of cats on our planet other
Wildcats might not be quite as large as
the big cats but they're just as amazing
from caracals to ocelots to lynxes there
are so many more cool cats to learn
about if you'd like us to hunt down some
information about wildcats or anything
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