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Inside This Issue
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Little League Lessons That Still Show Up to Work Every Day
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Famous Spats That Shook History What’s New on OVERRULED Podcast
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Project Backpack A Midlife Sabbatical Can Transform Your Next Chapter
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A Petite Panther’s Silent Supremacy
SAND CATS’ DECEPTIVELY CUTE MENACE SANDY SWEETHEART, STEALTHY STALKER
Big threats can come in little (and deceptively sweet) packages. Case in point: the sand cat, a feline species you’ll likely (or at least hopefully) never encounter. At first glance, they’re among the most adorable animals imaginable. Considerably smaller than typical domestic cats (weighing 3–7 pounds), these bewitching balls of kitty cuteness have notably wide eyes and larger-than-normal
night out for one of these tan terrors includes stealthily catching and devouring large numbers of fellow desert inhabitants to maintain their constant need for food and energy. Unlike most living beings, they can survive without drinking water, instead meeting their requisite fluid intake by feeding on the blood of unlucky rats and reptiles that cross their path.
ears to better detect their surroundings. As their name suggests, sand cats are commonly found in deserts across the Middle East, North Africa, and Central and Southwest Asia. So, how are these tiny cats able to thrive in such dry and inhospitable environments? By being among the most skilled predators in their sandy communities. Described by CNN as “lethal killers,”
Although largely solitary animals, sand cats drop their antisocial ways long enough to mingle and reproduce. Instead of offering a potential mate a charming meow, they enthrall their potential conquests with a mating call that sounds a bit like a small dog’s bark. Yes, these cats bark in addition to making snacks of vipers. So, the next time you get annoyed at your cat for knocking something off your countertop, consider yourself fortunate that you don’t have to contend with a 3-pound pet that will snatch a gerbil and drink its blood before you even realize what’s happened!
sand cats survive on a diet of rodents, snakes (even venomous ones!), and other unsuspecting prey. A typical
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