The bottom of a Sand Cat's paws are completely covered with dense fur, making their movements almost totally silent. That same fur insulates their paws, allowing them to walk on hot desert sand, and also acts to obscure their tracks, making them difficult to follow. They are the cat equivalent of a Tusken Raider.
Just like other cats, Sand Cats' rear legs step exactly into the paw-prints that their front legs leave behind, leaving only half the tracks other quadrupedal animals would.
Unlike other cats, Sand Cats do not have sweat glands on their pads. They leave almost no scent for predators to track them by.
Sand Cats communicate across long distances using a yodeling bark, not meowing (though they are capable of meowing). Not kidding.
Sand Cats never drink water. They simply don't. They get all their moisture from their prey.
Edit: The reason Sand Cats (all cats, actually) step on their existing tracks is because with their front paws they gauge the strength/stability of the surface. They instinctively place their back paws in those exact spots so that they are prepared to spring forward or back (off a surface with known stability characteristics) instantly.
concrete_dandelion on November 20th, 2020 at 10:56 UTC »
The way the kitten looks at it's mom
starstarstar42 on November 20th, 2020 at 12:08 UTC »
Sand Cat Facts:
The bottom of a Sand Cat's paws are completely covered with dense fur, making their movements almost totally silent. That same fur insulates their paws, allowing them to walk on hot desert sand, and also acts to obscure their tracks, making them difficult to follow. They are the cat equivalent of a Tusken Raider.
Just like other cats, Sand Cats' rear legs step exactly into the paw-prints that their front legs leave behind, leaving only half the tracks other quadrupedal animals would.
Unlike other cats, Sand Cats do not have sweat glands on their pads. They leave almost no scent for predators to track them by.
Sand Cats communicate across long distances using a yodeling bark, not meowing (though they are capable of meowing). Not kidding.
Sand Cats never drink water. They simply don't. They get all their moisture from their prey.
Edit: The reason Sand Cats (all cats, actually) step on their existing tracks is because with their front paws they gauge the strength/stability of the surface. They instinctively place their back paws in those exact spots so that they are prepared to spring forward or back (off a surface with known stability characteristics) instantly.
HowlingMadHoward on November 20th, 2020 at 12:19 UTC »
Sand cat: >:(
Mini meow: :3