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Fur and Fangs rather than Feathers and Beaks

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I remember the guide on my first Kenyan birding safari remarking that “birding groups always see far more mammals than those who come just to see animals. We also saw a leopard, but it was the A to Z that sticks in the mind. I wonder how they get on with the wild cats? Only in Africa is it really easy to see a big variety.

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Shower thought: Is a black panther more likely to die of starvation compared to a normal panther?

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If cats' furs are evolved to be adapted to their environment, is a black panther a worse hunter, due to not having the natural camouflage that a regular jaguar/leopard would have? Or would a black panther be a more effective hunter, because prey animals wouldn't be used to looking out for black coloured predators?