Clouds come from the dragon, wind comes from the tiger, and the sage makes it and all things see it.
can be said to be: the dragon roars and the clouds come out, and the tiger roars and the wind is growing in the valley.
But there is another animal. Although it is not as domineering as the King of Beasts, the cloud patterns on its body are not at all inferior. They are Cloud Leopard .
full of cloud patterns, the socio-god
cloud leopard , belongs to a large cat family, and is smaller than the golden leopard and snow leopard . The clouded leopard has a body length of between 0.7-1.1 meters, a tail length of 0.7-0.9 meters, and a shoulder height of about 60 cm. In terms of weight, the male is slightly larger than that of females. The male is between 23-30kg, while the female is within the range of 16-22kg.
From the outside, the body color of the clouded leopard is golden and covered with large pieces of dark cloud-like markings, so it is called the "clouded leopard". Clouded leopard is a highly arboreal species. The so-called arboreal means that the animal's activity and resting place is basically on the tree. The dark cloud patterns and spots on their bodies form the natural camouflage of the cloud leopard. When the cloud leopard curls quietly on the branches, it is difficult to find its traces whether it is the people passing by under the tree or the birds flying in the sky.
You can't see me
Why is the clouded leopard called the contemporary " saber-toothed tiger "?
This is because the teeth of clouded leopards are obviously different from other existing felines. Their canine teeth have the first-ranked ratio among felines, and there are two very obvious blood grooves on the tongue and lip surface, which are very similar to the extinct saber-toothed tigers before history.
In addition to the unique special features of canine teeth, the opening and closing of their mouths can also be said to be arrogant and stronger than the saber-toothed tiger. The clouded leopard's jaws can be opened to almost 90 degrees (about 85 degrees for saber-toothed tigers), while most felines can only be opened 65-70 degrees.
The best hole puncher is 4 holes in one bite
Looking at the canine teeth of the clouded leopard in the picture above, you can imagine that their bite force is definitely not simple.
After research, it was found that due to the structure of clouded leopard skulls, they have amazing and deadly biting power. can reach up to 360 pounds , which is more than cheetahs and snow leopards that are more than twice the size of it.
Little Cloud Leopard
Although they are extremely lethal among animals of the same volume, they are not the opponents of tigers and leopards. In addition, the ecological environment has been destroyed, resulting in a sharp decrease in the number of wild clouded leopards. Because male clouded leopards artificially raised in in zoo often bite to death females much smaller than it, it is also difficult to reproduce artificially.
It is estimated that the global number of clouded leopards is less than 10,000, and it has been listed as a national first-level key protected wild animal in my country. It is illegal to engage in any transaction related to clouded leopards.
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