Caracals are also called the desert lynx. They detect prey using their huge ears. Thanks to 20 muscles, they can move their ears in many different directions and can move and tilt them independently.

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There are 40 cat species (not taking into account the various breeds of domesticated cats, which are over 70) naturally distributed across every continent except Antarctica and Australia. The wide ...