The African wildcat looks almost identical to a common house cat — except they live out amongst the elephants and giraffes. They are, in fact, relatives to the domestic cat, they are mainly nocturnal and they hunt mice, rats, birds, reptiles and insects. I photographed this one in northern Botswana while on a night safari. Nikon D800 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 400mm) ISO 800, f/4 at 1/60th of a second, two Nikon SB-900 flash units.
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The African wildcat looks almost identical to a common house cat — except they live out amongst the elephants and giraffes. They are, in fact, relatives to the domestic cat, they are mainly nocturnal and they hunt mice, rats, birds, reptiles and insects. I photographed this one in northern Botswana while on a night safari. Nikon D800 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 400mm) ISO 800, f/4 at 1/60th of a second, two Nikon SB-900 flash units.
Remarkably like my first cat Figaro!
And mine, Willie. Pretty cool to see them out there in the wild. .