The black-footed cat (Felis nigripes), also called the small-spotted cat, is the smallest wild cat in Africa, having a head-and-body length of 35β52 cm (14β20 in). Despite its name, only the soles of its feet are black or dark brown. With its bold small spots and stripes on the tawny fur, it is well camouflaged, especially on moonlit nights. It bears black streaks running from the corners of the eyes along the cheeks, and its banded tail has a black tip.
The first black-footed cat known to science was discovered in the northern Karoo of South Africa and described in 1824. It is endemic to the arid steppes and grassland savannas of Southern Africa. It was recorded in southern Botswana, but only a few authentic records exist in Namibia, in southern Angola and in southern Zimbabwe. Due to its restricted distribution, it has been listed as a vulnerable species on the IUCN Red List since 2002. The population is suspected to be declining due to poaching of prey species for human consumption as bushmeat, persecution, traffic accidents, and predation by herding dogs.
The black-footed cat has been studied using radio telemetry since 1993. This research allowed direct observation of its behaviour in its natural habitat. It usually rests in burrows during the day and hunts at night. It moves between 5 and 16 km (3 and 10 mi) on average in search of small rodents and birds. It feeds on 40 different vertebrates and kills up to 14 small animals per night. It can catch birds in flight, jumping up to 1.4 m (5 ft) high, and also attacks mammals and birds much heavier than itself. A female usually gives birth to two kittens during the Southern Hemisphere summer between October and March. They are weaned at the age of two months and become independent after four months of age at the latest.
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Another thing on my mind, I feel the obligatory pizza party people take about is probably a white collar thing only. Back where I used to work if food was gonna offered it was almost always organized by the workers, hell my mom makes coffee daily for her place and it all comes out of our wallet. Enough people thought it was something offered by the company before they found out, not saying to be grateful for pizza but you get jack shit in manual labor.
My god that shoulds more horrid upper management there just flat out hated us tbh
My company is doing a holiday party this year and from what I hear it's mostly just going to be office staff and most shelter workers won't be going because it's a non-mandatory work thing that you have to do on your time off.
My friends in the office are all being pressured to go by their bosses, but I get the sense that the muckymucks are grateful nobody on my team will be going.
We had non mandatory things too I remember, mostly come drink hot chocolate while the upper management gave each other raffle drawings prizes