Originally posted by shiner Cosmo is a very cool cat! You have large rocks and drift wood in a room?
That's Cosmo's room at the zoo. He's a Sand Cat (
Felis margarita), a desert wildcat. Sand Cats are about the size and appearance of housecats, but have a number of adaptations that let them live in the desert, including large ears, fluffy feet, and the ability to live on just the moisture in their prey. They also have a Bite Force Quotient (ratio of bite force to body size) more than double that of a domestic cat and comparable to a jaguar or leopard - which one of the keepers found out the hard way when he tried to grab Cosmo. Even with bite gloves on, he had to go to the E/R for stitches. Gotta respect a Sand Cat!