yeah im really suspicious...that looks very uncanny vallery like to me...also googling other pictures and videos of sand cats indicates that most of them look way less cartoon-ish and more realistic...reality looks real, who would have thought...but the guy has other pictures on his instagram and other sites that look fine...so maybe he used some stupid filter for no fucken reason or otherwise did something to the footage, or he just managed to find the weirdest looking sand cat ever...
There are at least two subspecies of the sand cat that differ in appearance. An image from the Cincinnati Zoo can be found at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sand_cat :
Well, that's no ordinary cat. That's the most foul, cruel, and bad-tempered feline you ever set eyes on! Look, that cat's got a vicious streak a mile wide! It's a killer!
Nightcaste
Jacksepticeye?
derpman4k
Dont tell me to be quiet
Im gonna tell that bloopus its a cute lil doofus
Thizicis
Pet the friend.
ThinkThisOut
Obligatory “heard you was talkin shit”
HeywouldJablowme
It's rare I see something I've never seen before. This is also.
nezo
Bro can hear you think
TungstenOrbital
Adorable
IakobZ
Alien cat
pullingsixty
You do realize the cat can't hear us through your lens right?
TrumpRapesAndEatsChildren0002
You do realize @op is unlikely the guy who took the video...
pullingsixty
Oh sure, I just like throwing shit out into the echosphere.
TrumpRapesAndEatsChildren0002
As do we all :)
Clayman8
Thats a god damn pokemon is what it is
Eiladar
Kitty looks like he doesn't even know you but is already sick of your shit.
anarchoFeline
sir that is pokemon
Jaqdakloun
I concur
ravensdaemon
Thats a Pal
anarchoFeline
where's it's gun?
ACatNamedJonesy
those ears remind me of a fennec fox *so cute*
TacoFox
Sand cat...hunter of muad'dib.
1reallyhappydude
Ya all the wildlife photographers I see have lenses the size of rpgs. I try with my smartphone but take this racoon pic is as good as it gets
trigonman3
Sir, that is a tree buffalo
Awmph
intellectually, I understand this is a vicious feral predator ...
StewedTomaters
How can a wild animal be "feral?"
astrangehop
So.. where does it stop? Like I just can't wrap my head around that mindset.
Zan11
And yet, pspspsps hii kitty
Whoisthisdoctorwho2000
Not feral just wild
StarSpangledBruceBanner
Fun fact about a Sand Cat: It gets all the water it needs directly from its prey and can go weeks without drinking.
StarSpangledBruceBanner
Venomous snakes are part of it’s diet.
PatrickDenStore
Him ears too big for him damn head.
Thorketil
Cats cannot sweat. This is a problem in hot deserts. Therefore, their oversized ears serve to dissipate body heat.
FuzzyX
All the better to hear prey, my dear.
MrNobodyWTB
Yes, but he's an amazing photographer.
Trollero
WHAT?
DaffydeDick
To better hear its prey
burningcouchwv
So scary that it might be AI
Thorketil
Since he is a real photographer, I don't suspect that this is AI-generated.
derpman4k
Id say its more likely
Lots of "artists" still get ai brainwashed
derpman4k
Not saying he is, obv, just its not always that clear cut
He seems to be a pretty legit photographer
RecurringNightmare
yeah im really suspicious...that looks very uncanny vallery like to me...also googling other pictures and videos of sand cats indicates that most of them look way less cartoon-ish and more realistic...reality looks real, who would have thought...but the guy has other pictures on his instagram and other sites that look fine...so maybe he used some stupid filter for no fucken reason or otherwise did something to the footage, or he just managed to find the weirdest looking sand cat ever...
Thorketil
There are at least two subspecies of the sand cat that differ in appearance. An image from the Cincinnati Zoo can be found at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sand_cat :
mondeca
Well, that's no ordinary cat. That's the most foul, cruel, and bad-tempered feline you ever set eyes on! Look, that cat's got a vicious streak a mile wide! It's a killer!
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mondeca
Holy hand grenade
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mondeca
3, Sir!
OvoidTrapezoid
3!
FlyingTigerRose
Me: pspspspppspspspspspspsp-- oops.
wejustdontknow
These look cute but they are fucking VICIOUS desert hunters
stercusmoriturussum
They have to be, to survive in that environment.
Nykidemus
So are domestic housecats
wejustdontknow
Housecats are fucking Vicious suburban hunters
Anarchduke
The fucking vicious suburban hunter just fell asleep on top of my hand so i cant type correctly.
wejustdontknow
Terrifying!
Snooj
Vicious or prolific? Vicious would be honey badger or shrike. Prolific but not vicious would be any baleen whale.
wejustdontknow
Both
LuciusNeedful
They travel miles every night to get their kill, and do not require fresh water, as they hydrate off the blood of their prey. Here kitty kitty.
DorkJedi
We had a litter of kittens under the shop in Afghanistan. base animal control got them, nursed them till they were old enough to survive.
DorkJedi
to clarify, not this exact species, but a similar branch of sand cat.