Margay: The acrobat of the small cat world

Описание: Margays are amazingly agile climbers and leapers, and they are capable of ricocheting off objects while in mid-leap. They have been seen jumping 8 feet straight into the air and 12 horizontally. They can climb down a branch headfirst, and they can hang by their hind feet while manipulating an object with their front feet.
#Margays have several anatomical adaptations that allow them to perform these aerial acrobatics. Their hind feet can rotate inward through 180 degrees, allowing them to grip a branch equally well with the hindlimbs or forelimbs. Instead of the narrow, rather firm feet of domestic cats, margays have broad, soft feet with very mobile toes. These wide feet provide a good platform for precision balancing and jumping as well as an effective gripping surface for climbing and hanging onto btanches. The cat’s long tail is an important adaptation for arboreality, helping it to balance. (source: Wild Cats of the World, Mel Sunquist, Fiona Sunquist)
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Margaj nie ma sobie równych wśród kotów jeśli chodzi o poruszania się po drzewach. Dlatego nazywany jest kotem- akrobatą.