The mysterious beauty of the giant rare wild cat

Snow lynx, the scientific name is lynx, is a genus containing four species of giant wild cats, which are equal in weight to some leopard species, from 20 to 30 kilograms. The snow lynx consists of Eurasian lynx, Iberian bobcat, Canadian bobcat and North American lynx.

The snowballs have a common feature: short tails, big feet to walk on the snow, often with a black tuft of hair on the ears and a mane under the neck.

They live in high-altitude forests with bushes, grass and bushy reeds and often choose a resting place in the gaps of the rock or under the edge of the rock. They often live alone, although sometimes people see small groups of bobcat hunts together.

Even though snowballs only hunt on the ground, they climb and swim quite well. They pair in winter, and produce two to four cubs in a year.

This cat eats different animals, usually birds, small animals, fish, sheep or goats, but sometimes large species such as reindeer, muntjac, and serow. Their favorite food is wild rabbits.

Although there is a large body, but the bobcat often avoids humans. It is rare for them to attack humans, even if only for defense.

A beautiful and powerful cat, snow lynx has become the inspiration of many paintings. Unfortunately, because they were hunted for their fur, they were in critical condition in many areas.

Eurasian lynx (lynx lynx) has been considered extinct in nature in Slovenia and Croatia since the beginning of the 20th century, but the conservation project started in 1973 has been successful.

Currently, Eurasian bobbins can be found in the Alps of Slovenia and in the Gorski Kotar and Velebit areas of Croatia. In these two countries, the bobcat is an endangered species and is protected by law. Since the 1990s, there have been many attempts to recover and develop Eurasian lynx in Germany.

The critically endangered species is the Iberian lynx that lives in southern Spain and was previously found in eastern Portugal. Scientists have only recorded 80 wild Iberian hyacinth surviving worldwide.

Archaeological excavations in the Iberian peninsula (extreme southwestern Europe) show that primates are common in this archipelago. The island tribes considered the bobcat as a monster with supernatural powers, capable of connecting to the afterlife.

In the early 20th century, they were popular in Spain, with an estimated number of 100,000 individuals living on an area of ​​about 60,000 km ² . However, by 1960, the number of Iberian bobbins dropped to 10,000 and they were in danger of extinction in 2000 when there were only 36 individuals left. The effort of scientists, Iberia, has increased to 80 individuals as it is now.

The terrible decline is due to hunting for feathers. The destruction of the environment, the expansion of agriculture, also caused this animal to decline. In addition, the decline of rabbits, which is the main food of the bobcat, also makes them on the brink of extinction.

Scientists have thoroughly studied the practice and found that 80-100% of the food in their lifetime is rabbits.