Serengeti Serval Hunting

The shy and elusive serval, not.

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• Serval
• Serengeti
• Nabi
• hunting
• posing
• Tanzania
• safari
• stalking
• jumping
• sitting
• africa
• plains
• seronera
• percic

[Fricicicabuksi]

Hello!

Were you in a jeep, when you made this video?

[netwarrior666]

Yes

[briczar22]

very cool footage..they look great in the wild.

[nickibaby64]

@Henrika16

With every house 'companion' there's a process of training. Naturally, some servals will mess up and do something that is unwanted, but that's just like ANY pet/child/guest/friend/signifi­cant other/pretty much everything and anything in life.

[Henrika16]

@nickibaby64 Yes but they were mostly kept around as mousers to protect granaries and such. They still have issues with the instinct to mark everything in the house. I have heard that some people have overcome this by socializing their cats constantly, and they praise them for marking outside, which gives them an appropriate outlet to perform this behaviour. There are still mistakes in the house though.... This could be perfected by domesticating them I'm sure.

[XboxDCG]

I think that servals belong in the wild but the species is endangered so if they can live in a domestic enviroment too, then the species has another chance at survival.

[MultiKez2010]

Wow you guys are so lucky to have seen one in the wild. I would love to see one. I love cats. Great video.

[throbule]

@briczar22:

That is so true - I only wear my Serval round my shoulders when I'm on safari in Africa.

Goes great with my blonde hair and red stilettoe's.

[thehall92]

in the wild, where it belongs!

I personally dont believe they should be kept as pets, because no matter how happy you can make them in your home, they will always be happier out in the wild. Plus, I don't think it's a good thing to support the exotic animal trade because there is a lot of cruelty to animals involved in that business. Buy a shelter cat that needs a good loving home instead.

[MrFatcake1000]

they have small heads

[Riverweasel09]

From what I have heard is that wildcats consider you part of the environment while you're in a vehicle. There are videos from national geographic and bbc earth where the filmers have been in those safari jeeps and there have been wild cheetahs that will just jump on the jeep and walk over it, no more than a half a foot from their heads and will do nothing aggressive. But, if you get out of the car, all bets off. The serval would have probably gone running if you had gotten out. Great footage.

[mangoliouskiwi]

Servals can be kept as pets although not everyone should have one. They do require a lot of care and need a lot of room to roam. I hate those people that try to keep them locked up in a small house all the time. They are beautiful animals and should be respected. They are NOT a house cat and should not be treated like one.

[kaitlinmcgoldrick]

what is it hunting?