SE115+Ocelots


 * TOPIC:** Ocelots

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The taxonomic name for an ocelot is leopardus fardalis. Another nickname for an ocelot is the "painted leopard." Just like humans, ocelots are mammals. When we are sleeping, ocelots are leering around and are more active than during the day time because they are nocturnal. In other words, they are night hunters. They live up to 13.6 years.
 * DESCRIPTION:**

Imagine a ruler, that is the size of an ocelot. Ocelots can be 10 to 14 inches long. They weigh 24 to 34 pounds, but at birth, they weigh 7 to 12 ounces. They're three to four times smaller than an average cat. Ocelots  are the tiniest small spotted animal. You will never find an ocelot with the same coat pattern. They even the left side of an ocelot has a different coat pattern than the right. On ocelots fur, they have both spots and stripe s. Their tales make up one third of their body length. Ears on the ocelot are triangular and they have very small paws.
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Most ocelots live in South America, but you can find some ocelots in Texas. You can find ocelots resting in trees and vegetation.
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Unlike most animals, ocelots have many different hunting skills. They usually hunt from the ground, but they have many other skills that are unknown. Just like squirrels, ocelots are very good at climbing trees. Ocelots climb trees so that their prey can't see them when they pounce and so that they can catch birds and monkeys. Also, ocelots float in the water to catch fish. This allows ocelots to have a large variety of food in their diet. Meat is mostly consumed by ocelots because they are carnivores. In an ocelots mouth, there are only sharp teeth, which rip up the food. Therefor, ocelots have to swallow their food whole. Many farmers house ocelots because they eat rodents, but not the farmers' livestock.
 * HUNTING AND DIET:**

Ocelots are very territorial. Often, over space, ocelots fight to the death. Just like dogs, they mark their territory with bad smelling urine, including their owners.
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Ocelots use to be kept as pets.</range id="494779320_4"> Their vision is 20 times better than humans. They can be as picky as humans. They have acute sense of <range type="comment" id="494779320_3">small</range id="494779320_3"> and taste.
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Ocelots are endangered animals, especially in Texas. They're only 217 ocelots w<range type="comment" id="493778998_5">orldwide. Th</range id="493778998_5">e biggest threat to ocelots are shootings. Many people kill ocelots to use there beautiful fur as coats and other fashion accessories.
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Unlike most animals, ocelots don't have fixed breading seasons. They will have two to three dark kittens at a time. Usually, their litters are very small. Male ocelots are called thorns, females are called queens, babies are called kittens, and groups are called flowders or clutters. Kittens stay with their mother until they are two. When they turn tw<range type="comment" id="493778998_6">o, they</range id="493778998_6"> venture off on their own. Kittens also start to hunt at the age of two months.
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media type="custom" key="25279308" Ocelots are one of the largest wild cats. True or False Ocelots will take down prey their size and even larger. True or False They spend a lot of their time in the bushes. True or False In the 60s and 70s ocelots were brought into the US as pets. True or False They were a major part of fur trade in the 60s and 70s. True or False