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    Desert animals

    Oct 19, 2023 2 minutes

    1 Sand cat

    Surely the cutest desert animal, the sand cat is a small feline native to the stony and sandy plains of North Africa and South-West and Central Asia. Its diet consists primarily of small rodents such as mice and gerbils, but it can also feed on venomous vipers. The cat’s survival techniques include digging an impressive burrow in which to shelter from the heat

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