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ocelots. An endangered specie. By Elisha Wyatt & Thomas David Vegar. Description Ocelots are twice the size of a normal house cat. They are a range of different colours like tan yellow with dark brown spots and black stripes on their cheeks. Special features
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ocelots An endangered specie By Elisha Wyatt & Thomas David Vegar.
Description Ocelots are twice the size of a normal house cat. They are a range of different colours like tan yellow with dark brown spots and black stripes on their cheeks. Special features Ocelots can run as fast as 67 kph and are expert climbers. http://www.google.co.nz/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=ocelot&source=video&cd=8&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CEYQtwIwBw&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.arkive.org%2Focelot%2Fleopardus-pardalis%2Fvideo-00.html&ei=MWKrU5O1E4XokgXwlICACg&usg=AFQjCNFE4yTVf-TCFyVRqOI7BPz2vmMyVg&bvm=bv.69837884,d.dGI
Habitat This is a map of where Ocelots live. Ocelots live in south American rain forest and brush land. They hide in holes in trees. Ocelots can not survive with out places to hide.
surviving Prey They are mostly nocturnal and eat rabbits, young deer, rodents, rats, birds, snakes, armadillos and iguanas tree lizards, frogs, crabs, crocodilians, small turtles and fish. Predators The ocelots predators include Jaguars and Pumas preying on the smaller Ocelot, along with the Harpy Eagle and the world's biggest snake, the Anaconda. Age Ocelots live around 7-10 years old in the wild but can live up to 20 years in captive!
Ocelots are endangered because people are cutting down all the trees in their habitat because for a number of reasons but the main one is making room for cattle farming. They have been endangered since 1973. To help 0celots you could donate money to the groups save ocelots. There are about 8,000 to 1.5 million ocelots left endangered Please try help to stop ocelots from extinction.