Fishing cat on exhibit at National Zoo
US News • February 2011 • Views: 651
There are catfish, and cats that eat fish, of course, but there are also cats that can catch fish, and a new member of that special breed has just gone on exhibit at the National Zoo, a zoo spokeswoman said this week.
Cats specially suited by nature for catching fish are native to Asia and known as fishing cats.
“They’re really a unique species,” Courtney Janney, an animal keeper at the zoo, said in an announcement, which noted the special adaptations that make fishing cats what they are.