Cool facts about Margay Jungle Cats by Exotic Chicken

    Margay Jungle Cats Puerto Viejo

We visited the Janguar Rescue Center in Puerto Viejo today.

I thought the margay cat was cute because it looked like a mini leopard.

                    Cool facts about margays

1. They are the only cat that can rotate their hind feet 180 degrees. This allows them to go up and down the trees head first.

2. It is arboreal. It lives its whole life in the jungle canopy, hunting and sleeping.

3. It’s so agile it can catch a howler monkey in the trees.

4.  At 40 - 80 cm a Margay is bigger than a regular house cat but smaller than its cousin the Ocelot.

5. Margay cats are difficult to release into the wild because they need to be scared of humans and able to hunt with ease.