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How do bobcats find food?

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Bobcats use their large paws to move quietly as they stalk their prey, and they either pounce, or if they miss, go onto a chase. Once the prey is pinned down, they may bat at it, claw at it, bite the neck, etc.

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They hunt by stalking their prey and then ambushing it with a short chase or pounce. They never hunt in pack as other animals they hunt alone.
The Bobcat is crepuscular, meaning that it is usually most active around dusk and dawn each night Bob cats roam up to 7 miles, they may change their behaviour seasonally in response to what their prey does.

Bob cats can go for a long time without food and will eat lots given the opportunity. They hunt by stalking prey leading to an ambush or pounce, their main prey varies geographically but usually feeds on hares and rabbits and sometimes rodents, squirrels, birds, fish and insects. Bobcats have been known to stalk and kill domesticated pets such as small dogs and cats, as well as livestock and poultry especially sheep and goats.

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Bobcats have a brown skin coat that helps it merge or camouflage into its surroundings which involves forests and bushes. The markings on their screen further helps their camouflage. They are ambush hunters that feed on small prey and this camouflage is extremely important for its survival.

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Bobcat are good hunters and stalk their prey. They usually are very quick to capture prey in one leap. Their diet includes rabbits, birds, and muskrat.

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Bobcats get their food by stalking it, but they have to stalk it from 6 to 10 times before they actually catch it.

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When still and silent, this elusive predator is virtually invisible due to it's magnificently camoflaged coat. Their prey walk right up on them, and then they spring their attack.

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the bobcat hunt to get food

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It may hunt for its food but how dose it hunt? I need more informashon

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they hunt

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Bobcats sometimes find the cat food or dog food that is left outside overnight for the domestic pets of uninformed yet well-intentioned pet owners. However; bobcats usually find their food in the forest. Bobcats are very good at sitting still and waiting for birds to land near to them. Then they pounce. Because bobcats have very good reflexes, they will also pounce upon prey that they just happen to startle, like mice or squirrels.


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