Well, I had one of these cats as a 'pet' when I was a boy on the north coast of Sutherland in the highlands. i found him as a kitten, clinging to a fence in the trees beside my fathers house. I didn't know what it was, I thought it was a normal cat. I fed him & looked after him, he lived outside & would only let me pet him. He had the distinctive black rings on his tail. After about two years, the vet came to my fathers house to check some sheep, he saw Tom sitting on the window and couldn't believe it. Thats when I found out what he was. However, nowadays we have a problem with domestic cats breeding with the wildcats. Tom lived for about 15 years. He didn't like other cats or people, but he was affectionate with me (when he felt like it). I also had a pet otter (Jim) and I had to keep Jim & Tom apart, they didn't get on.
@@mareksicinski3726 Pet implies the animal has been domesticated. While his highland cat was a companion, it wasn't domesticated - it was tamed. Domestication involves many generations of genetic selection and modification. Taming is conditional behaviour modification of an individual specimen towards a specific person.
@@edwardwood6532 nah, scottish, eurasian, asian, and african wildcat are very closely related to domestic cats, and domestic cats are descendant of african wildcat. Thats why theyre look similar and can interbreed freely.
I work at a wildlife park and we have 3 beautiful Scottish wildcats. Definitely not as friendly as a domestic cat but find them so fascinating. Really hope we can get their numbers up again. They are worth saving. Also, like she said, please spay or neuter your kitties. It's so important. Our cats have such an impact on wildlife as an invasive species.
A lot of clans display the Scottish wild cat on their crest. Clan MacGillivray's crest features it with the motto "touch not this cat" which was a warning to those who became enemies of the clan not to mess with a MacGillivray. Sending love from Canada to Scotland and Highlanders all over the world. Stay safe people
Isn't that from the Chattan Confederation? Which if I'm not mistaken Clan MacGillvray is part of? (I looked into Clan Davidson of the Clan Chattan Confederation alot)
That's a true tale. And certainly reminds me of the old MacGuire legend. Who on their crest bare the image of what appears to be a pink flower of sorts with the galic verse " we're not pussys."
@@hans-akeguldaker2493 it's long since then. They were two of them. The local vet caught them. He vaccinated them and released them in the wild. He said that is bad if they crossbreed with domesticated cats. They've also done some damage. Some local chickens were eated. Easy prey.
My cat is part mixed with one of these (I got him in Edinburgh). His behaviour is.... well, this video explained a lot. He's in my videos sometimes, especially my most recent one, if anyone's curious what he looks like. But yes, thank you for doing this video.... it's done me a world of understanding why he is the way he is.
My grandma had an european wildcat hybrid litter from her barn cats and she kept one. To this day she keeps telling storys of the insanity level of that cat. It fought strangers out of the door flying at their faces and screaming. It attacked anything that tresspassed the garden. It spit and clawed and destroyed anything that was in a room if she tried to keep him inside. It clawed up the walls and chewed through cables that were running with power getting shocked and then doing it again. He was never tame to the day he died and she had many scars and bites on her arms from him.
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Always. 😊 The whole world is full of great mysteries & treasures, & each region has their own unique variety & flavor. Between the people, the music, the ghost stories, the folk tales, the history, & of course, the wild cats, Scotland is just spectacular.
I've never heard the expression "Highland Tiger" . On a separate note, there's a small wildlife park near me, (Calderglen, in East Kilbride, near Glasgow) with a Wildcat enclosure - whenever I go there it can take 5 - 10 minutes to find them as their camouflage is incredible.
@@cassiacries It's a bizarre description, and TBH not one I'm particularly keen on - it's a fantastic, fascinating animal in it's own right - I love Tigers....I love all cats, but it strikes me as a stupid description.
Bless you for not only sharing this rare treasure but showing us how a change in our habits may save their lives. Controversial or not, your message is important and needs to be heard. Countless lives depend on it.
They're not as aggressive as people make them out to be. Sure, they'll be defensive if you approach them while they have kittens nearby, but that can be said for every animal. If you treat them with respect and show that you mean no harm, they will approach you with curiosity just like a domesticated cat. But I think it's important for us to be mindful of their wild status; if they get too accustomed to human interaction, they suddenly become domesticated animals themselves, and then Scotland loses its wildcat.
Yes maam. Looks like my Darby McBoog and his Granny cat. It's hard to resist a brown tabby even if they are grumpy. I took in Darby's little feral sister, as she chewed on me, it's been a month and she has slowed down and only growls and bites twice a day. Would be fun to work on the scottish highland cat survival and study. He in Alabama my Dad says we had an American version identical to them. I have only seen one and that was 25 years ago in a remote Creek bottom area away from people.
These are no ”kitties”. These are predators that will do some serious damage if you go anywhere near them. Might even kill you if you’re actually stupid enough to let them keep scratching and biting on you.
My mothers cousin, Rosalyn, had a hybrid, it was mental, she found it by the side of the road on a trip to visit family in Scotland. She brought it back here to the Lake district. It lived under an old armchair (which it would only let Rosalyn sit on) by the fire. Only came out to eat and toilet and when it did we were mortified, we used to run and hide in other rooms.
They are really untameable, worse than tigers. This is probably why our cats originated from a far friendlier African (or more, precisely North African/Near Eastern) wildcat.
I'm currently working on a personal project called "The CROSSED LINES chronicles" with the main protagonist actually being a Scottish Wildcat. I see so little characters based off them online because of how little people know of them and its sad so it only felt right to bring on my own representation. I always loved the kitties in particular since I found out about them years ago and making my main lad one just felt like a natural thing to do ^^ Thanks so much for making a video about these amazing creatures!
I have one of these, I used to have two, but my first one was blind, and passed away due to stomach cancer 2/1/21. She was given to us to stop rats in our house from doing rat things, then I FOUND OUR NEWEST ADDITION TEENY WHEN I WAS AROUND 10, AND SHE WAS SO HARD to capture, and like, i have her now and she's mine and precious
This channel rocks, and I like the newer flora stuff too. The small cats episodes are awesome too. Who knew so many small cat breeds still existed in the wild today? Not me, or at least until I watched those videos on this channel!
Thanks, everyone working on the channel is going full tilt to try and bring you something interesting to watch. Its always appreciated when people take to the new stuff (and love the old).
I got a scottish wild cat I rescue him from a crash she got 3 legs but now it's been 13 years and she is healthy and happy 😊 that 1 back leg is so strong that she can jump run and hunt like a normal cat I love her
Am from Glasgow and trust me the sights around the coats of Scotland are breathtaking up near Shetland we even have a pod of orca and in spring and summer more pods pass through and visit. The campsies are gorgeous as well same with balfron and just about everywhere else
Dont wait too long, Scottish people have lost their sense of nationalism (which is surpising when you look back at their history) and they love multiculturism. If you wait too long, your experience might be very dilluted because of these factors and far from what you were expecting.
I absolutely love Scottish Wildcats, as can be made clear by the fact my fursona is one (I’m absolutely delighted that they’re going to be reintroduced elsewhere in Britain).
How’s the this is great nobody in Scotland even knows they’re there, very rare, my aunt has a half feral half Scottish wildcat hybrid as a pet, it’s very unfriendly haha
Yes, that is an excellent translation. It's the motto of clan MacPherson. The original is "Touch not the cat bot a glove" and bot is an ancient word meaning without. Glove refers to the cat's claws being retracted. Now it's usually written "but a glove" though the meaning is still the same. The motto is a warning not to aggravate these dangerous warriors! But if their weapons are sheathed then they are most hospitable, welcome to Scotland!
They look like “Chonky” house cats with a bad attitude! Ha ha ha... The kittens are freaking cute! People must have mistaken some of them for regular kittens.
One trick I've learned with cats is a tom typically has a scowl brow look on their faces, while a Molly(female cat) has brighter alert eyes, not always the case but just a trivia about both the feminine and masculine side in cats.
For 50 year I had always taken it to be normal for our house cats to be outside all day and range as they please. It has only been the last five years that I have fully appreciated the effect domestic cats have on wildlife. My current and all future furry roommate will be kept in doors.
just vaccinate spay your cats, whats the problem? I rather dont have cats at all before I have to lock them up in a house or even worse an appartment, dont even let me get started on people having just one cat in solitary confinement, thats animal cruelty imo.
@@mynoxx01 First, some cats prefer to be alone and not have another in their territory, but that is a matter of their individual personality. as far as spay/neuter I always have. Breeding is far from the only impact cats have on local wildlife. They are highly efficient killers and can decimate the songbird and small animal population in the area. On the flip side there are animals that are very dangerous to them. A painfully personal example was losing one cat when 5 racoons ganged up on him.
@@PurpleRhymesWithOrange Yea cats are professional killers, birds, mice, all kind of insects, nothing is safe from them but if you have a problem with that dont own cats? Why locking them up out of selfishness? Same with dogs, I would never have a dog in an appartment and in general not in a city, why do always the pets have to suffer so we can be selfish and entertained by their company?
@@PurpleRhymesWithOrange Sorry maybe my english is to bad but I might have missed a valid point why to lock up a cat in an apartment besides that they are killers?
You can easily have a cat in a flat/apartment. It's actually wise to monitor your cat outside rather than let them roam free as they apparently decimate local wildlife and are less capable of doing dumb things such as eating slugs etc.
Great topic. I wish you had talked about the differences in coat patterns between the Scottish Wildcats and tabbies (like mine) who look almost exactly like them.
didnt understand what that meant, and thought you were buttshitting. so i googled it "Touch not the catt bot a glove Clan chief's motto: Touch not the catt bot a glove. "Bot" means "without", being a warning to those who would harm the clan." okay, its "bot", not "but". now it makes sense.
@@persebra 'But' it's actually the same word. The English word 'but' originally meant 'without', too. The Scots word can occur both as 'bot' and as 'but'. This change has basically the same logic as when people say 'except' meaning 'however'.
I have seen Scottish wild cats before :) this is awesome learning more about them, I did know a bit about their endangerment but not much about where they came from.
Oof - I understand that to make a scottish animal video, you want to put in some traditional irish music, but believe me, even scottish people have only so much time for traditional scottish music...
I love your series on small cats. Maybe in the future you can do a series on mustelids. I bet many people don't know what live mink or sable look like. Also, fishers/pekans are very interesting.
As a fan of all kinds of cats it was great to see this vid. I agree keeping cats indoors if mostly better. If it can affect the local cats like in this case it should for sure be done no ifs, ands, or, buts. Thanks as always Team Animalogic keep bringing us great vids like this one.
You see many domestic cats that look like this due to them breeding with house cats (in Scotland anyway). My mum has one, adopted from a nearby farm. It’s timid but vicious if you annoy it.
We went up the east coast of Scotland this summer just gone in my camper van then back down the East Coast spent some time at Fort William and Inverness, loved it so much we went back up the West Coast, we wer up there for 7 months we didn't want to Come home. Can't wait to get back this summer
Sounds like the Scottish Wildcat is getting like the rest of Britain: a mixture of everyone that ever invaded or traded. Scotland, if you want to keep your wildcat, spay your domestic ones.
I was surprised that anyone agrees with me on this. In Australia people are killing feral domestic cats, it is disgusting because of how anyone can use a dangerous weapon in towns, a human can die by accident, and someone pets, only because of being on the street. People don't need to kill my cade and doggo friends - they should castrate all dogs and cats instead of killing them. I don't agree with keeping cats and dogs all the time inside of a home (with some expectations) especially when it is going about castrated animals. this girl/ her team showed (explained) also why cats should be vaccinated. domestic cats can have also fall into 2 or 3really dangerous diseases, because of pathogens.
@@iamadogepleasepetme.8139 they cull the cats because they are killing local animal wildlife. if they just neuter the cats they would continue hunting down and possibly killing them off completely. cats have been known to hunt animals into extinction. i know humans are the reason the cats were introduced in the first place but having diverse wild life is also important to the local ecosystem.
@@smurfx how bout humans that did all the actual damage to australis local ecosystem? their gov is blaming 1 species, they actually think killing 2 million of that species would help? i can list all the damage australia the humans did to it. Rather than take on the hard work of addressing the real environmental damage that human-led activities are causing to Australian wildlife-such as climate change, habitat loss, pollution, deforestation, fires, mining, and toxic chemicals-the Australian government has chosen to blame certain species.
@@iamadogepleasepetme.8139 Cats are responsible for most of Australia’s smaller species going extinct on the mainland to the point they had to reintroduce them from Tasmania. They don’t want to risk it, making them infertile may help a bit but they would still be alive and still hunt which would devastate many species.
We once received a wildcat hybrid at a wildlife rescue I volunteered at years ago. Didn’t have enough wildcat DNA to be released, so he was adopted as a pet, but lemme tell you that he was one spicy little man!
Huge fan of Animalogic here. Could you please make a video of the cape buffalo? One of my favorite animals. Thanks!! Keep enriching our lives with your knowledge!
There is one place in Europe, where there are lynx wolves and bears, and it’s where I’m from well, my dad was born. It’s called Abruzzi Italy, they still have the Italian wolf. They have eradicated all major predators from Europe, except from where I’m from in Italy they can’t eradicate them because of the mountains they have pockets that they hide in that people can’t get to so the wildlife is still there you should go check it out one day. It is the most beautiful part of Italy. That is the least explored Abruzzi Italy go check it out. You’ll love it and you’ll see the Italian wolf.
"The Sabretooths and Cave Lions went excint at the end of the ice age. And the Lynx went extinct in the Roman period." Scottish Wildcat: *There can be... only one!*
"Functionally extinct" in this case is literally an anachronistic concept. The fact is, if Wildcats hybridise with feral domestic cats, their genes are getting through to the next generation. In fact, they might even get more progeny, than with "pure" wild populations. It's a human centric concept that these populations are to be completely separate in order to "maintain a pure race" of wild cats.
or rather it is tha they may be 'functionally extinct' as a distinct population. Anyway there are some legitimate problems mentioned but the notions of protecting 'diversity' rather than the individuals who can actually suffer are concerning
That totally looks like a domestic cat. I knew someone that went to someone's house and they had an ocelot, and he took a picture of it. And he said, when it looks at you, you can see it is not like a regular cat.
Highland tiger is a term I have never heard in my 62 years of living at he edge of the Scottish highlands. I have seen individuals in the wild occasionally since my first meeting with an angry example when I was 4 years old but have never heard them referred to as anything but Wildcat.
I think the more common domestic cats in European household Taby are actually from Europe, bred to be smaller and friendlier. Seriously these wild cats look and act like mine, a shelter find in Virginia. Seriously my cat liked to fight foxes and win.
Well, I had one of these cats as a 'pet' when I was a boy on the north coast of Sutherland in the highlands. i found him as a kitten, clinging to a fence in the trees beside my fathers house. I didn't know what it was, I thought it was a normal cat. I fed him & looked after him, he lived outside & would only let me pet him. He had the distinctive black rings on his tail. After about two years, the vet came to my fathers house to check some sheep, he saw Tom sitting on the window and couldn't believe it. Thats when I found out what he was. However, nowadays we have a problem with domestic cats breeding with the wildcats. Tom lived for about 15 years. He didn't like other cats or people, but he was affectionate with me (when he felt like it). I also had a pet otter (Jim) and I had to keep Jim & Tom apart, they didn't get on.
Lucky 😁😭
why 'pet' in quotation marks? a pet its a pet, it is not a matter of license to prove it is your pet or not
@@mareksicinski3726 Because a Scottish wildcat isn't usually a pet & it wasn't domesticated or the same as a house cat. Thats why.
@Omega Zero there isn't real difference
@@mareksicinski3726 Pet implies the animal has been domesticated. While his highland cat was a companion, it wasn't domesticated - it was tamed. Domestication involves many generations of genetic selection and modification. Taming is conditional behaviour modification of an individual specimen towards a specific person.
it's so strange seeing cat like animals live in the wild cause they look like house cats and they're adorable wild or not
I am still not sure this isn't an early april first joke.
@@edwardwood6532 Nah it's real. Ive seen the cats at a sanctuary near inverness
Lol, I feel the same when I heard about wild guinea pigs living in South America
What did you think domestic cats did before they found human servants to feed them?
@@edwardwood6532 nah, scottish, eurasian, asian, and african wildcat are very closely related to domestic cats, and domestic cats are descendant of african wildcat. Thats why theyre look similar and can interbreed freely.
They aren't grumpy, they're Scottish. That's why they fight everyone.
Ahh they deleted my reply F
There is more than 1 way to skin a highlander cat, but only 1 way to kill it!
So they are Red heads by nature I see.
shut it baw heid
@TheFastAndThe Dead And they will fight anyone who so much as thinks of taking that independence away. Several times.
I work at a wildlife park and we have 3 beautiful Scottish wildcats. Definitely not as friendly as a domestic cat but find them so fascinating. Really hope we can get their numbers up again. They are worth saving. Also, like she said, please spay or neuter your kitties. It's so important. Our cats have such an impact on wildlife as an invasive species.
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One in scotland?😌
Bless Ur gorgeous heart
Wish I could see that
STOP HATING CAT BALLS!!!!
those kittens are not defenseless, they have deadly levels of adorableness.
Ssenelb
A lot of clans display the Scottish wild cat on their crest. Clan MacGillivray's crest features it with the motto "touch not this cat" which was a warning to those who became enemies of the clan not to mess with a MacGillivray. Sending love from Canada to Scotland and Highlanders all over the world. Stay safe people
touch not this cat sounds like a sign every ornery housecat should put up over its bed.
Sound like the no step on snek
Isn't that from the Chattan Confederation? Which if I'm not mistaken Clan MacGillvray is part of? (I looked into Clan Davidson of the Clan Chattan Confederation alot)
That's a true tale. And certainly reminds me of the old MacGuire legend. Who on their crest bare the image of what appears to be a pink flower of sorts with the galic verse " we're not pussys."
no touchy the danger kitten
“This is not a beast you want to encounter” LIES! I want to encounter and love every single one of them!!!
Until it relentlessly scratches and bites you.
Easy, Lennie.
@@myleg7012 🤣yessir
Her: *beast*
Me: IT'S A KITTY
No
Question: How do you know it's wild?
Answer: "It's Scottish."
They were a few wild cats where I live. They are changing their fur color during the year.
@@kennybeginner4087 so u have seen one?
@@hans-akeguldaker2493 it's long since then. They were two of them. The local vet caught them. He vaccinated them and released them in the wild. He said that is bad if they crossbreed with domesticated cats. They've also done some damage. Some local chickens were eated. Easy prey.
I hope humans don't harm cats like that.
@@bvnyo.iyakin.7136 I’m Scottish and people want to bring them back so people are trying
My cat is part mixed with one of these (I got him in Edinburgh). His behaviour is.... well, this video explained a lot. He's in my videos sometimes, especially my most recent one, if anyone's curious what he looks like. But yes, thank you for doing this video.... it's done me a world of understanding why he is the way he is.
Nice
My grandma had an european wildcat hybrid litter from her barn cats and she kept one. To this day she keeps telling storys of the insanity level of that cat. It fought strangers out of the door flying at their faces and screaming. It attacked anything that tresspassed the garden. It spit and clawed and destroyed anything that was in a room if she tried to keep him inside. It clawed up the walls and chewed through cables that were running with power getting shocked and then doing it again. He was never tame to the day he died and she had many scars and bites on her arms from him.
Wow! Never mind the dog, be aware of the cat!
wow! watch out for cats, not dogs guys!
Regarding the sponsor’s product, cat owners really should see their pet’s waste. An irregular or loose stool can be a sign the cat is ill snd in need of medical care.
Might it be reasonably visible in the repository, after raking?
Right on. See and smell. Jackson Galaxy has some words about this and all important litter box things like placement.
@@f4u5t00 I’ll see it but I’d rather not smell it 😆
Thanks for the advice.
I think that'd be easy enough to check on once a week.
I didn't know this cat existed .
Scotland has some incredibles things to discover.
It's probably just a House cat gone feral.
And it is now on the verge of extinction..
Always. 😊 The whole world is full of great mysteries & treasures, & each region has their own unique variety & flavor. Between the people, the music, the ghost stories, the folk tales, the history, & of course, the wild cats, Scotland is just spectacular.
@@aw4610 no they're a subspecies of the European wildcat which got isolated when the UK split from Europe
They lived in England and Wales too it's just Scotland is kinda to animals and survived England for a tiny bit longer than Wales or Ireland
I've never heard the expression "Highland Tiger" .
On a separate note, there's a small wildlife park near me, (Calderglen, in East Kilbride, near Glasgow) with a Wildcat enclosure - whenever I go there it can take 5 - 10 minutes to find them as their camouflage is incredible.
Yeah, never heard that either. I can just picture some gnarled highlander looking at an American and saying sarcastically "Aye it's a Highland tiger"
@@cassiacries It's a bizarre description, and TBH not one I'm particularly keen on - it's a fantastic, fascinating animal in it's own right - I love Tigers....I love all cats, but it strikes me as a stupid description.
I have two ordinary domestic tabbies, and can confirm the tabby markings to be excellent camouflage. That's why i don't allow them outside at night !
Bless you for not only sharing this rare treasure but showing us how a change in our habits may save their lives. Controversial or not, your message is important and needs to be heard. Countless lives depend on it.
"THEY MAY TAKE OUR LIVES, BUT THEY'LL NEVER TAKE OUR MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWMIX!"
what meowmix? we prefer Whiskas or Felix
"There can be only one!!!!"
**Crit**"
Tahhh!!!!!"
"Well, we didn't get frisked up for nothin."
"Meow mix? Makes my liver hurt. I prefer Whiskas."
Tender Vittles!!!!
I really want to pet it, but I get the feeling I would lose a lot of blood
Not if you shoot it before you pet it
@@ZTheLastViking :/
Sacrifices need to be made
A small price to pay for cat petting
They're not as aggressive as people make them out to be. Sure, they'll be defensive if you approach them while they have kittens nearby, but that can be said for every animal. If you treat them with respect and show that you mean no harm, they will approach you with curiosity just like a domesticated cat. But I think it's important for us to be mindful of their wild status; if they get too accustomed to human interaction, they suddenly become domesticated animals themselves, and then Scotland loses its wildcat.
“This is a beast you wouldn’t want to encounter”
Me: sees their fluff, “welp I’m going to the highlands to get scratched by some kitties”
worth it 100%
The word you're looking for is welp, which is not a defined term. Whelp is an insult.
Yes maam. Looks like my Darby McBoog and his Granny cat. It's hard to resist a brown tabby even if they are grumpy. I took in Darby's little feral sister, as she chewed on me, it's been a month and she has slowed down and only growls and bites twice a day. Would be fun to work on the scottish highland cat survival and study. He in Alabama my Dad says we had an American version identical to them. I have only seen one and that was 25 years ago in a remote Creek bottom area away from people.
These are no ”kitties”. These are predators that will do some serious damage if you go anywhere near them.
Might even kill you if you’re actually stupid enough to let them keep scratching and biting on you.
@@topiheimola69 where I live we have black bears, mountain lions, coyotes, Bobcats, wild hogs and feral dogs. I fear not a 10 pound wild tabby.
"The Scottish Highlands"
*inserts Irish music*
Scottish people: 🤦♀️
Ow lol
There's a scottish folk music?
@@alancosta4760 Bagpipes! 😉
Yea...
🤦♀️ non Celtic thinking reel music for cèilidh is Irish and not understanding that Scotland and Ireland share Gaelic music, language and culture 😂
My mothers cousin, Rosalyn, had a hybrid, it was mental, she found it by the side of the road on a trip to visit family in Scotland. She brought it back here to the Lake district. It lived under an old armchair (which it would only let Rosalyn sit on) by the fire. Only came out to eat and toilet and when it did we were mortified, we used to run and hide in other rooms.
They are really untameable, worse than tigers. This is probably why our cats originated from a far friendlier African (or more, precisely North African/Near Eastern) wildcat.
That’s a great story! Though I feel badly for the cat. It doesn’t sound like it was very happy.
me meeting a cat in the middle of my trek: awh its a cute wee thing. shhs its coming over here. hey fell-
cat: ah yiss a sizeable meal.
the "shh it's coming over here" just makes this comment somehow 😂
I knew that cat was Scottish when it purred with a rolling 'r'...
Scottish R is tapped, not rolled.
we arent pirates
@@huguesdepayens807 thank you!!
I think you mixed up scottish and irish accents
the whole of the uk arent leprechauns
Within every cat beats the heart of a lion
Within every lion beats the heart of a cat.
With every heart beats the blood of there blood
So that’s what’s in the primordial pouch
That's called cardiomegaly.
So naming a cat Richard is fitting.
I'm currently working on a personal project called "The CROSSED LINES chronicles" with the main protagonist actually being a Scottish Wildcat. I see so little characters based off them online because of how little people know of them and its sad so it only felt right to bring on my own representation. I always loved the kitties in particular since I found out about them years ago and making my main lad one just felt like a natural thing to do ^^ Thanks so much for making a video about these amazing creatures!
Warriorcats🐈
Warriorcats 🕺🐢
Sounds really interesting, I would love to give it a read or watch.
Its grumpy, majestic and full of noble aura
Yeap, its HIGHLANDER cat alright
"Famous for looking pissed"
Sounds Scottish to me
I really hope the numbers can increase of pure bread wildcats, such beautiful creatures.
I was lucky enough to see one when I was a boy on holiday near Sanna bay Ardnamurchan in or around 90-91.
"These cats are the original grumpy cats" Palla's cat: Am i a joke to you?
I have one of these, I used to have two, but my first one was blind, and passed away due to stomach cancer 2/1/21. She was given to us to stop rats in our house from doing rat things, then I FOUND OUR NEWEST ADDITION TEENY WHEN I WAS AROUND 10, AND SHE WAS SO HARD to capture, and like, i have her now and she's mine and precious
The Scottish motto: "That's my secret. I'm always angry."
YOU'RE DAMN RIGHT!!!
Thank you Captain Scotland
But they aren't green.....
Scots have three modes: irritated, angry, and football match. 🏴
@@austintrousdale2397 Fear the football mad scot...
This channel rocks, and I like the newer flora stuff too. The small cats episodes are awesome too. Who knew so many small cat breeds still existed in the wild today? Not me, or at least until I watched those videos on this channel!
Thanks, everyone working on the channel is going full tilt to try and bring you something interesting to watch. Its always appreciated when people take to the new stuff (and love the old).
"Scottish Wildcat: The Highlander Cat."
There can be only MEOW!
Beat me to it!
"I'll bloody well walk outta herrre"
haha
Quite an underrated comment👏
"Dominated!
I feel EVERYTHING
I know EVERYTHING"
"And then there was one" is my favourite reference of Danielle's, followed closely by the "lovely bunch of coconuts" in another video.
I got a scottish wild cat I rescue him from a crash she got 3 legs but now it's been 13 years and she is healthy and happy 😊 that 1 back leg is so strong that she can jump run and hunt like a normal cat I love her
Visiting Scotland is on my bucketlist before I die. I am fascinated by this land, it's people and History.
Am from Glasgow and trust me the sights around the coats of Scotland are breathtaking up near Shetland we even have a pod of orca and in spring and summer more pods pass through and visit. The campsies are gorgeous as well same with balfron and just about everywhere else
@@braderzz_mma Even when you head towards the Highlands in areas like Perth things are just as beautiful, lots of wildlife around Ben Vrackie
@Gi Gi exactly the same as England, nobody should come to the uk it’s not worth it
Dont wait too long, Scottish people have lost their sense of nationalism (which is surpising when you look back at their history) and they love multiculturism. If you wait too long, your experience might be very dilluted because of these factors and far from what you were expecting.
@@peterpengproductions920 I don't think we want the nationalism that the SNP party has to offer
we better thank the camera man for getting this close to the highlander cat
Zoom lens!
filmed in a wildcat sanctuary
Humans: Don't worry we restore population of Highlander cats
Rabbits and rodents: Wtf guys?!
They look pretty cute to me!! Another difference between them and domestic cats is that the Scottish Wildcat likes water
I absolutely love Scottish Wildcats, as can be made clear by the fact my fursona is one (I’m absolutely delighted that they’re going to be reintroduced elsewhere in Britain).
How’s the this is great nobody in Scotland even knows they’re there, very rare, my aunt has a half feral half Scottish wildcat hybrid as a pet, it’s very unfriendly haha
“Touch not the cat without a glove.” -A translation of a Scottish battlecry (I think. Not sure if it’s correct)
Yes, that is an excellent translation. It's the motto of clan MacPherson.
The original is "Touch not the cat bot a glove" and bot is an ancient word meaning without. Glove refers to the cat's claws being retracted. Now it's usually written "but a glove" though the meaning is still the same.
The motto is a warning not to aggravate these dangerous warriors!
But if their weapons are sheathed then they are most hospitable, welcome to Scotland!
@@leithscrumhalf4143 Yay Macphersons! and all the Chattan group :)
Dunmahglhas?
@@reggierenegade8207 DUNMAGLASS
@@jadennichols8767 yes, this pleases me
Scottish Wildcat: 'Damn Scots, they ruined Scotland!' 😏
So I take it that you're heavily involved in Scottish Wildcat conservation.
@@ianmacfarlane1241 I was making a reference to Groundskeeper Willie.
@@Michael-590 Ah! I haven't seen anywhere near enough of The Simpsons to know that.
Apologies for misinterpreting your comment.
no true scotsman, after all.
@@KingDomIV Never said I was. I’m an Irishman.
I learned something new this evening. 😁Never heard of a Scottish Wildcat. Beautiful feline, indeed!
The Highland Wildcat is the house sigil of Clan Sutherland whom my mother belongs to.
I wore my ancestors' crest proudly an my wedding.
Sans Peur!
They look like “Chonky” house cats with a bad attitude! Ha ha ha...
The kittens are freaking cute! People must have mistaken some of them for regular kittens.
I am THRILLED you did the Scottish Wildcat! Literally squealed out loud and startled my own Canadian House Cat. :)
How about an episode on the Lion's Mane. No, not the mushroom. The absolute unit of a jellyfish.
No, no. Let's do the mushroom too.
One trick I've learned with cats is a tom typically has a scowl brow look on their faces, while a Molly(female cat) has brighter alert eyes, not always the case but just a trivia about both the feminine and masculine side in cats.
Your voice is so friendly and warming. Thx for the upload, love it!
No it isn't
Pallas cat: _"Finally, a worthy opponent."_
For 50 year I had always taken it to be normal for our house cats to be outside all day and range as they please. It has only been the last five years that I have fully appreciated the effect domestic cats have on wildlife. My current and all future furry roommate will be kept in doors.
just vaccinate spay your cats, whats the problem? I rather dont have cats at all before I have to lock them up in a house or even worse an appartment, dont even let me get started on people having just one cat in solitary confinement, thats animal cruelty imo.
@@mynoxx01 First, some cats prefer to be alone and not have another in their territory, but that is a matter of their individual personality.
as far as spay/neuter I always have. Breeding is far from the only impact cats have on local wildlife. They are highly efficient killers and can decimate the songbird and small animal population in the area. On the flip side there are animals that are very dangerous to them. A painfully personal example was losing one cat when 5 racoons ganged up on him.
@@PurpleRhymesWithOrange Yea cats are professional killers, birds, mice, all kind of insects, nothing is safe from them but if you have a problem with that dont own cats? Why locking them up out of selfishness? Same with dogs, I would never have a dog in an appartment and in general not in a city, why do always the pets have to suffer so we can be selfish and entertained by their company?
@@mynoxx01 Maybe reading my other two point could provide some perspective.
@@PurpleRhymesWithOrange Sorry maybe my english is to bad but I might have missed a valid point why to lock up a cat in an apartment besides that they are killers?
Always wanted to have a kitty. One day when I live in a house! 😊
You can easily have a cat in a flat/apartment. It's actually wise to monitor your cat outside rather than let them roam free as they apparently decimate local wildlife and are less capable of doing dumb things such as eating slugs etc.
@@microwavegommmm916 He means he's homeless not in an apartment
@@juandacableman Lol Bruhhhh
Haha, if you wanna know if I'm homeless....
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Never gonna give you up (👉⌐■_■)👉
@@microwavegommmm916 If I have a cat, I will let them go outside.
Great topic. I wish you had talked about the differences in coat patterns between the Scottish Wildcats and tabbies (like mine) who look almost exactly like them.
The Wild Cat is about twice the size of your tabby.
Great agility, athletics, acrobatics, reflexes, weaponry, stealth, speed, patterns, and plannings
"These cats are the original grumpy cats".
Pallas cat (manul) : Allow me to introduce myself. 🙄
The cat in the thumbnail looks soo fluffy and cute, I want to pet it!!
Scottish Wildcat running at me "yay kittah wants to be petted!"
Thank you for making a video about these crazy little cats from my homeland!
My cat, named TIBERIUS looked like this all of the time! She was a BEAST!
I like that it pretty much just looks like a housecat but is a wild little beast
“Touch not the cat but a glove”
The motto of Clan Chattan.
DUNMAGLASS!
My clan! :)
didnt understand what that meant, and thought you were buttshitting. so i googled it
"Touch not the catt bot a glove
Clan chief's motto: Touch not the catt bot a glove. "Bot" means "without", being a warning to those who would harm the clan."
okay, its "bot", not "but". now it makes sense.
@@persebra Yeah Bot is an old Scottish word meaning without.
@@persebra 'But' it's actually the same word. The English word 'but' originally meant 'without', too. The Scots word can occur both as 'bot' and as 'but'. This change has basically the same logic as when people say 'except' meaning 'however'.
The San Diego Zoo says the domestic cat brain is a third smaller than the wildcat' s.
Not surprised. Compared to wolves, our dogs are idiots, I'm sorry.
@@mikshinee87 Brain size doesn't determine whether you are an 'idiot' or not.
Marek Siciński yup brain folds are actually more telling than size for intelligence
dont believe it. cats r smart.
I have seen Scottish wild cats before :) this is awesome learning more about them, I did know a bit about their endangerment but not much about where they came from.
I have a Scottish wild cat at home and his name is lucky and he looks,sounds and is from the same place as Scottish wild cat
love the music and the grumpy ultra angry highland tiger
Oof - I understand that to make a scottish animal video, you want to put in some traditional irish music, but believe me, even scottish people have only so much time for traditional scottish music...
Half of it sounded more bluegrass than Celtic folk, not that they're unrelated.
Thanks for watching everyone!
Cats they are amazing predators
I love your series on small cats. Maybe in the future you can do a series on mustelids. I bet many people don't know what live mink or sable look like. Also, fishers/pekans are very interesting.
Can you do a video about Zebra?🦓
Can you make a video about shrikes?
As a fan of all kinds of cats it was great to see this vid. I agree keeping cats indoors if mostly better. If it can affect the local cats like in this case it should for sure be done no ifs, ands, or, buts. Thanks as always Team Animalogic keep bringing us great vids like this one.
You see many domestic cats that look like this due to them breeding with house cats (in Scotland anyway). My mum has one, adopted from a nearby farm. It’s timid but vicious if you annoy it.
We went up the east coast of Scotland this summer just gone in my camper van then back down the East Coast spent some time at Fort William and Inverness, loved it so much we went back up the West Coast, we wer up there for 7 months we didn't want to Come home. Can't wait to get back this summer
This cat has some fierce fangs!!
Sounds like the Scottish Wildcat is getting like the rest of Britain: a mixture of everyone that ever invaded or traded. Scotland, if you want to keep your wildcat, spay your domestic ones.
I was surprised that anyone agrees with me on this. In Australia people are killing feral domestic cats, it is disgusting because of how anyone can use a dangerous weapon in towns, a human can die by accident, and someone pets, only because of being on the street. People don't need to kill my cade and doggo friends - they should castrate all dogs and cats instead of killing them. I don't agree with keeping cats and dogs all the time inside of a home (with some expectations) especially when it is going about castrated animals. this girl/ her team showed (explained) also why cats should be vaccinated. domestic cats can have also fall into 2 or 3really dangerous diseases, because of pathogens.
@@iamadogepleasepetme.8139 they cull the cats because they are killing local animal wildlife. if they just neuter the cats they would continue hunting down and possibly killing them off completely. cats have been known to hunt animals into extinction. i know humans are the reason the cats were introduced in the first place but having diverse wild life is also important to the local ecosystem.
@@smurfx how bout humans that did all the actual damage to australis local ecosystem? their gov is blaming 1 species, they actually think killing 2 million of that species would help? i can list all the damage australia the humans did to it. Rather than take on the hard work of addressing the real environmental damage that human-led activities are causing to Australian wildlife-such as climate change, habitat loss, pollution, deforestation, fires, mining, and toxic chemicals-the Australian government has chosen to blame certain species.
@@iamadogepleasepetme.8139 Cats are responsible for most of Australia’s smaller species going extinct on the mainland to the point they had to reintroduce them from Tasmania.
They don’t want to risk it, making them infertile may help a bit but they would still be alive and still hunt which would devastate many species.
My cat Millie according to some people is part ordinary domestic tabby part Highland wild cat . It explains much about her behaviour .
We once received a wildcat hybrid at a wildlife rescue I volunteered at years ago. Didn’t have enough wildcat DNA to be released, so he was adopted as a pet, but lemme tell you that he was one spicy little man!
He's a chonky tabby cat!!!!! I want one!!
Thank goodness there's a group out there breeding them for release back into the wild.
"I know this is controversial, but keep you cute kitties home"
🐱🐱🐱 YES MA'AM!
Scots: Aye, beware the Highland Tiger
Me: pss pss pss
I love how most of the videos of them show the cats looking at the camera. Silly cameramen can’t find the cat, only the cats find the cameramen 🤣
Huge fan of Animalogic here. Could you please make a video of the cape buffalo? One of my favorite animals. Thanks!! Keep enriching our lives with your knowledge!
They had one of these at Edinburgh Zoo when I was young
I loved the Scottish Highland music in the background.
I hope the Highland wildcat survives and prospers!
Your vids are amazing, Danielle!
There is one place in Europe, where there are lynx wolves and bears, and it’s where I’m from well, my dad was born. It’s called Abruzzi Italy, they still have the Italian wolf. They have eradicated all major predators from Europe, except from where I’m from in Italy they can’t eradicate them because of the mountains they have pockets that they hide in that people can’t get to so the wildlife is still there you should go check it out one day. It is the most beautiful part of Italy. That is the least explored Abruzzi Italy go check it out. You’ll love it and you’ll see the Italian wolf.
Hulk : "I am always angry"
Scottish wildcat: "hold my prey"
this was great, and that drawing at the end was a masterpiece
Never knew of these, wow! They are gorgeous!
4:17 from fluffy cuteness to a diabolical twisted beast from hell in a second. Gotta love'em.
"The Sabretooths and Cave Lions went excint at the end of the ice age. And the Lynx went extinct in the Roman period."
Scottish Wildcat: *There can be... only one!*
Funny the castle at the beginning of this video was featured in Highlander
"Functionally extinct" in this case is literally an anachronistic concept. The fact is, if Wildcats hybridise with feral domestic cats, their genes are getting through to the next generation. In fact, they might even get more progeny, than with "pure" wild populations. It's a human centric concept that these populations are to be completely separate in order to "maintain a pure race" of wild cats.
or rather it is tha they may be 'functionally extinct' as a distinct population.
Anyway there are some legitimate problems mentioned but the notions of protecting 'diversity' rather than the individuals who can actually suffer are concerning
By that logic, neanerthal also never went extinct then
@@kotarojujo2737 ...no
@@kotarojujo2737 you have a hard time understanding whats going on
I LOVE LOVE their grumpy faces lol 😂 so cute they look like big babies acting tough
"This is a beast you don't want to come across"
hehe pspspspspspsp
That totally looks like a domestic cat. I knew someone that went to someone's house and they had an ocelot, and he took a picture of it. And he said, when it looks at you, you can see it is not like a regular cat.
They’re literally just the Scottish stereotype in an adorable, murderous fluff ball.
@@Azureecosse Yes? That’s the point, lol. It’s a stereotype. Not all Scots are the same. :P
The reason why all cats are so amazing- such a creature that is so perfectly designed for killing yet so incredibly cuddly-looking!
Hi there, my daughter and I love your videos so much! We've been watching them for Science class. Can you do one on sea horses next ? Thanks!
Looking at the highland cat I think my old cat was either a descendent or actually a highland cat because they look exactly alike 😳
I just love these Cats....
Very much enjoyed this vid.
I have two rescue kitties 🐱🐯, brother and sister....they are funny as heck.
What can I say? We expect everything to look pissed off up here. XD
Highland tiger is a term I have never heard in my 62 years of living at he edge of the Scottish highlands. I have seen individuals in the wild occasionally since my first meeting with an angry example when I was 4 years old but have never heard them referred to as anything but Wildcat.
I think the more common domestic cats in European household Taby are actually from Europe, bred to be smaller and friendlier. Seriously these wild cats look and act like mine, a shelter find in Virginia. Seriously my cat liked to fight foxes and win.
Tabby Cats are actually Egyptian but do look a bit like European Wildcats.
Still though they aren’t descended from our Wildcats.
my babies 💕