Jeanyous As the saying goes, the only difference is the size of box they need to sit in* ... *except Maru, the Houdini of the cat world ... almost no box is too small ...

nigelft Nothing will ever beat maru going in the glass bowl.

nigelft yess maru... love it

Exactly... as I say... no matter what the species... they are what they are.

The Sand Cat is completely wild... and is SMALLER than the Singapura domestic cat breed. A male Singapura gets to be about 6 pounds. The females about 4 pounds and that’s full grown. The Sand Cat are smaller than that.

+standardmayhem, I don't see how Patricia Smith was insulting.?. She simply said that the Lynx looks strong & has huge paws which is actually a compliment.

Some people believe that any comments people make about animals is insulting. It's the PC creed: Four legs good; two legs bad.

Snowshoes.

+Debbie Costa yeah I really don't understand why stansardmayhem think that it was insulting

+standardmayhem standardidiot more like. *that* was an insult, just so you'll know the difference.

Bauhauskiddo Large cats are more "normal" than domestic cats, who have been bred to be smaller and more docile.

"Domestic" cats aren't truly domestic. They're half-domestic descendants of African wildcats that we kept around and started breeding for looks later on. Otherwise they remain largely unchanged. There are videos of fully wild African wildcats right here on KZfaq behaving exactly like people's housecats.

Cats are cats, humans really haven't done much of anything to alter cat behavior. A tabby housecat has mostly the same set of instincts and behaviors that a North African wildcat does. The only thing "domestic" cats have really had done to them they already did to themselves; cats that couldn't tolerate humans would flee human settlements, cats that didn't mind us stayed and got food, lived longer, and bred more. At any rate "normal" is what we know and see regularly. Owning a car is normal for me, for someone in Amsterdam riding a bike everywhere is normal.

lynx r big u doofus iriot

"Domestic" cats have not evolved because of human breeding. It was a genetic mutation that made them playing and conserving their puppy behaviour all over their life, but they did not recognize a master as dogs do.

Veronica Medina ... no... you don’t. His species go for the throat. They would not hesitate to go after yours. That includes Max. Too many are getting the wrong impression here of the Lynx... and even of Max himself. Don’t ever forget Max is what he is and his physical capabilities. I’ll put it to you this way... would you ever go up to a Canadian/North American Lynx which is the version of the Lynx that Max is and give it a hug? Max is No Different.... you are only seeing human socialization here. He still has the same instincts here and the same physical capabilities here. All the human socialization in the world isn’t going to change that.

Oh... and his paws...? That’s your first clue.

The Velvet Kitten bullshit

The Velvet Kitten the size of the cat has no impact on the relationship that can be built with a human, especially if you have the cat since it was young.

To a point... but at the same time... tell that to the person mauled and or killed by them. The bigger the cat is... the more they know their own abilities and will use them. These cats... talking about Max for example because he is the one being shown here... these cats are A LOT BIGGER IN PERSON than they look in pictures and TV. As they remark here... Look at the Canadian/North American Lynx paws. That is everyone’s first clue as to just how BIG these cats really are and what they are capable of. The Lynx family aren’t bad cats and neither are any cats in any other Family of cats. They just are what they are... and there are real dangers here. There are wrong impressions here made of Max himself and the Lynx Family and yes SIZE DOES MATTER where physical abilities of killing is concerned. It is NOT to say that the bigger cats cannot love a human like any other animal can. Yes they absolutely CAN... but because of their sizes... the dangers increase or decrease. I love Max too... but like any Cat... he cannot be trained like a dog either. I just don’t want any wrong impressions that these cats are house cats just bigger in the sense of their being pets. That’s what gets them hurt and killed because they make that mistake. They are exactly like house cats in the sense that they are what they are.

I.A. Woien I don't think many ancient Egyptians had seen a lynx before.

I.A. Woien Egyptians never saw Lynx's wtf are you high 😂

marxxmann the only thing it could ever be is a Caracal. Which isn't a Lynx anymore.

Brad is right. Although the Caracal is sometimes called the Desert Lynx, it was moved out of the Lynx genus. I believe I.A. Woien meant that cats were loved by Egyptians, not specifically the lynx.

Maybe he thought about the 'sphinx'

Sheila Allen 😧😧😧 they are felines

Cats are cats, they all share some of the same little quirks no matter what size they are.

Buy big cats don't go for laser dots....there is an "experiment" on YT of someone who tried laser dots and cats' reactions from housecat up to jaguars and lions....the bigger ones didn't know what to do with it, but the caracals loved it if I remember right...

@@janedoex8345 i've seen that clip, caracals and servals did hunt the laser point. The guy doing this experiment explained that bigger cats don't hunt the laser point, which has the size of a small bug, simply because because it isn't worth spending the energy on a prey so small. The name of the guy is Dolph C. Volker

privatexxxx Sure, but it's interesting they didn't even move once, not because they have interest in it as they consider it to be food, but for pure fun. Climate could be a point though, usually they life in temperatures where moving a lot "for fun" would be not economic at all....Would be interesting if subadult lions or jaguars showed more interest in a laser, as they often play hunt for training. Btw.a funny job, holding a laser pointer in front of cats of all sizes to watch them hunt. Or not - hunt. ^^

Vanda Rose G. I see you are attracted to big things.

You have worms

Jorge Villarejo You have no brain.

Max is angel,but ok

All the thumbs up to you sir

The feels.

Lightscribe225 The memories...😢

Lightscribe225 hahaha he does look like the khajit Trader from skyrim :-D

lmao..😂😂😂

John R Me too guys :( I'm to young to has this dull of a life haha

if he is a lynx, a wild animal, why he is indoors treated like a cat.he's a wild animal....

ana amaro so were all other small cats u see.. have to start somewhere if u want domesticated big cats as ur pets...

Romeo Cortez agreed

Maureen H, How awesome it must have been to see a lynx in the wild. They disappeared from NY state around 2002 and are now what they call "extirpated" (locally extinct). Max knows when I use his full name, he's in trouble. Sometimes he listens, sometimes not. lol

Also, I liked and subscribed :)

Chin Nutz, I agree. I went animal tracking last weekend. Nothing like seeing animal tracks and scat with the birds chirping in the cool fresh air!

And Im assuming this bunny has "nip" filling in it? Max does seem to get a bit high from sniffing it :D

Wirina, one would think that there would be cat nip in the bunny but it's actually a dog toy and Max just enjoys the smell of leather.

Awww - he's one of those odd-balls :D I have a kitty who loves any room scent, toilet fresheners and smells from stuff like strawberry jam, lemons and gasoline. He's a therapy/company cat in my clinic (and also take naps on the keyboard to assist my secretary's work) he is always near freshly cleansed, sterilized and freshened areas and varieties of scents from all the pets and humans he can sniff over the counter, so he's one little happy guy. I sometimes have to send him "home" upstairs (I live on the 1th floor of my clinic) otherwise he will try to get into the handbag of owners of my patients to sniff the leather or will hang out at the toilet that patients owners also use. And he will not be taken away from that toilet without protesting and although he's just a Norwegian Forest and not a wildcat, he's heavy. One fourth of my weight to be specific.

Wirina, Wow, your baby sounds awesome! There's a cat that lives in my local library and everyone loves her! I think cats that are in businesses or used for therapy have such sweet dispositions and serve an important role. :)

They do - Even cats who arent to be touched, can offer so much joy and wellbeing for people just by their presence. Ive placed quite a few cats in homes for elderly, children's psychologist offices, public (safely enclosed) parks, farms etc. Where I live its illegal for pet animals to be strays or feral so any cat that I get in, must go to a shelter for socialization/adoption into forever homes. Some cats will never be pet housecats and as we only have no kill shelters (all shelters are state owned) no cats can be put down. So, although I'm just a volunteer vet at my local shelter, I've been involved in quite a few placements of cats who needed homes and are an comfort but also needed to not be pets.

Cats not cars!

Elise shaw cars are coo but cats

Sheila Allen Now he's disguised as a bush!

Those paws OMG!!!!

Rodrigo Seoane no

Awwwwwwwww....

😂😂😂😂😂

Lol cute response.

No... difference in species. You over feed your kitty and keep doing it.. you will make it over weight. Cats no matter what the species are sensitive to everything... if your ca ever needed surgery and had to be put under a General... it would have more chances of dying on the table than a Cat of normal weight. The closest thing you can get to a Cat like this is the biggest domestic cat breeds. The Maine Coon... Norwegian Forest Cat... the Siberian... these cats weigh in the range of 25 pounds AND ARE HUUUUGGGEEE for domestic cats. With these breeds of domestic cat... you had better be ready for the amount of food requirement they are going to need. They need ALOT of food for their normal weight requirements.

They were house cats, not lynxes, of course.

Wow, 175lb dog! You are brave. Max weighs only 40 pounds. I don't know what I would do if my animal weighed as much as me. :)

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