Antarctica: The Cat-Free Continent

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2 min readApr 8, 2023

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Cat is the most adorable and loving animal in this world. Cats are everywhere in every continent expect of one that is Antarctica. Not only cat’s Animals that are cold-blooded , like insects, reptiles, and mammals, cannot survive on this continent.

Why! What’s the reason? Let's see- We know that food and weather is the most important things for our living. So, I’ll be highlighting these two things in below and explain the reason in short term —

Find out the Answer —

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Temperature : Antarctica is the continent of surrounded by the Southern Ocean also known as “Antarctic Ocean”. Antarctica is the Continent of Polar desert, the coldest, the driest and the widest continent. The average annual temperature of Antarctica is -49 °C or -56°F and its the extremely low temperature. On the other hand The normal temperature for cats is between 100 and 102.5 degrees Fahrenheit (37.2–39.2 degrees Celcius). Then it's get really harder for a cat to live in this continent.

Food Resources: The another reason is food. We all need food for our living. A feral cat's usually eat mice, lizard, birds, rabbits or some similar stuff. A wild big cats usually eat large hoofed mammals, such as deer, boars, and wild pigs, as well as the smaller mammals that their smaller relatives eat such as rabbits, squirrels, and mice. Big cats will also eat animals like reptiles, amphibians, and insects. In this continent cat’s won't be able to find out the food they need to survive.

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