This maybe the first video ever of the reclusive African Golden cat (Profelis aurata) hunting in the daytime. Its target is a red colobus monkey feeding on dead wood. The camera trap video is in slow motion to give you a better view of the extremely fast cat running to attack from the left of the camera; the monkey escapes with its life. The cat inhabits moist tropical forests and is a close relative of the caracal and serval. Golden cats are impacted by the bushmeat trade, and as primarily terrestrial hunters are vulnerable to snares. From the Max Planck Institute of Evolutionary Anthropology:
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