The black-footed cat (Felis nigripes), also called the small-spotted cat, is the smallest wild cat in Africa, having a head-and-body length of 35β52 cm (14β20 in). Despite its name, only the soles of its feet are black or dark brown. With its bold small spots and stripes on the tawny fur, it is well camouflaged, especially on moonlit nights. It bears black streaks running from the corners of the eyes along the cheeks, and its banded tail has a black tip.
The first black-footed cat known to science was discovered in the northern Karoo of South Africa and described in 1824. It is endemic to the arid steppes and grassland savannas of Southern Africa. It was recorded in southern Botswana, but only a few authentic records exist in Namibia, in southern Angola and in southern Zimbabwe. Due to its restricted distribution, it has been listed as a vulnerable species on the IUCN Red List since 2002. The population is suspected to be declining due to poaching of prey species for human consumption as bushmeat, persecution, traffic accidents, and predation by herding dogs.
The black-footed cat has been studied using radio telemetry since 1993. This research allowed direct observation of its behaviour in its natural habitat. It usually rests in burrows during the day and hunts at night. It moves between 5 and 16 km (3 and 10 mi) on average in search of small rodents and birds. It feeds on 40 different vertebrates and kills up to 14 small animals per night. It can catch birds in flight, jumping up to 1.4 m (5 ft) high, and also attacks mammals and birds much heavier than itself. A female usually gives birth to two kittens during the Southern Hemisphere summer between October and March. They are weaned at the age of two months and become independent after four months of age at the latest.
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I wish paradox would just fix the basic fucking mechanics of EU5 like they're fucking around with balance shit like oh we need malaria to kill all the cracker colonists and shit and it's like hey how about you fix all the broken UI elements and tooltips and basic diplomacy first?
I have a personal union as portugal with Aragon and despite ME being the senior partner and having UNIFIED EXTERNAL DIPLOMACY which specifically says it unifies diplomacy UNDER THE SENIOR PARTNER ffucking Aragon declared war on Castile! Okay, that's fine I guess, we won (they didn't take anything I would have wanted, cool, i'm glad my JUNIOR PARTNER was the WAR LEADER) but now Orange, who is also in the same union, declared war on the fucking Pope and I HAVE TO GO IN WITH THEM? What the fuck, what the fuck IS THIS.
yeah i'm done with the game for a while. So many annoying broken things. Really personally annoyed by the army automation which randomly merges/splits your armies arbitrarily. Also carpet siege sometimes just misses provinces for no reason. If I'm automating something, the whole point is to not baby-sit it!
Sometimes my armies will just stop fucking moving and right clicking will just bring up the context window for the target province and it doesn't make any fucking sense. It's like when they're trapped in a mountain in winter except that's not happening
yep i've gotten that one too. Have you gotten the one where you have an army stack on the coast and a ship stack with more than enough capacity right next to it, then you click to auto transport to another province and it decides to use a ship stack from across the world instead?