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TIL there are 7,000 feral black and white cats on the Antarctic Kerguelen Islands. 1/3 specialize in hunting seabirds, reaching 5kg/11lbs in body mass with strengthened skulls and jaws. They shelter in small rocky caves littered with the skeletons of their prey

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