Awesome Apollo
New Member
After catching his prey, my panther will hold the bug in his mouth for up to 15 min. without chewing it. Also sometimes he looks like he is just swallowing without chewing. Is this normal? Thanks!
Follow along with the video below to see how to install our site as a web app on your home screen.
Note: This feature may not be available in some browsers.
Panthers are well know to do this.
It's not abnormal for Squee or my un-named panther to have half a cricket
sticking out of their mouth in a 'frozen' state sometimes for a few minutes.
The best answer to why they do it is because they don't want to move
after catching a bug out of fear of being spotted by a predator which may
have also been after the same bug!!
Any movement could give away their position.
When they feel it's safe, they will start chomping it down
Anyway, I have not studied wild chams in the field, and read this in a book,
so I don't know if it's 100% the straight scoop
Panthers are well know to do this.
It's not abnormal for Squee or my un-named panther to have half a cricket
sticking out of their mouth in a 'frozen' state sometimes for a few minutes.
The best answer to why they do it is because they don't want to move
after catching a bug out of fear of being spotted by a predator which may
have also been after the same bug!!
Any movement could give away their position.
When they feel it's safe, they will start chomping it down
Anyway, I have not studied wild chams in the field, and read this in a book,
so I don't know if it's 100% the straight scoop
That makes a lot of sense! I would just look away when my cham would stop chewing..
So that could mean that chams may think we were trying to get that nasty cricket they just tongue grabbed? ew!
Kinda like sitting in digestive spit to make them break down faster?marinates the cricket before digestion
marinates the cricket before digestion