Happy Valentine’s Day! We’re showing our love for wild cats each day, but on this day especially. You, however, might want to send love to a special person. Luckily, we’ve prepared some Valentine’s Day messages to send to the wild cat lover in your life. They also include some fun facts about wild cat Love Languages:
“If you see me on a dating app, ‘stripe’ right!” Love Language Fact: Female tigers in heat will wander the forest calling continuously until a mate responds.
“I want to be your ‘mane’ sweetheart!” Love Language Fact: Lionesses prefer males with thicker and darker manes, a sign of virility.
“Will you accept this rosette?” Love Language Fact: Jaguar males and females will travel and hunt together during courtship.
Learn more about female jaguar courtship practices.
“You take my heart to new heights, ‘fur’ real!” Love Language Fact: Snow leopard mating season overlaps with Valentine’s Day, so they’re committed practitioners of the day of love.
"I 'spot' someone cute!" Love Language Fact: A female leopard initiates courtship — growling, parading in front of the male, rubbing her head and fluttering her tail.
“This mountain lion will climb the highest mountains for you!” Love Language Fact: Female pumas in heat will cry out to a mate with a rough, screechy, repetitive growl called a caterwaul.
“I won’t ‘cheetah’ on your heart!” Love Language Fact: Females chirp to attract a male.
“Why so grumpy? It’s Valentine’s Day!” Love Language Fact: Like snow leopards, Pallas’s cats court each other and fight over mates in the winter.
“Be my ‘serval’-entine!” Love Language Fact: Serval males will give out many Valentines, mating with several females.
“‘Caracal’ me, maybe?” Love Language Fact: Their mating calls sound like a cough.
If posting to social media, make sure to tag @pantheracats! And if you’re still interested in unlocking your feline side, take this quiz to discover your wild cat soulmate. Are you most like a tiger, lion or even a fishing cat? Find out now!
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