Issue link: https://owlkids.uberflip.com/i/1536419
TEXT: REBECCA MORRISON ILLUSTRATIONS: BILL SUDDICK PHOTOS: ALAMY (INSET); ADOBESTOCK (ALL OTHERS) CONSULTANT: DR. LOURENS SWANEPOEL, UNIVERSITY OF VENDA, SOUTH AFRICA Size About as big as a fox. Family Ties They are related to other civets, like the masked palm civet, otter civet, and binturong. Fave Foods They mostly eat fruit, insects, carrion, reptiles, eggs, small birds, and rodents. Super Seeds When civets eat lots of fruit, their droppings have seeds in them. The seeds get buried in soil and grow into new plants. All Alone Civets are solitary creatures. They rub their scent on trees and rocks or leave their poops in piles to let other animals know to stay away. Magic Mane When African civets spot danger, the manes on their backs stick straight up to make them look larger and scarier to predators. Growing Up Civet babies, called kits, start walking when they're a few days old. At three weeks, they leave the den to explore outside. Sweet Home African civets live in the forests and savannahs of southern and central Africa. WHERE IT LIVES AFRICA INDIAN OCEAN SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN CI V E T CI V E T African civet kits sleeping together! Chickadee 7