Why are these lynxes washing their food?

Mongabay
Oct 19, 2026, 10:11 am100 pts
Camera traps in Spain have captured a behavior never documented before in a wild cat: Iberian lynxes soaking their prey in water before eating it. Over five years, researchers recorded multiple females carrying dead rabbits to water troughs and repeatedly dunking them underwater. Scientists aren’t sure why.…

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