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Friday Catblogging: A Discovery of Naturally Mummified Cheetahs

Just as some animals have been naturally fossilized, it’s possible for some animals to be naturally mummified. Thousands of years ago, that’s what happened to some cheetahs on the Arabian Peninsula: In 2022 and 2023, Ahmed Al-Boug — a wildlife biologist at the National Center for Wildlife in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia — and his colleagues…

Daily Bread for 12.28.25: The Extent of the Plan

Good morning. Sunday in Whitewater will be rainy with a high of 47. Sunrise is 7:25 and sunset is 4:28 for 9 hours 3 minutes of daytime. The moon is a waxing gibbous with 59.5 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1895, Wilhelm Röntgen publishes a paper detailing his discovery of a…

Friday Catblogging: An Albino Puma

Embed from Getty Images Itzae was the first albino puma born in Central America, and is one of four known in the world. She was born in a Nicaraguan Zoo in August 2023, among her beige and spotted siblings, the common coloration of pumas. After Itzae’s birth, she required special care due to her albinism. The condition…

Friday Catblogging: The Rare Flat-Headed Cat

View this post on Instagram A post shared by National Geographic Society (@insidenatgeo) Click image to play video. Here’s a bit from the Felidae Conservation Fund, a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit in the United States, about this faraway feline: A peculiar looking cat with short legs, a long head with tiny, low-set ears, and a short…