Good morning. Saturday in Whitewater will be mostly sunny with a high of 81. Sunrise is 5:53 and sunset is 8:06 for 14 hours 13 minutes of daylight. The moon is a waning crescent with 23 percent of its visible disk illuminated. On this day in 1786, Jacques Balmat and Michel-Gabriel Paccard climb Mont Blanc on the…
Cats
Animals, Cats
Friday Catblogging: Cat v. Bear
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Cats
Friday Catblogging: Larry the Cat Sees a Seventh British Prime Minister
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Cats
Friday Catblogging: Nicely Situated
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Cats, Science/Nature
Friday Catblogging: Not All Cat Grooming Is a Friendly Gesture
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Embed from Getty Images Sometimes cats groom each other for friendly reasons … but sometimes not: Morgane Van Belle, another cat behavioral scientist at Ghent University and the study’s lead author, was observing her own cats, Fabio and Giovanni, interacting over a favorite napping spot in the sun and noticed something. “I saw these weird…
Accidents, Cats, Weird Tales
Friday Catblogging: A Temporarily Blue Tabby
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Animals, Cats, Science/Nature
Friday Catblogging: Which Big Cat Has the Strongest Bite?
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Embed from Getty Images Sarah McPherson asks Which big cat has the strongest bite and just how deadly is that bite for humans?: The jaguar has the strongest bite of any big cat relative to its size. Research by Adam Hartstone-Rose and colleagues at the University of South Carolina, who compared the bite forces of nine different cat species, reveals…
Adventure, Cats
Friday Catblogging: 10/10 Swimmer
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Art, Cats
Friday Catblogging: The Finest Ballet Performance All History
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Business, Cats, Faraway Places
Friday Catblogging: Catnomics in Japan
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Embed from Getty Images Cats are more than sublime animals — they’re good for business: Feline features stare out from the covers of umpteen novels, they have an officially designated day devoted to their mystique and popularity, and have outnumbered dogs as pets for a decade. The influence of cats is evident across every corner…
Birds, Cats
Friday Catblogging: Cat or Owl?
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Cats
Friday Catblogging: Cat Defends His Family Against Trespassing Raccoon
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Accidents, Cats
Friday Catblogging: 14 Floors Later
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Mont Blanc, a 9-month-old cat in Australia, survived a 14-story fall from his high rise apartment in Melbourne: 9-month-old Mont Blanc encountered his brush with death as he roamed around his home on the 20th floor of an apartment block in Melbourne, Australia. His owner, Tim Aupanno, decided to leave the balcony door slightly ajar…