Reunited, and it purrs so good: Mike the Cat was accidentally hauled away with some old furniture. Afterward, when his owner, Neal Augenstein, noticed that Mike was missing, he began a search that included contacting the furniture movers: “They said our couches were still in the warehouse, so I rushed over there,” Augenstein said. “Two…
Cats
Cats, Wisconsin
Friday Catblogging: Wisconsin Cat Has a World-Record 29 Toes
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Cats, Weird Tales
Friday Catblogging: Sixty Cats Rescued from Abandoned Sailboat
by JOHN ADAMS •
In Washington state, Tacoma police rescued sixty cats from an abandoned sailboat: Sixty cats and kittens have now been rescued from an abandoned sailboat that was found anchored off a beach in Washington state, police said. The 40-foot boat, initially spotted earlier this month in waters near Tacoma’s Owen Beach, remains the focal point of…
Cats, Daily Bread, Holiday
Daily Bread for 8.8.26: International Cat Day
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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…
Animals, Cats
Friday Catblogging: Cat v. Bear
by JOHN ADAMS •
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
by JOHN ADAMS •
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?
by JOHN ADAMS •
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
by JOHN ADAMS •
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…