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Friday Catblogging: Cats Film Their Own Stunts

Amelia Nierenberg reports These Cats Do Their Own Stunts. They Film Them, Too. (‘With the help of cameras that attach to collars, a niche style of cat content shows the world from a feline perspective’): In one video, the athlete pauses, assesses the height and leaps. He tries to free-climb up the side of a…

Friday Catblogging: The Corsican ‘Cat-Fox’

For years, scientists have wondered if striped cats on Corsica were a distinct species: Turns out, they are: The elusive striped “cat-fox” familiar mostly to Corsican shepherds and as a source of intrigue to scientists, is indeed its own species specific to the French Mediterranean island, the French office for Biodiversity (OFB) announced Thursday. New…

Friday Catblogging: The Rusty-Spotted Cat

Jeyran Main writes of the Rusty-Spotted Cat: He may look like a kitten or even fit in the palm of your hand, but this little male is nearly fully grown. What he lacks in size he makes up for endearing. Young cats are born curious. It is how they learn about their world, even if…

Friday Catblogging: How’s Bruno? He’s Doing Just Fine

Two weeks ago, FREE WHITEWATER recounted the tale of Bruno, a shelter cat who was returned to the shelter for being ‘too affectionate.’ Bruno was later adopted by another family for whom his disposition proved more agreeable. So, how’s Bruno doing? Just fine —

Friday Catblogging: Bruno Finds a Home

Bruno, a shelter cat in New Jersey, was returned to the shelter after only a week for being ‘too affectionate.’ Some cats like more contact than others, and Bruno has an affectionate nature than was unsuited to the family that first adopted him. Liam Quinn reports A cat named Bruno was returned to a shelter…

Friday Catblogging: Acoustic Kitty

Andrew Daniels writes in Popular Mechanics about the Acoustic Kitty project, a Failed Government Feline Mission:  In the 1960s, the CIA allegedly spent $20 million to implant microphones in cats’ ear canals so the animals could inconspicuously eavesdrop on the Soviets. The disastrous first mission, in which a cat would mosey around the Soviet embassy…

Friday Catblogging: Wildcat

Rob Thomas reports Melissa Lesh goes from Madison to the Amazon with ‘Wildcat’ movie: “Growing up in Madison was a huge part of my early love of nature,” Lesh said in a recent Zoom interview. “It definitely helped form my appreciation and love of wildlife and wild places.” For the last decade, Lesh and her…