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…
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Friday Catblogging: Cats of Yore
by JOHN ADAMS •
“A hand-colored portrait of the Trimpey family cat, Fluffy, sitting in a basket.” https://t.co/BRhMwkCVLx pic.twitter.com/D3OfneCyZa — Cats of Yore (@CatsOfYore) December 26, 2022 Hillary Frey praises Cats of Yore as the The Best Cat Account on the Internet: My Twitter feed is kind of a mess lately. Whatever changes Elon Musk has made to the algorithm…
Cats, Legendary
Friday Catblogging: An Elegy for P-22
by JOHN ADAMS •
P-22, a puma known and beloved to residents of Los Angeles, died last week after a life of adventure. He wore a tracking collar, and his travels and appearances in Griffith Park captivated people in California and beyond. Well, done, feline, well done. David Olin writes Elegy for a big, beautiful L.A. cat: On the…
Art, Cats
Friday Catblogging: Cathenge
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Cats, Weird Tales
Friday Catblogging: The Legend of the U.S. Capitol’s Demon Cat
by JOHN ADAMS •
Erin Blakemore writes of The legend of the ‘demon cat’ that roams the U.S. Capitol: Since its first rumored appearance in the 1890s, the so-called Demon Cat (known as “D.C”.) has left a trail of terrified people in its wake. Some say it has appeared before tragic events, like the stock market crash of 1929…
Cats, Weird Tales
Friday Catblogging: Waukesha County Cat Brings Home… an Alligator Head
by JOHN ADAMS •
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Friday Catblogging: World’s Oldest Living Cat – Guinness World Records
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Cats, Science/Nature
Friday Catblogging: The Slow Blink
by JOHN ADAMS •
Embed from Getty Images Michelle Starr writes Scientists Confirm You Can Communicate With Your Cat by Blinking Very Slowly: In a study published in 2020, scientists observed cat-human interactions, and were able to confirm that this act of blinking slowly makes cats – both familiar and unfamiliar animals – approach and be receptive to humans. ….…
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Friday Catblogging: Vigilant
by JOHN ADAMS •
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Friday Catblogging: The Case for Cats
by JOHN ADAMS •
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Friday Catblogging: National Geographic‘s October Cover
by JOHN ADAMS •
Animals, Cats, Daily Bread, Weird Tales
Daily Bread for 10.23.22: Reported Iowa Mountain Lion Was a… House Cat
by JOHN ADAMS •
Cats, Epic Battles
Friday Catblogging: In Britain, It’s Cat v. Fox
by JOHN ADAMS •
Larry the Cat, a sixteen-year-old tabby, lives at the British prime minister’s residence at 10 Downing Street. He brooks no opposition from the marauding foxes that plague London. In the video below, Larry fends off a fox near Downing Street. See Larry the Cat chases much larger fox from Downing Street for full details of…