Embed from Getty Images Connecticut, parts go which are suburbs of New York City, isn’t a place presently associated with bobcats. That perception should change, as Daniel Figueroa IV reports North America’s most common wildcat has a large, but nearly invisible, home in the Nutmeg state: If you have, over the last few years,…
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Cats, Technology
Friday Catblogging: An Open-Source Robotic Cat
by JOHN ADAMS •
?? Sarang Sheth writes about a robot cat called Nybble: Designed to be a robot that you can build, play, and explore with, Nybble comes with a laser-cut plywood body that you must put together first. The entire process takes about 4 hours including the assembly, software and calibration configuration time, and once you’re done,…
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Friday Catblogging: Domestic Shorthair v. Logan International Airport
by JOHN ADAMS •
The Associated Press reports Rowdy the runaway cat is caught after weeks on the lam at Boston’s airport: BOSTON — A family’s beloved pet cat that’s been dodging airport personnel, airline employees, and animal experts since escaping from a pet carrier at Boston’s Logan International Airport about three weeks ago was finally caught Wednesday. “Whether…
Cats, Science/Nature
Friday Catblogging: ‘How Cats Make the Most of Their Catnip High’
by JOHN ADAMS •
But a new study, published Tuesday in the journal iScience, suggests that the reaction to catnip and silver vine might be explained by the bugrepellent effect of iridoids, the chemicals in the plants that induce the high. Researchers, led by Masao Miyazaki, an animal behavior scientist at Iwate University in Japan, found that the amount…
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Friday Catblogging: 100,000 Cat Videos and Not Stopping
by JOHN ADAMS •
Cats, Protein
Friday Catblogging: 20 Hungry Cats Devour Dead Russian Owner
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Cats, Justice
Friday Catblogging: Cat Owner Justified in Evicting Girlfriend
by JOHN ADAMS •
There are many questions for which, after careful consideration, there is no certain answer. There are others, like the question raised in the tragedy below, in which there is greater moral certitude. Consider a tale from Reddit in which a cat owner’s girlfriend mistreated his cat, leading him to evict the girlfriend from his house:…
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Friday Catblogging: Cat Steals Muffin from Redditor
by JOHN ADAMS •
Cats, Education
Friday Catblogging: Cat ‘Graduates’ from the University of Texas
by JOHN ADAMS •
Dani Medina reports Cat ‘Graduates’ From University of Texas After Attending Every Zoom Class: Just in case you were wondering if they made graduation caps and gowns for cats — they do! Francesa Bourdier figured it out when she purchased a set for her one-and-a-half-year-old cat so she could graduate alongside her. Bourdier graduated from the University of…
Cats, Games/Puzzles
Friday Catblogging: The Release Date for Stray?
by JOHN ADAMS •
Oisin Kuhnke writes Upcoming Cat Simulator ‘Stray’ Release Date Possibly Leaked: If a leak is to be believed, the cyberpunk adventure cat game Stray might be releasing this coming July. According to the Twitter account PlayStation Game Size, the PlayStation Database currently has Stray releasing on July 19. This would certainly line up with what…
Cats, Good Ideas
Friday Catblogging: Hats for Cats
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Cats
Friday Catblogging: CatCam
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Cats, Faraway Places
Friday Catblogging: Cats of Catstanbul Istanbul
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Cats
Friday Catblogging: Relaxed, Very Relaxed
by JOHN ADAMS •
Arnesia Young writes that a Japanese Cat Sleeping in Funny Position Is Compared to a Drunken Salaryman: Cats are often known to fall asleep in a variety of amusing positions. But one Japanese Twitter user’s cat conked out in a position so odd that commenters are comparing the snoozing feline to a drunken salaryman on a…