Cats
Cats
Friday Cat Blogging: Happy Cat Sanctuary
by JOHN ADAMS •
Chris Arsenault started rescuing cats in 2006 after his 24-year-old son Eric tragically lost his life in a motorcycle accident caused by a stuck throttle. After this huge loss, Chris accidentally came across a cat colony of 30 sick and nursing kittens. Chris decided to remove all the kittens from the colony and nurse…
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Friday Catblogging: They Know (They’re Just Not Interested Right Now)
by JOHN ADAMS •
Malcolm Ritter reports Now there’s scientific proof that your cat is just ignoring you: Hey Kitty! Yes, you. A new study suggests household cats can respond to the sound of their own names. No surprise to you or most cat owners, right? But Japanese scientists said Thursday that they’ve provided the first experimental evidence that…
Cats, Photography, Science/Nature
Fridat Catblogging: Why a cat [almost] always lands on its feet
by JOHN ADAMS •
Cats, Cooking
Friday Catblogging: Cats & Cooking
by JOHN ADAMS •
Teddy Amenabar reports on a happy online development in Cats and cooking. Here’s a YouTube channel that combines two cornerstones of the site: The Internet as we know it began with cats: Their keyboards, their rainbows, those pearly black eyes. Cats are the Internet. So while videos of cats on YouTube are not a new concept, cooking with them…
Cats, Science/Nature
The Genetic Secrets of Celebrity Cat Lil Bub
by JOHN ADAMS •
View this post on Instagram BUB sees stuff that we don’t. #lilbub #scienceandmagic #goodjobbub A post shared by Lil BUB (@iamlilbub) on Feb 21, 2019 at 1:53pm PST Karin Bruillard reports Scientists have finally discovered what makes celebrity cat Lil Bub so ‘magical’: Lil Bub is a kitten-size cat with 2 million Instagram followers,…
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Friday Catblogging: Oversight
by JOHN ADAMS •
Cats
Friday Catblogging: Auto-Tuned Cat
by JOHN ADAMS •
Cats, Nature
Friday Catblogging: Bobcat in a Cactus
by JOHN ADAMS •
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Friday Catblogging: Cat at the Piano
by JOHN ADAMS •
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Friday Catblogging: That Sneaky Slide
by JOHN ADAMS •
Cats, Weather
Friday Catblogging: Cats and Cold
by JOHN ADAMS •
Without doubt, the most important actions to take during a cold spell are ones that protect vulnerable people. Still, different groups might focus on different needs, and of feral cats, CBS Chicago writes ‘It Takes Just Five Minutes To Save A Cat’s Life’: How To Protect Feral Cats During The Dangerous Cold Spell: -Leave out…
Animals, Cats, Science/Nature
Friday Catblogging: It’s not the cat…
by JOHN ADAMS •
Derek Beres writes Are cats jerks? Or are YOU the jerk?: To claim that cats aren’t social is simply a way to claim your ignorance about this particular animal. Which is the topic of a new study, conducted by researchers at Oregon State University and published in the journal Behavioral Processes. In the first experiment, a total of…
Cats, Music
Friday Catblogging: Cat Listens to Mahler
by JOHN ADAMS •
Kyle Macdonald writes This cat listening to Mahler is basically all of us: All Mahler superfans will know that one of his Adagios can elicit a huge range of emotions. But we’re happy to say there’s no need for a detailed analysis of the rates of harmonic change and cadential tension (though we have that too), because…