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Friday Catblogging: Using AI Facial Recognition to Conserve Pumas

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Ashleigh Papp, over at Scientific American, reports How AI Facial Recognition Is Helping Conserve Pumas: INTRO: This is Scientific American’s 60-Second Science. I’m Ashleigh Papp. Papp: Mountain lions are now posing for their close ups. Researchers based in the greater Yellowstone National Park area have figured out a new way to identify these cats by using…

Cats, Crime

Friday Catblogging: Stolen Bodega Cat Reunited with Owners

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?? Some good news in difficult times. Melissa Klein reports Stolen bodega cat returned to its owners at Brooklyn deli: It’s a purrfect ending to the tale of Boka, the stolen bodega cat. A mysterious intermediary returned the feline to the Green Olives Deli & Grill in Park Slope a week after a catnapper grabbed the…

Cats, Faraway Places, Nature

Friday Catblogging: Bobcats in Connecticut

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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,…

Cats, Technology

Friday Catblogging: An Open-Source Robotic Cat

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???? 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

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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…

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Friday Catblogging: 100,000 Cat Videos and Not Stopping

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Erik Lacitis of The Seattle Times reports on The Seattle man who’s watched over 100,000 cat videos and isn’t stopping: He’s watched, by his count, over 100,000 cat videos in the past 10 years. That’s a lot of meowing to absorb. Out of all those videos, could he put together an all-time Top 5? No…

Cats, Justice

Friday Catblogging: Cat Owner Justified in Evicting Girlfriend

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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:…

Cats, Education

Friday Catblogging: Cat ‘Graduates’ from the University of Texas

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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?

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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…