A Michael Broad Blog
Why do some cats answer the phone? They don’t. There is some other explanation unless someone has a clever idea. Below are two examples of cats answering phones. In the second video, the cat brings the mobile phone (cell phone) to the person. There is probably some human intervention in this video when the …
I created this photo about 3 hours ago. It was taken in the Isabella Plantation, Richmond Park, London, UK. Why are dead flowers so beautiful? Perhaps they aren’t. They are to me. They touch a nerve. A combination of beauty and sadness. The damage through dying makes them more beautiful for me because …
The weakness in the concept of “cat ownership” can be crystallised if and when your cat wanders around the neighbourhood and finds a place that he prefers to yours, at least for a while. Then the “new owner” can lay claim to your cat. The weakness in cat ownership is that the cat is …
Domestic cats‘ pelts were used to line gloves with fur in 13th century Britain. Britain is the most civilised country in the world 😉 . This means that we have already been through a lot of the bad stuff that other countries are experienced today. We have passed through that phase in the development …
Stephanie Hager the CEO/CFO and owner of sindesign.com, the manufacturer of the Poopoopeedo cat litter box kindly send me a sample of this interesting and stylish product. I made a short video showing Gabriel enjoying the unpacking, and then exploring and using the cat litter tray. This is a follow up from a previous …
Why do cats flick their water bowls? Because (a) it interests them (see the video immediately below) (b) they are unsure of it so they test it with their paw or (c) they prefer to drink water in puddles on the ground (d) they want to aerate the water to make it more palatable …
No, you can’t catch a cold from your cat and neither can your cat catch your cold. The reason is because the viruses that cause cat colds (flu) and human colds are “animal specific”. Each species of relevant cold-causing viruses only have the ability to invade the cells of a certain host and replicate …
