Tortie in a beanie with a blaze

Tortie in a beanie with a blaze

This is a really good cat picture. It is unusual to this sort of quality in a photo taken by a non-professional photographer. The cameras help nowadays and I mean smartphones. The optics are amazing and the chips are awesome. You don’t need a 35mm sensor SLR anymore as smartphones have 50-million-pixel chips and …

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Where is the black panther cat from?

Ghost markings of the black panther aka melanistic jaguar

The term “black panther” normally refers to a black leopard or jaguar and it can also refer to a black mountain lion (puma). So, you can see that the ‘black panther cat’ is actually three different species of wild cat. Therefore, to answer the question in the title you have to ask where the …

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Googleplex should be compartmentalized into cat and dog areas

Googleplex headquarters in Mountain View, California looking like a holiday camp!

Officially, Google is a dog company. This is speciesism. And it is very high-profile speciesism but the reason that the Google bosses will give is that because Google is a dog company, and dogs are welcome to work with the owners in their massive Googleplex headquarters, there is no place for cats because of …

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Domestic cat slow blink is not a sign of love

Cat slow blink is more about reciprocal friendship than intense mutual love

In my considered view, the domestic cat’s slow blink is not a sign of love for us. It is far more subtle than that. I would describe it more as a recognition by our feline friends as an acceptance of the friendly relationship that we have with them. It is, therefore, an indirect sign …

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Do fragrances interfere with the human-to-cat relationship and cause health issues?

Woman spraying perfume on their arm the worst for a cat

By fragrances I mean body perfumes and eau de toilette. The statistia website tells me that in America 39% of men use fragrances every day and 21% several times per week. For women the numbers are 41% and 27% respectively. Only 8% of women never use fragrances and for men the number is 15%. …

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Mice produce lactones which act like catnip on cats

Mouse and cat

Professor Benjamin Hart from the University of California’s School of Veterinary Medicine claims that mice produce lactones which act like catnip on domestic cats and, in doing so, it acts as a defence against being killed by said cats! Catnip contains a molecule called nepetalactone. You can see the connection in terms of chemistry. …

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