Watching a kitten play with a toy; throwing it into the air looks like they are practicing catching birds by animating a toy to pretend that it is a bird and then catching it. This apparently is a misinterpretation. The kitten is instinctively practicing something that people rarely if ever see but which is …
Lupita Nyong’o is a Kenyan-Mexican actress who has achieved great success in Hollywood. Here’s a quick summary: New film role Lupita Nyong’o plays a starring role in A Quiet Place: Day One with her male leading actor, Joseph Quinn, with whom she got on very well according to the reports. She describes him as …
A lot has been said about needy, clingy cats and all of it is critical. It seems that cat caregivers don’t want their cat to be needy but (1) we should welcome it and (2) we create the conditions under which a cat might become needy. Welcome or predicable We should welcome the fact …
Wildlife conservationists have heralded the birth of wildcat kittens in Cairngorms National Park. You’ll see two cute kittens with their mother in the video. We are told they were born in the wild. It looks great and one needs to be positive but on a realistic note are these purebred Scottish wildcats with a …
I am told that a ‘heat dome’ has decided to site on top of the United States of America which potentially jeopardises life and limb for people and pets. Heat domes can cause extreme, freakish temperatures. Of particular concern are pets left in the back of cars with windows closed and no means to …
This is a first: a big protest during a professional golf tournament. It is quite startling to see as professional golf is normally played under very controlled and quiet conditions. Etiquette is strictly adhered to by the golfers themselves and the organisers in controlling the spectators. When spectators suddenly surge out of the crowd …
The similarity of all cat species from the modest domestic cat to the massive Siberian tiger, in terms of their anatomy and behaviour, indicates that through eons of evolution, this species of predator has been perfected. There is no more work for evolution to do. This is the thought of an evolutionary biologist, Anjali …
A lot has been said about the inability of the cat to taste sweetness. According to Bing’s Co-Pilot it’s artificially intelligent bot, it’s because “unlike most mammals, cats lack 247 base pairs of the amino acids that make up the DNA of the Tas1r2 gene which is essential for sweet perception.” This was due …
