What affects us affects cats
This is an interesting video for cat aficionados. I have called the post “Steadicam Cats” because all cats do it (and owls). Steadicams are devices that film makers use to stabilize a motion picture camera that is being carried by a cameraman. The device prevents the camera from jerking around. The camera remains focused on …
Some people say that the cat’s purr is still a mystery. They are not sure why a cat purrs. I am sure you have heard your cat purr. It probably happened when you were stroking your cat or a friend’s cat. It may have happened when you were close to a cat that you …
Every now and then we read about cats that have been trapped in ship’s containers; the box shape constructions that are used to ship all manner of goods from…China. Where else? Or other countries. It seems that cats are wandering around a port looking for scraps of food and then find temporary shelter in …
This is a page that touches on cat anatomy. I am presenting a couple of radiographic images of two cats. One shows a foreign body, a coin, in the stomach. The other is useful because it shows some of a cat’s internal anatomy. I have marked out some of the internal structures with the …
Nearly all of us know about cats mimicking a snake’s hiss as a way of defending themselves. The snake is obviously known throughout the animal world as a dangerous creature. The whole defensive measure is based on that. It is also based on the sound of the snake. The interesting thing about the cat …
The sand cat is the only true desert living cat. The black-footed also lives in dry environments. The sand cat lives in areas of sandy desert. In these areas the temperatures reach extremes. For example in the Karakum Desert (Central Asia), the air temperature can exceed 40°C (104°F). The temperature of the surface of …
Although: it is used for ‘normal movement’¹ and the tail reflects emotions through boy language, and provides signals to other cats, the tail is not an essential piece of anatomy for the domestic cat. You only have to ask people who keep bob-tailed cats to find out. The Japanese Bobtail and the American Bobtail …
By Elisa Black-Taylor Our cat Sealy has healed and is now living life as a normal indoor cat. For those who need to catch up on his stories, they are all listed here as well as many photographs taking over the past five months: http://www.furbyshouse.com/Sealy-s-Journey.html. On PoC one of the first pages on Sealy …
