A Michael Broad Blog
If you want to keep your cat inside the home full-time you have to consider him/her as a Houdini escapologist. The skill and desire to escape must vary between cats but in general cats are amazingly good at escaping confinement. They find a way. They move very quickly. They are supremely athletic. They are …
Yes, cats have knees if we define the knee as a piece of anatomy which joins the thigh with the leg. The position of the cat knee is shown above in the picture. The philosophical question is whether cats have knees and elbows. I think the answer should be simple. As cats have legs …
Yes, cats have belly buttons. Another word for belly button is ‘navel’. The domestic cat is part of the order Carnivora which includes 280 species of placental mammals of which the cat is one. Placental mammals have belly buttons. So domestic cats have belly buttons. The question is: can we see it? I have …
If you search for ‘cat with three tails’ you’ll find the video that you see below but you will also see other pictures and videos of cats dscribed as having three tails. I am sure that Sarah Hartwell would be able to explain this with reference to cat anatomy and biology. In the meantime …
Adult cats have 30 teeth. Adult humans have 32 teeth. CAT Incisors (at the front of the lower and upper jaw): lower jaw 6, upper jaw 6 Canines (at the sides of the jaw at the front): lower jaw 2, upper jaw 2 Premolars (at the sides of jaw in the middle): lower jaw …
Howlett’s Wild Animal Park, Canterbury, UK is enriching the environment of their big cats by spraying perfume onto the ground. This creates a blob of scent which is interesting to a big cat such as a tiger. In this way, their environment is enriched and more closely corresponds to the wild where cats are …
Yes, cat ears are supposed to be hot for the simple reason that the blood vessels in the ear flaps are very near the surface and there is very little hair or fat between a person’s touch and the ear. Therefore, you are almost feeling the body temperature of the cat via the blood. …
Yes, a cat’s whiskers do fall out. They regrow. They are just like any other hair on a cat’s body in that respect. Although of course they much longer, they are thicker, they are more deeply embedded into the cat’s tissue and there are more nerves surrounding the base of the hair than the …
