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Why don’t cats drink much water?

PoC avatarPosted on April 28, 2020 by Michael BroadApril 28, 2020

Instinctively because of their evolution domestic cats don’t drink much water which can impact their health and drinking habits. Domestic cats have kidneys which are two and a half times more efficient than ours at ridding the body of waste … Continue reading →

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Where do polydactyl cats come from?

PoC avatarPosted on April 19, 2020 by Michael BroadApril 19, 2020

If you live in America it believed that polydactyl cats were brought to the country as ship’s cats from England. It is said that they originally came from Western England, Wales and Kingston-Upon-Hull. Why do they come from England? A … Continue reading →

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What is a feline tantalus?

PoC avatarPosted on April 18, 2020 by Michael BroadApril 18, 2020

I have decided that there is no such thing as a feline tantalus.

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Cat statues of ancient Egypt have plain coats whereas the real cats were mackerel tabbies

PoC avatarPosted on April 1, 2020 by Michael BroadApril 1, 2020

The domestic cats of ancient Egypt were all brown, mackerel tabbies whereas the bronze statues of cats from that era had plain coats. The statues look like modern day Abyssinian cats both in terms of their coat and body confirmation … Continue reading →

Posted in ancient Egypt | Tagged Bastet, cat history, cat history pictures, Cats In Ancient Egypt, cats in egypt, domestic cat history, egyptian art | Leave a reply

Why is Bastet a cat?

PoC avatarPosted on March 19, 2020 by Michael BroadMarch 19, 2020

It is sensible to ask why ancient Egyptians worshipped deities (gods) and then ask why one of them was a cat (Bastet). There are various theories on why humans created a range of gods in the ancient world. These are … Continue reading →

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Saint Gertrude as patron saint of cats is a recent popular cult

PoC avatarPosted on March 17, 2020 by Michael BroadMarch 17, 2020

Gertrude of Nivelles is lauded on social media as the patron saint of cats but this appears to be a fiction started in the 1981 catalogue of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. It is very odd. But her label as … Continue reading →

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Did Lenin like cats?

PoC avatarPosted on December 29, 2019 by Michael BroadDecember 29, 2019

Yes, there are clear indications from a video on YouTube and a still photo online, both of which are shown here, that Lenin liked cats. In the photograph below Vladimir Lenin (1870-1924) leader of the Communist Party and founder of … Continue reading →

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St Nicholas of the Cats

PoC avatarPosted on December 14, 2019 by Michael BroadDecember 15, 2019

St Nicholas of the Cats is a Byzantine convent in Cyprus which in 1996 housed only five nuns and a feline population of over 200 cats. This convent has a long and interesting history. The convent is situated near the … Continue reading →

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Great find in Egypt of cat mummies. How did the cats die?

PoC avatarPosted on December 8, 2019 by Michael BroadDecember 8, 2019

At the date of this post, Egyptian egyptologists are ecstatic at the recent discovery of a cache of 75 wooden and bronze statues and five lion cub mummies at the Saqqara necropolis near the famous Giza pyramids in Cairo. They … Continue reading →

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Cat mummies were sometimes part of a scam organised by unscrupulous priests

PoC avatarPosted on November 5, 2019 by Michael BroadNovember 5, 2019

In ancient Egypt cat mummies were offered to the gods for a favour or a sign of the person’s gratitude to the gods or God. A recent CT scan of a cat mummy indicates to some researchers that priests were … Continue reading →

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