A Michael Broad Blog
This is a brief discussion on the well-known domestic cat’s meow and talkative cat breeds. You will see some websites proclaiming confidently that certain cat breeds are more talkative than others but I wouldn’t be so certain. Often it is an individual cat trait and it also depend a lot on the relationship between …
You can categorise domestic cats two ways: purebred and random bred. The default category is random bred. There are far more random bred cats than there are purebred cats. Random bred cats procreate when not sterilised under the process of natural selection. This means that the cats decide with whom to mate. In the …
Here I am trying to summarise all that is felid in a short infographic for general use. The central point is that the domestic cat thinks they are a tiger. The toy dog thinks they are a wolf. That’s why they behave and look the way they do. It is always worth remembering that. …
Ricky Gervais and Richard Dawkins are very similar in their attitude and thoughts about animal rights. I admire them both. I am sure that their attitude is similar to millions of others. It certainly chimes totally with me. Gervais is a comedian and animal rights advocate and he is so important in the animal …
People ask the question: “Why are domestic cats and invasive species?” And the answer is that in most countries of the world domestic cats did not evolve in those countries but they were brought there by people. It is only when an animal either evolves in a certain place or its distribution extends to …
Dogs pant more than cats because their chosen method of temperature regulation and cooling is panting whereas for cats it is depositing saliva on their fur together with panting in extreme circumstances. The difference between cats and dogs with respect to losing heat and temperature regulation is that cats lick themselves, deposit their saliva …
How did the domestic cat evolve? I am going to answer this without reference to anyone’s work. Anyone is free to add information in comments. The first domestic cat was a North African wild cat and domestication happened around 10,000 years ago in or near Cyprus. This small wildcat is quite naturally predisposed to …
