How are we going to know! It is the most secretive place on earth where they worship, as a god, an obese, chain-smoking shorty with a funny haircut who’s allegedly very ill. Well, the best place to find out is … continue reading…
“Pet banks” does NOT refer to pet food banks which are gaining in popularity in the UK due to the cost-of-living crisis! Both pet banks and wildcat banking now have an historical interest and no more it seems to me. … continue reading…
Here are 22 different smiling cat with heart-eyes emojis. The heart-eyes emoji expresses extreme love of something said or seen. I guess it is the emoji of choice for a cat lover who wants to say they really like something … continue reading…
How fast can you tie your laces? Stupid question, yes? Perhaps not. We are taught how to tie laces when we are kids. There are many different ways of doing it. I think the way I was taught is a … continue reading…
When writing about cats you might, from time to time, have to refer to some scientific stuff including the taxonomy of cats (scientific classification). Also if you want to add a bit of gravitas (or give the impression that you … continue reading…
The words in the title are from Peter Singer who wrote the acclaimed book, Animal Liberation, published in 1975. In the book he argued that humankind had a tendency toward speciesism meaning that humans attach far greater importance to themselves … continue reading…
The origin of the word “meow” is an onomatopoeic representation of the actual sound that domestic cats make, usually when requesting something such as food, albeit that it is a stereotypic representation because the domestic cat meow is very variable … continue reading…
I was shocked a few days ago when I heard a BBC journalist talking to the news presenter on the BBC in the UK. He said he was providing a balanced view of the invasion of Ukraine but he refused … continue reading…
As a lot of smart, rich people are pouring billions of dollars into developing the metaverse, you might be convinced that it is going to be successful. Who are we to disagree with the smart elite? Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg has … continue reading…
A clowder is a group of cats in the same place1 (see the picture above). I was prompted into researching the word by Shelley, who posted this article recently: I love ferals. The interesting thing about this old fashioned and … continue reading…
You can’t search for “Maine Coon” on TikTok because their internal search engine rejects the term as they think that it ‘may be associated with hateful behaviour’. It’s time to change the name of the Maine Coon 😢. It is … continue reading…
Introduction The article discusses more than the definition of copyright. A definition is a summary and more than that is appropriate in this instance. This article relates primarily to internet works; words and images. Over the course of the development … continue reading…
I should know because I am British. The key in pronouncing cheetah properly is to make sure the second syllable is pronounced ‘tuh’ and not ‘ter’. The first syllable is clear: ‘chee’. My recording is in ‘received pronunciation’ or the … continue reading…
On this page I discuss how to say and use the phrase “Felis catus“. This is Latin. By convention, when Latin is written in sentences the first word is capitalised and the phrase is italicised. That’s the first complication. The … continue reading…
This is how you say the word ‘feline’. I’ve also added some sentences including the word so you can see how it is used in a sentence. People rarely use the word ‘feline’. It is interchangeable with the word ‘cat’ … continue reading…
