What affects us affects cats
by Michael (London, UK) I recently wrote about how the domestic cat will change over the next thousand years. I was mainly thinking about the domestic cat’s cognitive abilities. I would like now to look back and see how the domestic cat has changed since it was first believed to have been domesticated about …
2009: The Clouded Leopard range (geographic distribution) is presented in an embedded customised Google map. Note: the ranges for both Neofelis nebulosa (purple) and the recently classified Sunda clouded leopard (Neofelis diardi – blue) are shown. I would like people to collaborate in making it better. That is not because it is not good. …
by Michael (London, UK) I’d like to discuss one function of the cat’s tail that I am yet to see mentioned on any webpage or in any book. The tail has many functions. It is well known as a means of communication. I won’t cover this in too much detail because they are largely …
Cat Matata demonstrating “Window ledge Russian Roulette” by Rudolph.A.Furtado (Mumbai) “Matata” at 11 months of age. As a regular blogger on Pictures of Cats manny regular readers might be familiar with the antics of my Traditional Persian cats Matahari and her kitten Matata. Matata has the typical low centre of gravity body configuration of …
Making the place more friendly by Michael (London, UK) Nepetalactone – cat attractant It would seem that cat pheromones are in cat scent (see below) – there is an overlap. Cats like to exchange scent, rub it on their human companions to make their surroundings more friendly. They usually do this with their head …
Introduction to cat eyes Cat eyes are interesting on a number of levels. It is always interesting to speculate what other humans see, for instance. So what do cats see? Although in her 80s (in human terms) my cat, Binnie, seems to have good to excellent eyes. She can recognise me from a considerable distance. …
The black-footed cat is Africa’s smallest cat. An adult weighs about 2 kilograms (4.4 lbs or about half the weight of the average domestic cat). It is one of the world’s smallest cat species (the rusty-spotted cat is probably smaller). At first appearance this diminutive cat looks like a slightly exotic domestic tabby cat. …
Animal Trivia This is not really animal trivia as some of it is serious stuff. Here are stats in relation to cats (cat stats..!) Some USA figures From The Human Society of the United States (I am not sure what date these figures relate to although they are probably quite current): There are approximately …
