What affects us affects cats
Here is a potted history of the big cats by a student of the wild cats – me. It is not meant to be overly heavy 😉. The big cats are grouped together because they can all roar. The puma (not one of the big cats) is bigger than the leopard but cannot roar …
People ask why there are no big cats in Australia but they could also ask a much wider question namely, “Why are there no native cats at all in Australia?” The answer must be found in the fact that the evolution of the island continent of Australia and the evolution of cats as a …
The answer is found in evolution. Through evolution nature created the Big Cats. Conventionally, these are referred to as cats who have the ability to roar, namely the leopard, lion, tiger and jaguar. Evolution has not provided us with wild dogs which are as big as the Big Cats. As I understand it, the …
Are cheetahs big cats? The one word answer is no. The term ‘big cats’ loosely refers to size. They are unified by the fact that all four big cats roar. Their anatomy allows it.
Through the discovery of a big cat fossil deposited by a river in the north slopes of the Himalaya range, Central Asia, scientist can roll back by millions of years the time when big cats first roamed the planet and they really did have it all to themselves millions of years ago. Nowadays, their …
