What affects us affects cats
There is a growing feeling that human population growth is having a very bad effect on animals. Although you have to differentiate between domestic and wild animals. The UK’s favourite broadcaster, said David Attenborough, is an advocate for stabilising the planet’s human population. Negative effects [We should] stabilise the human population as low as …
A cat is a feline and a feline is a cat. Therefore, there might not be a difference but it depends on how these words are used as they have different uses. The word “feline” can be a noun and an adjective while the word “cat” is a noun. When “cat” is used as …
I wanted to try and work out the risk of dying from Covid-19 compared to other causes for the USA. I think you have to be a statistician to do it properly. Also the result very much depends on your age and health. The odds of a young person dying of Covid-19 is much …
During Turkey’s coronavirus lockdown the streets of Istanbul have been abandoned to their famed community cats. This excellent photograph encapsulates the strange end-of-world appearance of what should be bustling bazaars and sheathing shopping malls. But nada, zilch. It reminds me of central London and a photo I took of Westminster Bridge a short while …
Yes, traces of coronavirus in the semen of six men who had the disease have been found in a study. This raises concerns that Covid-19 can be transmitted through sexual intercourse. The study concerned 38 patients of which 6 had recovered. One doctor asks that people who have recovered from coronavirus to abstain from …
Please listen to the audio file for my opinion as to why PETA pronounce their acronym ‘Peter’. Technically the way they say it is incorrect. But understandably they have forced an ‘incorrect’ pronounciation. See what you think of my take on this…. Acronym: an abbreviation formed from the initial letters of the words …
This is a strange world. Even the words are strange. A parallel universe inhabited by people no older than 20 on planet Zog. Perhaps 25. Everyone on the planet never grows old. They spend their time creating Twitter ascii images and memes and take great delight in the task. It is the world of …
I went to London yesterday. I took a train to the busiest railway station in the UK; Waterloo (see photo below). It was the middle of a working day and the station was eerily deserted. I walked to the middle of London, to Westminster Bridge and looked across to the Houses of Parliament. It …
