ESP stands for extrasensory perception. A sixth sense. Paranormal activity! It is being able to perceive something with the mind and not with the recognised physical senses. Whether you believe that domestic cats have ESP or not will be a very personal choice. Some people will believe it. I respect their points of view. But …
Do domestic cats sometimes defecate when they are scared such as when on the veterinarian’s consultation table? The answer quite definitely is yes. I have personal experience of this when I took my then three-legged black, male cat to the vet because of what transpired to be a tumour behind his eye. He was a …
Do cats have the quickest reflexes of all land-based mammals? The research on this topic it a little bit sketchy but strong anecdotal evidence does indeed point to the fact that cats have the quickest reflexes. I’m going to rely at least partly on videos on TikTok showing cats attacking snakes. It allows me to …
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Extreme flat-face Persian cats are, according to a research paper carried out in 2017 by German scientists, equivalent to children suffering from a condition called coronal craniosynostosis. This is a rare condition where a baby’s skull does not grow properly causing an irregular head shape. I would suggest in fact that the abnormality of the …
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People and animals need working memory in order to function properly. This is the part of short-term memory concerned with immediate conscious perceptual processing. Another definition is: a limited capacity store for retaining information for a brief period while performing mental operations on that information. It allows us to interact with the world as we …
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A cat’s tail is all three of the above. It is made up of bone, muscle, blood vessels and nerves just like the other parts of a domestic cat’s body. It is no more or less sensitive than the other main areas of the cat’s body in my view. But clearly it should not be …
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SCIENTIFIC STUDY AND COMMMENT: The answer to the question in the title is YES according to a Japanese study concerning multi-cat homes. The Japanese researchers wanted to know whether domestic cats have the ability to link a name given to another cat in a multi-cat home with a specific cat. To put it another way, …
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True feral cats are smarter than domestic cats. This gives them an advantage in survival. I’m thinking here of the true Australian feral cat living in the outback and surviving on an abundance of marsupials and small mammals that are native to that continent. It is said that the feral cats of Australia have become …
Here are 20 facts about the cat’s nervous system. It is a condensed set of facts which might be useful to people who are looking for an overview of this aspect of the cat’s anatomy. RELATED: Antibiotic For Cats That Can Cause Nerve Damage The cat’s nervous system works with the hormonal system (endocrine system) …
A study has concluded that the brains of domestic cats have shrunk during the time that they have been domesticated. And having shrunk I have concluded that domestic cats are probably more stupid today than they were at the time of the Ancient Egyptians. And I suspect that they will go on becoming a bit …
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I’m taking the lead from Nathan Winograd who sent me a thoughtful email. He’s that kind of person. I think he was/is a lawyer. He is the world’s smartest animal lover and advocate. His incredibly precise and he pins down the argument. As a lawyer you have to pin down the argument to stop the …
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The BBC has a webpage on the topic as to whether domestic cat judge people. It got me thinking. It’s a tricky subject but I think you have to refer to how people judge other people if you want to answer the question about cats. And when you delve into the world of how people …
Yes, dogs have bigger brains than cats. The average dog brain is about the size of a tangerine or at best a lemon. The average cat brain is about the size of a large English walnut. It’s about 5 cm long and weighs 25-30 g. It is about 0.91% of total body mass. The human …
I have presumed that this grey cat is female but her name is androgynous. It is Gomela. She suffers from severe congenital hydrocephalus according to her human companion who has made a video of her receiving her medicine which is administered as a liquid directly into the mouth. In the video you see her preparing …
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In order to enhance hunting success by more accurately judging distance between themselves and prey animals, domestic cats have this inbuilt gyroscopic stabilizer to keep their eyes steady and level to better focus on their intended target.
