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Cheetah lived in America 2.6 million to 12,000 years ago in Wyoming, Texas and Nevada

PoC avatarPosted on September 6, 2021 by Michael BroadSeptember 6, 2021

It may surprise many Americans to realise that the cheetah lived in Wyoming, Texas and Nevada between 12,000-2 million years ago (the Pleistocene epoch). And remarkably, this large, wild American cat looked very similar to the cheetah that we know …

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When did black cats become bad luck?

PoC avatarPosted on September 3, 2021 by Michael BroadSeptember 3, 2021

It is probable that black cat became bad luck during the Middle Ages thanks to Christianity. The fear that all black cats are agents of the devil led to the common superstition which has survived to the present day namely …

Posted in superstitions | Tagged black cat superstition, black cats, cat history, Christianity, domestic cat history, genetic mutation, supersition | Leave a reply
Titanic at port presumed to be Southampton

How many cats were on the Titanic?

PoC avatarPosted on August 22, 2021 by Michael BroadAugust 22, 2021

My interpretation of the information that I have indicates that there was one adult female cat on the Titanic together with her litter of kittens. We don’t know the size of the litter. This information is according to Charles Pellegrino …

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Fertile Crescent showing Cyprus

Time of domestication of cats compared to other animals

PoC avatarPosted on August 19, 2021 by Michael BroadAugust 19, 2021

Fiona Sunquist in her book Wild Cats of the World tells me that the first animal to be domesticated was the grey wolf now the domestic dog and that Felis sylvestris a.k.a. the wildcat was “almost the last species to …

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Common ancestor of modern cats and dogs: Dormaalocyon latouri

Is there a common ancestor to the cat and dog?

PoC avatarPosted on August 19, 2021 by Michael BroadNovember 19, 2021

Yes, there is a common ancestor to the cat and dog. If you believe in evolution as set out by Charles Darwin in his work “On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection…” you will believe that there …

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Domestic cat is one cat species

Do domestic cats come from big cats?

PoC avatarPosted on August 9, 2021 by Michael BroadAugust 9, 2021

Do domestic cats come from big cats? The answer has to be no. The reason is because the big cats split off and formed their own path millions of years ago. This is a discussion about the taxonomy of the …

Posted in taxonomy | Tagged cat evolution, cat history, cat taxonomy, DNA, evolution, science, wild cat history | Leave a reply
Black cat superstition in Kenya leads to cat cruelty

Across Kenya and East Africa many people still believe domestic and stray cats are evil

PoC avatarPosted on August 8, 2021 by Michael BroadAugust 8, 2021

COMMENT: Sadly, due to a lack of education, many people in Kenya, especially along the Indian Ocean coast, still believe, hundreds of years after cats were persecuted during the Middle Ages, that domestic and stray cats are evil. As the …

Posted in superstitions | Tagged africa, black cat superstition, cat abuse, cat cruelty, cat history, cat persecution, Cat Superstitions, Kenya, witchcraft | 1 Reply
British Shorthair cat becomes first passenger of Moscow Metro's Shakespeare train

St Giles’ Fair Cat Show, Winchester 1598

PoC avatarPosted on August 6, 2021 by Michael BroadAugust 6, 2021

Possibly the first cat show was held during the time of William Shakespeare (26 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) at St. Giles’ Fair in Winchester, England in 1598. I had always believed that the first show was at Crystal …

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Characters from Plays as Merchants and Customers, from the series Flourishing Business in Balladtown. Wikipedia Commons.

Origin of the maneki-neko

PoC avatarPosted on August 2, 2021 by Michael BroadAugust 3, 2021

Maneki-neko literally means “beckoning cat”. It is a popular good luck charm placed at the entrance of businesses or homes to welcome good luck into the building. You’ve no doubt seen them if you have visited Japan and you see …

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The Fertile Crescent where the domestic cat first occurred compared to a map of the same are 2021

Why are domestic cats an invasive species?

PoC avatarPosted on July 20, 2021 by Michael BroadJuly 20, 2021

Domestic cats are not an invasive species in every country. Domestic cats are native to certain countries and in those countries they are not an invasive species. A species of animal is only “invasive” if they are not native or …

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When do cats learn to hiss?

PoC avatarPosted on July 19, 2021 by Michael BroadJuly 19, 2021

The question is interesting because living, newborn kittens don’t learn to hiss. I would say that newborn kittens know how to hiss the moment they are born. They have inherited that vocal ability from their parents and grandparents and so …

Posted in hiss | Tagged cat evolution, cat genetics, cat hiss, cat history, cat memory, cat sounds, cat vocalisations, evolution, genes, hissing, inherited personality | Leave a reply
Freya's cats

Freya’s Cats

PoC avatarPosted on July 12, 2021 by Michael BroadJuly 12, 2021

Freya is part of Viking history and a Norse goddess of war, love and sex. She was one of the most beautiful women in the cosmos with her blue-eyes and blonde hair. She travelled in a chariot drawn through the …

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Medieval cat butt licking

What is the origin of the black cat superstition?

PoC avatarPosted on June 8, 2021 by Michael BroadJune 8, 2021

I am going to stick my neck out, metaphorically speaking, and claim that the black cat superstition may have started with a Papal Bull of 1233 made by Pope Gregory IX. In the 13th century the church wanted to root …

Posted in superstitions | Tagged black cat superstition, black cats, cat history, Cat Superstitions, religion, religion and the cat | 1 Reply
Towser the queen of mousers

Towser, holds the record for the champion mouser of all time

PoC avatarPosted on May 28, 2021 by Michael BroadMay 28, 2021

It’s nice to recognise the useful hunting skills of the domestic cat and Towser (1963-1987) holds the record for the champion mouser of all time. She was a tortoiseshell cat owned by Glenturret Distillery, near Crieff, Tayside, Scotland. She is …

Posted in predatory behaviour | Tagged cat as a predator, cat behavior, cat history, cat hunting, domestic cat predation, guinness world records, mouse, Mouser Cat, predators, working cats | Leave a reply
Mice invasion in NSW Australia

Wake up Australians! Use the community cat to fight the plague of mice in New South Wales

PoC avatarPosted on May 15, 2021 by Michael BroadJune 13, 2021

NEWS AND COMMENT: what is shocking about this story is that it tells us about a plague of mice in New South Wales which is making people miserable without a mention of the world’s best mice deterrent. There are reports …

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