A cat’s sense of smell is far better than ours. Cats rely heavily on their sense of smell. The part of the brain called the olfactory bulbs are an important reason why a cat has such an excellent sense of … Continue reading →
I am going to translate into layman’s language the title and the quote below both of which are taken from a scientific study. Cats used a causal-logical understanding of auditory stimuli to predict the appearance of invisible objects. The ecology … Continue reading →
Humans have bitter taste receptors to taste bitterness in plants that we eat. Also for humans a bitter taste can indicate that the food should not be eaten as bitterness under certain circumstances is associated with toxins. Domestic cats are, … Continue reading →
What do you make of that? It looks to me as if the cat became overexcited. There is no doubt that he is using what I call the Flehmen response. This is when the cat opens his mouth and lets … Continue reading →
Willow, a classic, brown tabby cat, warned her owner, Annemarie Cotton that she had breast cancer. Cotton is convinced that her tabby cat saved her life. “My cancer was caught in time thanks to Willow drawing my attention to my … Continue reading →
This is an interesting story of a black cat in Poland who is described as angelic. His name is Radamenes. He went through a lot with a respiratory infection and we’re told he was at death’s door and about to … Continue reading →
There is a long history of animals reacting to impending natural disasters. In 373 BC, in an ancient Greek city called Helike, a strange event was recorded: “All the mice and martens and snakes and centipedes and beetles left in … Continue reading →
In a study conducted at Lincoln University, UK it was found that: ‘most cats used the visual cue to learn the location of the food’ (by ‘cats’ she means the domestic cat – felis silvestris catus). The participating cats had … Continue reading →
People search for information about cats being aggressive after they have been anesthetised at a veterinary clinic and return home. The question is: does the anaesthetic change the cat’s personality from calm to aggressive or is something else happening such … Continue reading →
Disability is seeing things as half empty. It is better to see things as half full as Honey Bee does instinctively. In fact she doesn’t even think about her disability at all. I believe that this is a lesson for … Continue reading →
