Yes, is the short answer and the picture below illustrates this skill nicely. The clouded leopard (2 subspecies) is a big/small cat and one of those that spends a lot of their time in trees which makes them ‘arboreal’. They join that select band of cats: the margay (the best tree-dweller of all the …
See some interesting links to cats falling at the end of the article. The interesting aspect of this rescue is that the cat was not very high up unless the man had climbed a good distance up the tree which I don’t think happened. This indicates to me that this is a timid cat …
This page on margay cats is a continuation from the major page on this cat, which is here: Margay Range. I’d recommend visiting that page too. The linked page above also discusses appearance and threats. The most important aspect of the wild cats is the continual impact human activity has on their range (distribution). …
This is a picture of a ginger cat in a banana plant looking very content and relaxed. We know that domestic cats like to be high up and we know that they get stuck in trees sometimes because they like to climb trees. But this is the first time I have seen a domestic …
This is a novel way to ‘rescue’ a cat stuck up a tree. They must have run out of ideas because the video clearly shows the tree surgeon cutting off the branch on which the cat is perched. She falls a long way to the ground. About 50 feet I’d guess. As the cat …
Andy is said to be the domestic cat who fell the farthest in history and survived according to Desmond Morris in his book Cat World. There is no information about Andy on the internet, surprisingly. All I have is from Morris’s book. Andy fell from the 16th floor of an apartment building in Florida. …
This is not a recent photograph. I remember seeing it years ago. However, it is very, very unusual and perhaps unique to see a dozen domestic or feral cats in a tree like this. I don’t know, as you can tell, whether they are domestic or feral cats. It is likely that they are …
There are a few reasons why domestic cats have better balance than people although there is an overlap in the anatomy of cats and people with respect to balance. Vestibular apparatus Both humans and cats have a vestibular apparatus. It is in the inner ear. It is made up of three fluid-filled semicircular canals. …
