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Mittens chess bot versus Carlsen but it won't happen

Grandmaster Mittens makes mincemeat of top chess players

Mittens is an artificial intelligence computer programmed to play chess. It is no surprise then that this cute kitten demolishes highly skilled human chess players. The current world No. 1 Magnus Carlsen refuses to play her. I understand why. Fear of failure ??. But he says: “Yeah, I’m not going to pay Mittens. It’s just …

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Cat shelter worker has to be too firm with kittens as they try and escape their small glass-fronted cage.

Clowder of shelter kittens try and escape their cage. Worker pushes them back.

Watch this cat shelter worker’s behavior and tell me what you think. I believe that the video was made in China or perhaps another Asian country and that this is an animal or cat shelter. The kittens want to get out of their little, glass-fronted cage. Of course. He opens the door and guess what …

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Soft innocence juxtaposed against a metallic object of human violence

Image of war: soft innocence juxtaposed against a metallic object of human violence

This is a photograph which in many ways sums up Putin’s barbaric invasion of Ukraine; a war in which brave Ukrainian soldiers are gradually getting the upper hand against the aggressors. And in this photograph, we see a Ukrainian soldier because he is wearing the Ukrainian flag on his body armour. That flag, the blue …

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Domestic cat family sleeps. This is a Bengal male with a gray female and their mixed litter

Male Bengal cat has ‘kids’ with gray female to create mixed offspring

I like pictures of cats. The photograph shows a male Bengal cat with an all-gray female (with a very thin coat), who are the parents, with their ‘kids’, a mixed bag with one a carbon copy of his ‘dad’. We don’t know why the female’s coat is so thin. She appears to be suffering from …

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Why do we anthropomorphise our pets?

Is it a bad thing to anthropomorphise your domestic cat?

I have consistently said that cat guardians should respect their cat companion as a feline but treat them as a member of the human family. I think that is the right combination but it does lend itself towards anthropomorphising your cat. However, I don’t think this is a bad thing necessarily. The experts say you …

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Owl-faced longhaired Scottish Fold kitten is a beauty

Owl-faced long-haired Scottish Fold kitten is a beauty

This owl-faced long-haired Scottish Fold kitten is a beauty. The face is very attractive. I believe that the coat is a torbie-and-white. This is a tabby coat combined with a tortoiseshell coat. The tabby markings on the forehead are amazing and reminiscent of the wild fishing cat. Whether the Scottish fold is long or short …

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Kittens drinking their mother's colostrum

Why can cats tolerate mother’s colostrum but cannot tolerate cow’s milk?

A lot of websites say that cats are lactose intolerant meaning that they can’t drink the milk that humans drink (some humans are lactose intolerent too, by the way). The reason is because they don’t have the enzyme lactase in order to digest lactose in milk sugar. When a cat is lactose intolerant it can …

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Anti-coronavirus cute cat mascot in Tokyo handing out facemasks and dishing out advice

Cute anti-coronavirus cat mascot hands out masks in Tokyo, Japan

The Japanese are arguably obsessed with cuteness and mascots but in the nicest possible way. This particular mascot is both cute and functional. In addition to handing out free face coverings the mascot also reminds Tokyo’s residents to keep socially distanced, all in the furtherance of mitigating the spread of this disease. It is interesting …

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Mother nurses her kittens two of which care black

A nursing mother’s nipples are labelled like school lockers for her kittens

The language I’ve used in the title comes from that wonderful writer, Desmond Morris. He is also a great animal behaviourist. I would say that he is still the best. He explains why kittens don’t squabble when feeding at their mother’s breast. Soon after birth kittens have an attachment to their own nipple. It’s a …

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