A Michael Broad Blog
Yes, cats can walk on two legs but the quality of their walking (gait) must depend on which legs have been lost. On this page, there’s a video of a cat walking on two hind legs. Notably, the question refers to two legs but which two? This is an important factor to take into …
The question is asking if domestic cats IN GENERAL are faster than humans IN GENERAL. It is not asking if the fastest domestic cat is faster than the fastest human. And the question is not concerned with the distance travelled. Bearing those issues in mind: The fastest domestic cat is faster than the fastest …
A pet caracal jumped vertically a recorded 11.5 feet or 3.4 meters. That is around the highest a cat has jumped.
The title hints at the argument is that cats are not careless when they knock stuff over because they are incredibly precise as to where they place their paws. Cats have a direct register gait. It means that their hind paw is placed in the exact same spot as their forepaw when walking. This …
Amazing if you didn’t know that domestic cats are amazing when it comes to athletic accomplishments. You’d have to be a fitness nut to manage this if you were human. And the ease with which the cat does it using the forelegs only. Why does it he do it? Trained? Encouraged? Or he just …
This is a video which shows of the amazing athletism and hunting drives of the domestic cat. In my considered view these are Bengal cats judging by their high contrast, donut (doughnut) markings. They live in Hanoi, Vietnam. There are some genuine cat guardians in Vietnam which surprises me a bit because there are …
It’s feline judo. These cats are buddies in the same home by the look of it and one performs an acrobatic judo move on the other and wins an ippon which is the highest score a fighter can achieve in a Japanese martial arts ippon-wazari contest. It’s a knockout basically.
This video is more about the cat’s athleticism rather than hunger. Indeed, we are not sure that the cat was hungry although it is highly likely. What is clear is that this grey tabby is, like all domestic and stray cats, very athletic and strong. It’s the forelimbs in this demonstration which are doing …
