A Michael Broad Blog
The Times newspaper of December 28th, 2024, has an article on the unreliable data concerning so called ‘blue zones’ across the world where there are concentrations of centenarian people; people who are at and over 100-years-old. The article is based on a research study by Dr Saul Justin Newman of University College London which …
Can we trust Guinness World Records? I’m sure that many of their records have been thoroughly verified and are indeed verifiable. But it appears that some records have not been verified properly or they can be circumvented leading to incorrect record holders. I have always had difficulties with Guinness records. They dropped the smallest …
Here is a spreadsheet listing the oldest living and deceased domestic cats as at 2023. I have to come clean right away and say that this list although very comprehensive might not be completely current as things obviously change and quite quickly as the living elderly cats will be dying. It needs to be …
Rosie is an extraordinary cat. Her owner, Lila Brissett tells us that Rosie is 32 years old. Her birthday is on June 1. Ms Bissett adopted her as a kitten in 1991. On the Guinness World Records website, they list Flossie at the age of 27 years as the oldest living domestic cat. Wrong …
I dived into this topic with gusto thinking I could find a quick, one line answer to the question. Silly me. I have dated the question for the obvious reason, I guess, that the longest-lived tiger in captivity will change as the years rumble on. And as at 2023, Guinness World Records do not …
NEWS AND OPINION: The title of the “world’s tallest domestic cat” is slightly artificial. It doesn’t mean much because the cat is a quadruped, walking on all fours. Their height is not really important. If they were bipedal, tallness would be a more important factor in their appearance and anatomy. The photos are confused …
This is an easy one to answer because we have a Guinness World Record on this topic and the smallest cat on record was a male blue point Himalayan (pointed Persian) whose name was Tinker Toy. When fully grown he measured 2.75 inches (7 cm) tall and 7.5 inches (19 cm) long at the …
It has to be said that there is an ethical issue about having a world record for the fattest cat in the world and we are referring to domestic cats. This is because of the obvious, namely that some unscrupulous people will be inclined to overfeed their cat to try and achieve the record. …
