What affects us affects cats
Here is an infographic prepared by me which explains the origins of human kissing as per a theory proposed by Adriano Lameira (and team), an evolutionary psychologist at the University of Warwick in the UK. What all kisses have in common Lameiro concluded was a “protruding of the lips and slight suction”. He then …
The research seems to show that cats can assign a meaning to a word in minutes. Moreover, they did this without special training or the prospect of being rewarded, which mirrors how infant humans learn languages. – The Times newspaper Oct 24, 2024. This Japanese study confirms what observant cat caregivers know namely that …
It is all about the unnatural chemicals in tap water combined with the trace remains of the detergents on the water bowl. We all know that cats have a great sense of smell and they are instinctive in their behavior which is rooted in wild cat behavior. The domestic cat’s wild ancestor does not …
OPINION (and fact!): In my view, declawing is a veterinary aberration that should never have been invented and it sadly gained traction in the United States. A vet created the idea in the 1950s and probably sold it to clients as the removal of the ‘nails’. How cute and easy 😊. Just like trimming …
The infographic answers the question in the title. Here is a little bit more detail on the kinds of hair that domestic cats have up. Of course, the domestic cat has the same kind of hairs that their wildcat ancestor has, namely, four kinds as mentioned in the Infographic. There may be as many …
The sparse Infographic that I have created and published above tells the story as to why domestic cats chatter when they are sitting on a windowsill looking outside through a window pane. The cat is unable to get at the prey animal, normally a bird or a mouse. Under these circumstances the cat instinctively …
Dogs love ponds. They love playing in water. And many have received flea and tick treatments. Many of which are based on the insecticides fipronil and imidacloprid. These are toxic to bees and insects in general. You can see the problem, which has been highlighted in a recent study, the results of which are …
This is about the well-known and very distinct inverted V dark fur head marking of the Turkish Van cat and cats of the Van type i.e. non-purebred Van cats. You see lots of Van-type cats around the Med but also in many other areas including of course the selectively bred Turkish Van purebred cat …
