A Michael Broad Blog
The question is a reference to the white blob of fur surrounded by black on the back of the ear flaps of tigers. It is so distinct that people think there has to be a reason for it. Nature through evolution has a reason for everything that it creates. So, what is the reason …
The people who created wildcat hybrids such as Jean Mill (the Bengal cat) and Paul Casey (the California Spangled cat) did so in order to allow people to be closer to nature. These cat breeds allow people to see nature in their living room. The dream-like objective was to motivate people to become more …
There is a growing feeling that human population growth is having a very bad effect on animals. Although you have to differentiate between domestic and wild animals. The UK’s favourite broadcaster, said David Attenborough, is an advocate for stabilising the planet’s human population. Negative effects [We should] stabilise the human population as low as …
Today is sunny. I lay down on the grass in my backyard for a while, chilling out doing nothing. My cat was in the backyard nosing around and I knew that if I lay down he’d enjoy it. And he did. He was ecstatic. He was all over me. I thought I’d mention it …
Should I keep my cat in at night? This is a very often quoted question. There are millions of answers. It’s useful to ask why a domestic cat should be kept at night. Are they good reasons and is the decision sound? Wildlife Clearly, a lot of people think that domestic cats do most …
Polydactylism occurs in cats because of a spontaneous genetic mutation.
Supply chains are being severely affected by the China coronavirus epidemic. Business managers have ordered employees to work from home. Many big Western businesses are in China for cheap, high quality manufacturing. And many manufacturers in the West such as car makers sell to China. The world’s largest company (or it was), Apple Inc., …
First we had the freakish wildfires, dust storms, hail and floods of Australia in the form of nature’s retaliation for the Australians’ abuse of feral cats, kangaroos and camels and the climate by mining coal extensively. Now we have China’s deadly coronavirus, nature’s way of telling humans that they can’t indecently abuse nature’s animals …
