4 legs are better than 2 legs when it comes to speed

Galloping cat

The reason why the relatively diminutive domestic cat can run as fast as the fastest human i.e. almost 30 mph (45 km/h) is because they have four legs. They can gallop, and they can use their trunk muscles to help propel them forwards. Humans use their legs primarily, which limits their top speed. Researchers …

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POLL: how many birds does your cat kill per year? Please complete it to scotch ‘rumours’ of cats killing billions of birds.

Cat hunting birds

Please complete this poll. It won’t take you more than five seconds! It is half way down the page. I think it will help because the ornithologists like to promote the idea that domestic cats kill billions of birds annually (see base of page) and this only applies to America! Ornithologists want domestic cats …

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Neanderthals were attacked by big cats and hyenas and eaten

Cave in Italy containing the remains of nine Neanderthals eaten by hyenas

Italian archaeologists have unearthed the bones of nine Neanderthals from a hyena den about 100 km south-east of Rome. They think that the hyena den might have been the home of Neanderthals before it was taken over by hyenas. It got me thinking about other predators at that time who fed upon Neanderthals and …

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Are you confused about the optimal age to neuter your cat?

Cat at a veterinary clinic

In this article “neutering” means sterilising either a male or female cat. I don’t know about you but after researching whether early neutering is safe and preferable I have come away slightly confused. I’m trying to find out the optimal age for neutering domestic cats and whether there are potential problems with early neutering. …

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Donald Trump brings cats into the presidential election campaign

Inadvertently and in typical Donald Trump style, he has brought domestic cats into the presidential election campaign. He doesn’t like wind power. He doesn’t like wind turbines for various reasons one of which is that the energy produced by wind turbines is expensive and another is that they messed up the landscape from one …

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Domestic cats don’t relate to us as if we are different to them

Cat-human size difference affects the cat's perception of us

Although dogs show clear signs that when they interact with people they perceive us as being different to themselves, the same cannot be said about cats because they interact with us as if they are interacting with another cat. For example, if they are friendly they greet us with their tail up, they rub …

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What is the difference between a wild cat and a feral cat?

African wild cat

The difference between a wild cat and a feral cat is found in their origin and their history both individually and collectively. Taxonomically they are classified differently by the scientists based on their DNA. Feral cats are classified under domestic cats. Domestic cats are one species of cat. Wild cat “Wild cat” is a …

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Scientific name for the domestic cat: felis catus or felis silvestris catus?

Felis silvestris catus

There is some confusion on the internet as to whether the scientific name for the domestic cat is felis catus or felis silvestris catus. The confusion comes from how scientists have decided to classify the domestic cat within the range of all the cats. The question is whether the domestic cat is a distinct …

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