Recent DNA research suggests that dogs joined up with humans more than 100,000 years ago. Cats appeared around the time of agriculture, approximately 10,000 years ago. Maybe this is one of the reasons cats are always being compared to dogs, and not vice versa. It has gone on since the dawn of civilization, and until [...]
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What society thinks
I’ve read two books recently that came together to form this post. But neither of them had anything to do with cats. One is Marry Him: The Case for Settling for Mr. Good Enough, a fairly recent book which caused some controversy when it came out; a probably deliberate one, since it uses the word [...]
Do cats always land on their feet?
A cat can always land on their feet; if they have enough height to perform the amazing mid-air flip that gets them upright. Science has determined that’s about 1 meter, or three feet. In this video, the cat has a bit less than that, and still manages. This ability is known as the cat righting [...]
The Meaning of Mealtime
Do cats only love us because we feed them? No. They are actually recognizing that we feed them because we love them. Then they love us back. more cat pictures This is a cat skeptic’s favorite way of denigrating a cat/human relationship. For some reason, “they only love you because you feed them” never gets [...]
Giving it to the cat
One of the most enduring misconceptions about cat training is when people hesitate to give a cat something, thinking this would signal the cat that they can have all those somethings. Both cats and people will have less frustration when the human learns the opposite is true. see more Lolcats and funny pictures A case [...]
