Born to be a Cat!
Did you know the house cat is a direct descendant of the African Wildcat? House cats are in the same family, the Felidae
Meet our cousin the African Wildcat!
family, as the big cats. The family tree branches out to include the different subfamilies. The Pantherinae subfamily includes the Tiger, (Panthera tigris), the Lion, (Panthera leo), the Jaguar, (Panthera onca) and the Leopard, (Panthera pardus).
House cats belong to the Felinae subfamily. Within this subfamily is the genus known as Felis. The African Wildcat (Felis silvestris lybica) is the house cats (Felis silvestris catus) closest relative. Did you know that our African Wildcat cousins are still living the wild life?
My stunt double Flat Gracey and my mom have just returned from meeting with the Purina One Cat Team in St. Louis where they discussed a new and exciting program to understand the true nature of cats. The Purina One team traveled to South Africa to learn more about our wild cousins, the African Wildcat, to gain a deeper understanding of what it means to be a cat. They asked me, Gracey, The Tiniest Tiger and my mom, to join the journey with them. We will be observing, asking questions and learning together how to better understand the cats in our lives.
As you know, I get into trouble from time to time and I tell you that I just can’t help myself. Through this discovery journey I will show you that it is really true! I can’t help myself because I was born to be a cat. I think that all of the things that make a cat a cat are all the same reasons our human parents love us.
By embarking on this journey to discover the One True Nature of all cats, we hope all cat parents, whether new or experienced will gain a better understanding of their cat’s true needs. Once all the pieces fall into place, we think that your human-feline bond will grow even stronger. I would love for you to go on this journey with us.
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I hope you are as excited as I am to learn about our one true nature and what it means to be a cat.
Gracey, we are so glad that you are on our journey. It was so much fun meeting you all last week! I was so enegrized spending time with you all! It is going to be great learning and growing together on this journey. Thanks for sharing the TV spot and I love the picture of you with the African Wild Cat.
Warm regards!
Nida, thank you for inviting us. The journey will be interesting and fun for us too. We love this TV spot.
Awwwww, I saw this commercial for the first time yesterday, and loved it! Thanks for sharing again!!! I just love learning more and more about the felines, and appreciate all the work you do, Gracey! You have taught me so much!!! xoxox (As you can see, this is me, Janet, writing…don’t know why it showed up as my mom’s comment 🙂
You were camouflaging yourself?
I love this video and how cool is it that you got to visit with the Purina One people! They have been doing such a great job with all of these commericals… love them and they always make me smile!
Hi Deb. It was super interesting to learn about the African Wildcat and the journey to better understand all cats. I love this commercial too.
I love this commercial, and I am the one in the house who usually mutes or Fast Forwards through them.
I love this commercial too.