Even if crowned the king of the forest, a lion’s life is anything but pampered. In addition to loss of habitat, conflicts with humans, and being a target of trophy hunters, the male lion must defend his territory from younger lions on the prowl to establish their own kingdom. While the females hunt, the male sleeps because it is his…
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Cat is Young at Heart
Emily the cat is an Iams Play Young Stay Young Honorable Mention. Emily is a much loved member of her family. She hasn’t slowed down in the twelve years since she came to live in her forever home. As you can see in her photo below, she keeps a watch over the house to make sure she doesn’t miss any…
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Two Hydration Tests Your Cat Needs Now
Cats and Water: How Cats Drink Water
How Cats Drink Water : Cats are Water Wizards How do cats drink water? Water is essential to survival and land animals have evolved to meet their water needs in various ways. Some absorb water through the skin, some extract water from the moisture in their food but most animals rely on drinking water to stay hydrated. At first you…
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Bissell Total Floors Pet Giveaway from Gracey
Super Hurrah and Congratulations to Sherree, the winner of the Bissell Total Floors Pet! Thank you everyone for participating.
Cats Intelligence Superior Claims Scientific Americat
Cats Intelligence Superior Cats know they are intelligent. They do not need to perform tricks to remind the humans in their lives they are smart. And although treats are nice, it is not worth losing their dignity just to get a snack. Truth is, cats will get treats anyway, simply by making “the eyes” directing their humans to get them…
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Cat of Different Color The Strawberry Leopard
STRAWBERRY LEOPARD: Cat of a Different Color African leopards normally have tawny colored coats with black spots, but an unusual male leopard, with a coat of a different color, has been sighted in the South Africa Madikwe Game Reserve. This leopard has a pink tone to his coat and has been named the “Strawberry Leopard”. The Pink Leopard: One of…
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Born To Be Cats! Journey With Me to Discover our One True Nature
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 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…
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Meow Sounds | Feline Secret Exposed.
Cats Meow Sounds Cats meow sounds are one of the cats best kept secrets. Human researchers have been trying to gain an understanding of inter-specific communication, the interactions between individuals of different species, for quite some time. Despite this desire, few studies sought out to understand the interactions between companion animals and the humans that share their habitat. However,…
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Happy Mother’s Day to Lions, Tigers, House Cats, and Humans
Happy Mother’s Day! Sometimes it is easy to take for granted all the things that our mother’s do for us. On this day, I thought I would share with you just a few things mothers do for us for which we are grateful whether we are lions, tigers, house cats or humans. Mothers Guide Us Down the Right Path There…
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Dogs Smarter Than Cats Study Reviewed Part 3
The Cats Rule Dogs Drool Evidence In Part 3 of our review of the New Scientist article that concluded dogs are smarter than cats we will move on to evaluate the final three categories: 9) Supersenses, 10)Eco-Friendliness and 11) Utility. In case you are new to our discussion, in Part 1 we reviewed: 1) Brains, 2) Shared History, 3) Bonding,…
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Dogs Smarter Than Cats Study Claims Flawed Part 2
Dogs Smarter than Cats? As we discussed in Part 1 of our review, we think the claims made that dogs are smarter than cats in a New Scientist article are flawed and we continue on with our explanation of why we think so here in Part 2. When we left Part 1 we had reviewed five of the eleven categories:…
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Dogs Smarter Than Cats Study Claims Flawed Part 1
Dogs more Intelligent than Cats? Dogs and cats were evaluated in eleven categories in an attempt to determine which species is more intelligent. I know, this is like trying to determine which is of greater value, a piece of limestone gravel or an emerald but try to control any hissing and fat tails. The New Scientist article’s shocking research results show…
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