"We think what happened is that cats sort of
domesticated themselves." A Washington Post article about new research into why our cats want to hang around with us. Also, a
transcript of an online chat with research scientist Carlos A. Driscoll and an
additional article about the ancient roots of domestic cats.
posted by amyms
on Jun 30, 2007 -
48 comments
What a menu: White meat chicken florentine in a delicate sauce with garden greens. Shredded white meat chicken in a savory broth with garden greens. White meat chicken and whipped egg soufflé with garden greens. Sound tasty? It's the new "Elegant Medleys" line of cat food from Fancy Feast, being pimped by none other than Mr.
Restaurant himself,
Rocco DiSpirito. So: a new way to show those
kids in fur coats how much you love them, or just a bunch of
overpriced hooey?
posted by shiu mai baby
on Feb 28, 2007 -
70 comments
My Misio - a site for a
pet crochet
bear cat. Some nice pics in the diary section and a vid, too.
{It be Flash}
posted by dobbs
on Nov 28, 2006 -
8 comments
I Like To Watch: A photographic record of cats transfixed; self-referential cats; cat Witnesses of Our Time; cat onlookers; cats gazing stupidly at infinity; lightly hypnotized brainpan-fried cats; feline couch potatoes; cats afflicted by the staring disease; briefly and easily amused cats; UN observer cats; guilty bystander cats. All in all, an extremely important investigation into the perennial question of how to hold a cat's attention. [
Click on "Cats", funnily enough.]
posted by MiguelCardoso
on Jun 21, 2004 -
10 comments
My Cat Annie is a website with several quick adorable videos (in Flash format) of the owner's cat doing ridiculous cat tricks.
posted by jonson
on Jan 11, 2004 -
27 comments
Abbie the Cat Abbie the Cat has a posse. One of the few cat-related, non-saccharine weblogs out there. I'm pretty my cat thinks many of these things.
posted by Spezzatura
on Jun 12, 2003 -
6 comments
Three Dog Eves--They really do
understand us--even better than our cousin chimpanzees. Well, at least when
food's involved.
As to how wolves became dogs, the current understanding seems to be they tamed themselves--in a
Survival of the Friendliest. Here's more on
animal linguistics. As for cats, well, Stephen Budiansky in
The Character of Cats suggests they aren't even really
tame. Hence, unlike dogs, cats haven't bothered to pick up our language--they've taught us
Cat talk instead. Take the test and see.
A woof out to Australian Broadcast Coporation's five part Animal Attraction series is called for here. C--Miao baby!
posted by y2karl
on Nov 24, 2002 -
11 comments
Nine lives? It seems cats do better when dropped...uh, I mean, fall, more than seven stories. Anything less and they fail to reach terminal velocity and don't land properly. Once the cats reach
terminal velocity they spread their legs (think parachute) and slow their fall. A cat has a far better chance of survival falling from 32 stories than four.
Dwarfs, however, do not benefit from longer flights.
posted by cedar
on Aug 29, 2002 -
36 comments
Another Cat Killer Wins "As a property owner, you have a right to do as you please and you have the right to protect it" In Coeur d' Alene, ID, accused cat poisoner Dale Crooks Jr. is acquitted of feeding tuna mixed with antifreeze to the neighbor's cats. What seems most remarkable to me, though, is that everyone is calling the plaintiffs' lawyer a publicity seeker and the cats' owners troublemakers. There must be more to the story than is printed here. Either that, or small town dwellers in Idaho REALLY hate cats.
posted by faceonmars
on Jul 12, 2002 -
36 comments
Necoro is a robotic cat that looks more like a cat than a robot. This site is only available in Japanese, but check out the
photo and
movie galleries. (I saw this thing mentioned in a
Reuters article about the new "human-like" Honda robot).
posted by edlundart
on Nov 13, 2001 -
17 comments
Cats always know. Great photo of a kitten + current events. I'll probably have this forwarded to me via email at least 47 times by next week.
posted by jragon
on Sep 28, 2001 -
5 comments
The Hindu nationalist group Bajrang Dal name a puppy George Bush. This isn't meant to be a complimentary act... it's in reaction to their discovery that the Bushes' cat's name is India (short for India Ink). They've taken this as an insult to the nation, and have retaliated with the puppy.
I'm kind of curious about what this tells about Indian naming practices and significances, as compared to those in the US. Could someone more familiar with Hindu/Indian culture please enlighten me as to why they'd feel so insulted?
posted by jason
on Jul 26, 2001 -
36 comments
OMG. Is this not the best picture of a kitten, EVAR?!? Spread the good vibes kids, we need them.
posted by jcterminal
on May 17, 2001 -
91 comments
Two-Faced Kitten Dies And
the original AP story (with pictures) lead me to believe that it would survive. Too bad — I have a soft spot for this sort of "abomination" (a two headed/brained-snake was the subject of my favorite paper on cognitive ethology). But seeing this story made me remember the most remarkable case of human conjoined twins [more >>]
posted by sylloge
on Jun 11, 2000 -
9 comments
