The name ‘Toyger’ comes from the the words Toy and Tiger. The Toyger was founded by Judy Sugden of EEYAAS Cattery in the USA. The Toyger is the result of a cross between a striped Domestic Short Hair and a Standard Bengal Tabby. This resulted in a striped Cat which after many years of hard […]
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Toyger Cat
September 14th, 2009 · No Comments
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Female Cats Are Right-Pawed, Males Are Lefties
July 27th, 2009 · No Comments
Female domestic cats tend to preferentially use their right front paw while male cats more often rely upon their left front paw, according to a new study that suggests the sex of a cat determines how its brain will be wired. The findings also add to a growing body of evidence that male animals tend […]
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Cats Control Humans
July 15th, 2009 · No Comments
If you’ve ever wondered who’s in control, you or your cat, a new study points to the obvious. It’s your cat. Household cats exercise this control with a certain type of urgent-sounding, high-pitched meow, according to the findings.
This meow is actually a purr mixed with a high-pitched cry. While people usually think of cat […]
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Margay The Tiger Cat
December 1st, 2008 · No Comments
Of all of the felines, the Margay is most adapted for a true arboreal life. It is the only cat to possess the ability to rotate its hind legs 180° , enabling it to run head first down trees like squirrels. It can also hang from a branch by one hind foot!
The Margay is on […]
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Wild Cat Cub Adopted by Family of Dogs
November 19th, 2008 · No Comments
The serval - a type of African wild cat - called Shakira was in poor health at a zoo near Munich in Germany after her siblings died.
However, she was rescued by Roland Adam, an animal carer, who introduced her to a canine brood.
Mr Adam said: “Shakira came to us when she was just […]
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The Lynx and the Cat
November 5th, 2008 · No Comments
In St. Petersburg zoo the regular Russian cat has become friends with a big European lynx. People say that they liver together in one big cage and the cat considers the lynx to be her mother.
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