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Toyger Cat

September 14th, 2009 · No Comments

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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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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