The proverbial curiosity doesn't usually kill cats. The inquisitive feline has a knack of dodging death by a whisker. Cats are intrepid explorers and fearless acrobats. After all, a creature with nine lives can afford to take risks. According to Brewer's Dictionary Of Phrase & Fable, a cat is said to have nine lives because it is "more tenacious of life than many animals." picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago tags cats 9 lives nine lives feline tenacious |
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While most cats are renowned for having nine lives, these moggies are clearly living on a wing and a prayer. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago 33 comments edit related share weird |
Two cats are credited with saving lives for alerting residents to a fire on Monday. 3 comments edit related share science*Image is of Scarlett. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago |
It's not that i hate cats I just don't like them as much as dogs. The pictures are funny anyway and I really don't want CATS to win for this weeks Fancy Avatar Friday So here you go! picked by nesbyniccolo 2 years ago 4 comments edit related share plime.com |
Three women in Britain have gone to great lengths to ensure their cats have the best of everything -- even cat passports -- no matter what the cost may be. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
LONDON (Reuters) - More than 160 feral cats and kittens have been rescued from the site of the London 2012 Olympics as demolition work continues at a pace. picked by bevissimo 2 years ago 1 comments edit related share science |
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Mayor Vance Trively says that the southwest Iowa town of 200 people is being overrun by dozens of feral cats and needed to do something, so they're offering a $5 bounty for each feral feline turned in. picked by DemureArt 2 years ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
VG Cats (short for Video Game Cats) is a webcomic written and drawn by Canadian Scott Ramsoomair. Published once a week on its own website, it features the adventures of a pair of anthropomorphic cats, who often play the roles of characters in popular video games that are parodied in the strip. 6 comments edit related share plime.comNote: this excellent comic is not at all suitable for kids. picked by sholom22 3 years ago |
The power of the Internet has saved more than 800 cats from being skinned and served up on Chinese dinner tables. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago 1 comments edit related share plime.com |
Sure, there will always be people who have more money than you, but did you realize that some pets do, too? Here are seven dogs and seven cats that have money to burn! 0 comments edit related share plime.com*Lots richer picked by bingo 7 months ago |
Have you ever wondered which breed of dog barks the most, why black cats are a sign of good luck or which direction dogs wag their tail to show they are happy? Here are 36 fascinating facts from a new book on man's two best friends... picked by misswinkle 2 years ago 4 comments edit related share plime.com |
Neurological studies have show that cats have an unusual ability - the restoration of the myelin sheath essential for nerve cell function. picked by pocksucket 8 months ago 2 comments edit related share plime.com |
It might not be to everyone's taste - and that's not just because at £50 a cup it's the most expensive coffee in the world. The secret behind the special blend about to go on sale at an upmarket department store is that it is made from cats' droppings. Previously posted a year ago. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago 5 comments edit related share entertainment |
DNA samples show that cats may have been first domesticated more that 130,000 years ago, rather than 9,000. picked by suebe 2 years ago 0 comments edit related share plime.com |
Ever wonder why there are crazy cat ladies but no crazy hamster ladies or crazy parakeet ladies? Or why cats, from the Egyptians to the witch trials, are thought to have supernatural powers? A brain-altering parasite spread by cats may be the reason. picked by VooDooPeacock 2 years ago 2 comments edit related share plime.com |
For the past year, a special Colombian police unit has been locking rats in cages with cats as part of a project to train the rodents to sniff out the more than 100,000 land mines planted mostly by leftist rebels across this conflict-wracked Andean country. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago 1 comments edit related share plime.com |
The feral cats of San Nicholas Island, not native to the island, are doing what feral cats naturally do to survive - preying on shorebirds, seabirds and other endangered species, and the only way to save that wildlife is to get rid of the hunters. picked by suebe 8 months ago 1 comments edit related share science |
The stray and feral cats that have overrun a middle American town can meow a little louder now that they have gotten a reprieve from a bounty the mayor had put on their whiskers -- a bounty he says he initiated to address the community's rampant cat problem. 7 comments edit related share science*Updated to this story. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago |
For over three years more than 550 dogs and 100 cats have been housed in a small residential property of only 2.7k square feet in the hills of Valparaiso, Chile, causing harsh complaints by neighbors due to the putrid smell the property emits as well as the unsanitary conditions that effects the surrounding residential area. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago 1 comments edit related share plime.com |
In this video, we see the efforts of a brilliant scientist working to prove that cats are saboteurs. picked by Bornbad 11 months ago 11 comments edit related share entertainment |
The historical Hemingway cats avoided eviction thanks to Key West's city commission. Finally, some fairly normal news from Florida! picked by gnikgnok 2 years ago 1 comments edit related share politics |