People who don’t know about Maru might search this site with “Maru”. He’s a very special cat.
Do know that if you are not keen on examining cats’ tongues and throats, that’s really only the opening part of the video.
The Sunday cat is deeply puzzled by Affenpinschers. February 17, 2013
One of them came out as top dog at Westminster Show last week. How could that be? They are merely ill-defined little clumps of black fur. They have a deeply metaphysical problem.
But then, being a scholarly cat, she sought out a youtube flick on affenpinschers:
And it became clearer why one would love something that made such a lovely noise.
Seized by an sudden love of the obvious, the Sunday Cat points out that not all kittens are the same February 10, 2013
The Sunday Cat on the recent attacks on cats February 3, 2013
To hear people talk and see what they write, one would think that cats are nature’s most serious threat. But does it seem likely that cats really do engage in the horrible rounds of killing they are aleged to participate in? For example,
We estimate that free-ranging domestic cats kill 1.4–3.7 billion birds and 6.9–20.7 billion mammals annually. … Our findings suggest that free-ranging cats… are likely the single greatest source of anthropogenic mortality for US birds and mammals. Scientifically sound conservation and policy intervention is needed to reduce this impact.
One person is even urging New Zealand to get rid of all its cats.
But these feral cats do not look so dangerous (the accent, btw, is Austin, Texas):
and still less does this dear one:
For a sensible response to this irresponsible character assination, do go here. Thanks, KT.
The sunday cat is sleeping in, but she will post later today on the truly alarming
news about cats.
Can you think what the news is?
The sunday cat discerns a message: do not put cubs of very rare January 27, 2013
Species together for they may become rarer still.
And also: give the adult tigers more room!
Cute animal pics increase productivity. January 17, 2013
Fans of the Sunday cat will be pleased to learn that looking at cute baby animals makes one more productive. The study linked seems to show a rather more direct route to the productivity than this guy took.
The Sunday Cat loves cat caretakers. January 13, 2013
And this one is also featured in the NY Times this weekend.
A diversion from academia.edu January 8, 2013
You’ll find it here, along with a picture of a cat who is clearly not sneaky.
On January 4th, 2013, “The Criminal Trial and Punishment of Animals: A Case Study in Shame and Necessity” by Justin Smith sparked the interest of Academia.edu users, receiving nearly 3 times as many views as any other paper that day. The seemingly odd topic was actually quite relevant to international news; the BBC had just released a story about a “criminal cat” in Brazil.
Apprehended for transporting drill bits, files, a mobile phone, charger, and earphones, Brazilian authorities detained a white cat suspected as an accessory in a prison jail-break.
Perhaps intrigued by the statement of prison spokesperson, Estado de S. Paulo, “It’s tough to find out who’s responsible for the action as the cat doesn’t speak,” Academia users delved into the history of animals being tried and punished as criminals.
Will Smith’s review of criminal animals help Brazilian authorities? That’s for time to tell, but either way it is exciting to see that the public is referring to research on Academia.edu to make sense of the wild happenings in the world.
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