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Caturday Cats and Tigers Oh My!
NEWS & MEWS
Cats have often been called house panthers or tigers and now it’s scientifically true. Domino, seen above, of course knew all along). Researchers have succeeded in sequencing the genome of several species of endangered big cats and found domestic cats share up to 95.6% of the same DNA as tigers. The sequencing the genomes of several types of big cat is an effort to aid conservation efforts, specifically the endangered snow leopard.
As always, we aim to enlighten and entertain cat lovers. Our highlights this week included:
- Our post about Grumpy Cat and The Friskies Awards. Yeah, I got to hold her and swooned like everyone else.
- We also did a darker, tongue-in-cheek piece, Is Grumpy Cat The New Self-Help Guru? at Boomer Muse
- A fun, exclusive Q & A with the original celebrity cat, Morris.
- We celebrated Vet Tech Week with easy, practical advice like how do check if your cat is dehydrated and other tips.
- Every Wednesday in October we’re featuring Black Cat Awareness with black cat art and vintage collectibles.
- Spotlight on two extraordinary black cats looking for forever homes with heart melting stories.
When I got home from snuggling with Grumpy Cat, Merlin could smell her and not amused. She received a lifetime achievement award and Merlin feels at age 19, that he deserves one too!
Gris Gris has a new bad habit: butt-warming hubby’s laptop. I suspect GG is surfing the Whiskerlist
Meanwhile, I found Odin in my office sleeping on the job.
That was our week, how was yours?
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Ah! I knew it too! My human’s hand should have known better 😉 Just kidding =^.^=
Jenn
You definitely deserve that lifetime achievement award, Merlin!
Penelope
Yeeh! 95% the same, but then human and chimp DNA is 98.8 percent the same.
Makes me wonder about my humans.
Odin, yous is #1 in my book!
Kisses
Nellie
Nerissa's Life
Ninety-five percent? NINETY-FIVE?
I knew it!
YOO-HOO!
Purrs,
Nissy
Austin Towers
Merlin, old buddy, you get a life time achievement award from us!!! You are my hero! xx
Katnip Lounge
I knew it! When Maui was shaved, he looked just like a tiger!
Tamago
Merlin, you sure deserve lifetime achievement award!!
Odin sleeping on the desk is just o adorable 🙂 Looks like having a great weekend!
ConnieMarie
Wow, what a great post! Great photos of the kids and Mum with a strange cat no less! Merlin has it right for sure.
Due to life lessons; I’ve missed this. So happy to have this to come back too!
Layla Morgan Wilde
Welcome back!
Brian
You rock Merlin and you get all of our vote for that award pal!!!
Skeeter and Izzy
Oh Merlin we so agree about the Lifetime Achievement Award!!!! We give you kitty kisses …we know it isn’t as grand an award but it comes from our hearts to you!
The boys are just going what cats do best….chillin!!!
We all know that we are BIG CATs in small packages…bet ya the other 5% is a combination of all the other big cats!
We say HAPPY DAY to everyone. Love a cat ,be it tame or wild,young or old,big or small…you will NEVER regret it!
Luvs Skeeter and Izzy and the Feral Gang + Peanut and Twig >^..^<
Sparkle
Well, duh! Any kitty could tell you we are mostly big cats, just in little packages.
Kathryn
oh my oh my oh my
and here, all this time, I’ve been calling housecats baby lions — when they’re actually baby tigers.
That 95.6 percent is a huge deal.
Meanwhile, they’re sleeping on the job. Again.
Hubs is in Brasil at a track meet.
Warming hubby’s laptop = very smart boy.
I have to read the Grumpy cat post.
Merlin WILL get a lifetime achievement award!