Archive for April 2009
Here are all the posts written in 2009 April.
A blog on why we love animals so much
Dogs are widely regarded as man’s best friend, although everyone has their own preference for pets. Coming in a variety of different breeds, sizes, shapes and personalities, no two dogs are alike. Whether you’re a fan of big, loyal guardians or small, playful puppies, dogs never cease to bring smiles to our faces. Go ahead [...]
Ladies and gentlemen, this just might be the cutest darn thing on the entire internet: 4 impossibly cute, perfectly perched, flying floof balls !
His “wife” is injured and the condition is fatal. She was hit by a car as she swooped low across the road. He brought her food and attended to her with love and compassion. He brought her food again but was shocked to find her dead. He tried to move her … a rarely seen [...]
The goldfish (Carassius auratus) was one of the earliest fish to be domesticated, and is still one of the most commonly kept aquarium fish. A relatively small member of the carp family (which also includes the koi carp and the crucian carp), the goldfish is a domesticated version of a dark-gray/olive/brown carp native to east [...]
A kitten has survived an unexpected ride from the Kapiti Coast to Plimmerton early this morning after stowing away in a car’s wheel arch. The car’s occupants, who were not cat owners, were surprised to hear meows as they drove south late last night, eventually stopping at the Plimmerton weigh station to investigate said Plimmerton [...]
What do cats do when their owners are away? There was one way to find out – cat cams. Fifty house cats in the US were given collar cameras that took a photo every 15 minutes. The results put a digital dent in some human theories about catnapping. Based on the photos, about 22 percent [...]
The mysterious mewing in Vickie Mendenhall’s home started about the time she bought a used couch for $27. After days of searching for the source of the noise, she found a very hungry calico cat living in her sofa. Her boyfriend, Chris Lund, was watching TV on Tuesday night and felt something move inside the [...]
In an amazing series of photos, a fearless rat stared down a mighty leopard–and the leopard blinked. While the puzzled cat sniffed and watched, the rat helped itself to the leopard’s steak dinner. Full story at [ DailyMail ]
We all know that cats love to hide in small, hard to get in places. Here are some cats playing hide and seek:
A Chinese man believes his two-and-a-half stone cat could be the heaviest in the world. Xu Jirong, of Qingdao, in northern China’s Shandong province, says the cat, appropriately named Chubby, has a 27 inches waist – bigger than a human girl’s. She puts on more than two pounds every year – I suspect the problem [...]
Here are all the posts written in 2009 April.
Here are some of the best movies if animals were movie stars. I’d love to see Rats of the Caribbean. If any of these movies would be made which one would you love to watch ?
A cat listening to House Music. A cat listening to Hip Hop Music. A cat listening to Metal music. A cat listening to Stevie Wonder . A cat listening to Alternative Rock. A cat listening to Techno Music
Here’s an interesting article I found on cat toilet training which is really useful if you wake up in the morning and clean up under the bed because your cat did something bad under it. First, you must train your cat to use a home-made cardboard litter box, if you have not already done so. [...]
I had an Easter bunny, One day she ran away. I looked for her by moonlight, I looked for her by day. I found her in the meadow With her babies 1, 2, 3. So now I have four rabbit pets To run and jump with me. Happy Easter Everybody
Let’s say you go out camping with your family or friends and you wake up next to one of the animals below … what would you do ? Aye Aye Considered by locals as a harbinger of misfortune, the Aye-aye is one of the world’s most rare and bizarre looking primates. To the Malagasy people, [...]
The Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca, literally “cat-foot black-and-white”) is a mammal classified in the bear family (Ursidae), native to central-western and southwestern China. The Giant Panda was previously thought to be a member of the Procyonidae (raccoon) family. It is easily recognized by its large, distinctive black patches around the eyes, over the ears, and [...]
Surviving in the wild requires agility, strength, speed and the element of surprise. Here are some of the animal kingdom’s camouflage masters
I have this cat whom I found as kitten, too young to have been weened properly and sick – without intervention he wouldn’t have survived on his own much longer. I nursed him back to health, had to hand feed him for awhile, and I became very attatched to him. He’s now really healthy, a [...]
Fancy spoiling your feline friend? The Hagen Living World Cat Spa offers the following features: Accu-Pressure Pads: A unique sensory experience. Cats love to feel the pressure points beneath their paws and may actually sleep on them. Body-Stroke Groomers: For self-grooming and massage. Stimulate face and back glands while providing an easy-access, intense massage. Gum [...]