by Soojin Um Staff Writer The big cats, such as the leopard and the jaguar, have spots. So does the cheetah. So does, also, the lynx and the bobcat. These cats live in the wild, often in jungle environments, and these spotted patterns on their coats help to provide camouflage so as to give them …
Category Archives: Breeds
Why Two Cats Are Better Than One
by Soojin Um Staff Writer Cats are loners. They’re solitary creatures. That is a popular belief of many of people. Who can blame us though? Cats aren’t like dogs, running around excitedly when people come over, wanting to play with people and animals alike whenever they can. Cats are generally more reserved to say the …
Scaring Cats Isn’t Funny
by Soojin Um Staff Writer Videos of people scaring cats seems to be very popular these days. An object is placed behind a cat, anything from a cucumber (which was a popular thing a few years ago that, thankfully, seems to have passed) to a person wearing a scary mask, etc. The cat turns and …
Why Black Cats are the Best
by Soojin Um Staff Writer Black cats. The very name conjures up scary omens of ill fortune and superstition. They are accused of everything from stealing souls to the embodiment of witchcraft. It’s unfortunate because these cats are, well, just cats. They are born with a gene that suppresses tabby patterns, resulting in a solid …
World Cup Cats
by Soojin Um Staff Writer The World Cup is finally here at last. Your cat may sleep through it all, but you’re excited. Maybe there should be a World Cup of cats. One can already imagine the competition, with 32 cats lounging about, sleeping. With so many cats to choose from, it was difficult to …
Why do Persian Cats Have Short Faces?
The ‘Doll Face’ of a Persian cat gives this breed their iconic sweet expression. However, the flat faces of these cats is not a result of natural selection, rather it’s a result of artificial selection – or selective breeding. At some point, cat fanciers found that Persian cats generally had slightly shorter snouts and decided …
The World’s Longest Domestic Cat
Meet Ludo the Maine Coon. Paul Michael Hughes/GWR/PA Ludo the Maine Coon comes from Wakefield, a city in West Yorkshire England, and measures in at an astounding 46.59 inches long, from the tip of his nose, to the end of his last tailbone. The Maine Coon is the largest domesticated breed of cat, so it’s …
