Cats, sweet cats...

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 (by Paul Mansfield)

This ginger kitten named Garfield seemed to believe it was invisible as it covered one eye with a paw and sat in a flower pot to hide from a large dog. Iveta Novotna from Brno, Czech Republic, photographed the cute kitten in her garden.

[via Telegraph]

One of the two newly-born Sri Lankan leopard cubs is carried by her mother Sariska during presentation to the public for the first time at Bratislava’s Zoo

[via Telegraph]

Just a big cat :)

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[via Peter Delaney]

artemida:

Cat Fairy

[via Ethereal Fairies]

A cat’s purr which is as noisy as a lawnmower has been officially recognised as the loudest in the world. Smokey has gained a place in the Guinness Book of Records with an incredible purr that measures 67.7 decibels. And the 12-year-old pet has even been been known to purr as loudly as 90 decibels, which is what you expect from a lawnmower or a hairdryer.

[via Smokey the cat’s deafening purr wins place in Guinness Book of Records | Mail Online]

A lion cub is pictured next to a seven-day-old rare white lion cub in their enclosure at the Belgrade Zoo.

My beautiful Tom on this sunny Saturday

Yawn…

lickystickypickyme:

Current status….

photo by Ramesh Ratwatte

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NatGeo says:
Cats communicate using at least 16 known “cat words.”

Wikipedia says:

Adult cats do not normally meow to each other, and so the meowing to human beings that domesticated cats exhibit is likely partly an extension of the use of this plaintive signal.  When communicating with human beings, adult cats express variations of this tone to demand food or attention, register complaints, and convey bewilderment. An alteration in tone, pace, or punctuation changes the meaning, however slight. 

While cats occasionally vocalize to one another with purrs, growls, and screeches, they generally communicate with one another through body language. When preparing to fight an adversary or to frighten one away, cats can emit long, articulated meows. Most vocalizations recognized as “meow” are specifically for human interaction.

Cats also lick each other and people (e.g. their owners). Cats lick each other to groom one other and to bond (this grooming is usually done between cats that know each other very well). They will also sometimes lick people for similar reasons. These reasons include wanting to “groom” people and to show them care and affection.

Touching noses is a friendly greeting for cats, while a lowered head is a sign of submission. Some cats will rub their faces along their guardian’s cheek, hands, or ankles as a friendly greeting or sign of affection. This action is also sometimes a way of “marking their territory”, leaving a scent from the scent glands located in the cat’s cheeks. More commonly, cats do something called a “head bonk”, or “bunting”, where they literally bump someone with the front part of their heads to express affection

Do read it all, it is quite interesting

avulsion:

Cat bed made from a recycled computer monitor

I wonder how many cat biscuits this little fella eats every day ;-)

A cat shows interest in a frog sitting on a rock in the eastern German town of Sieversdorf

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