tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47392711322817257932024-02-07T20:45:58.052-08:00The Adventure's Of RalphAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00857623454609264655noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4739271132281725793.post-69954298446244609532014-03-22T17:35:00.000-07:002015-12-30T06:53:20.737-08:00The lynx The Lynx... is IT!<br /><br /><br />The Lynx derives from the indo-european word leuk, meaning 'light brightness' in reference to their reflective eyes that appear luminescent...<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">
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<br />They are known for their short tails, pointed ears and hair under the chin that resembles a bow tie. They grow to 28 inches to the shoulder and up to 51 inches long. The adapt rapidly, if a Lynx moves to a colder, snowy environment, its hair will grow lighter, for camouflage. It's paws will grow and spread out and can get bigger than a human foot, to deal with the snow.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">
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<br /><br />The Eurasian lynx<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">
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The biggest of the four lynx species. Native to Europe and Siberian forest, it ranges all the way from Russia to central Asia. It only eats meat being carnivorous and needs to eat 1-2kg a day. It favors Roe deer but is an opportunistic hunter and will eat any prey.<div>
Their coat has a brief period of reddish brown which is replaced by a much thicker grey-brown coat at winter.<br />It is the third largest carnivore in Europe after the brown bear and the grey wolf.<br /><br />The Canada Lynx<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">
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<br />The Canada lynx as the name suggest can be found in Canada and some parts of Alaska. <br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">
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<br /><br />Its a good climber and swimmer. it makes its shelter out of rock ledges and broken trees. It has large paws that allow it to spread its weight ion the snow, twice as effective as the bob cat.<br />97% of the lynx's diet is made up of snowshoe hairs, although will hunter other small prey if it has to.<br /><br /><br />Iberian lynx<br /><br />sources for images contact for usage rights<br /><br /><a href="http://www.acacciaperilmondo.it/it/p_caccia-grossa-in-russia.htm">http://www.acacciaperilmondo.it/it/p_caccia-grossa-in-russia.htm</a><br /><br /><a href="http://macnews.tistory.com/536">http://macnews.tistory.com/536</a><br /><br /><a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Montana_lynx_fur_jacket,_Slupinski_D%C3%BCsseldorf_2011_(1).jpg">http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Montana_lynx_fur_jacket,_Slupinski_D%C3%BCsseldorf_2011_(1).jpg</a></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00857623454609264655noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4739271132281725793.post-20120583790298607032013-04-19T13:57:00.000-07:002013-04-19T14:02:33.507-07:00Cat's In Space?! - Cats in the hall of fameMany animals have been sent in man's plight to touch the moon. It is common knowledge monkeys made safe journeys around the earths orbit and lived to tell the tale, like Able.<br />
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Able was the first monkey who successfully returned from orbit back in 1959. He lived for another 26 years before dying 26 years later due to a reaction to anesthesia, whilst undergoing surgery to remove an infected medical electrode. He is now an exhibit at the National Air and space museum, USA.<br />
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Unfortunately not all animals made it safely back. People had no idea on the effect of being in space orbit would have on biological organisms. Many animals died from suffocation, overheating or drowning at sea on impact. However to minimize stress animals would anesthetized before lift off and were only sent into space once. It was all to test whether humans could survive long periods of weightlessness, scientists had been debating for years whether it was possible. It certainly taught the rocket scientists a lot about space. I will leave you to decide whether you think it was worth saving human lives or not.<br />
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Many different animals were sent to test the different effects.<br />
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Monkeys of several species were used; The rhesus monkey, cynomolgus monkeys, squirrel monkeys, pig-tailed monkeys and even some chimpanzees.<br />
Mice, bees, frogs, worms, turtles, stick insects and other insects.<br />
Fruit flies were the very first animal ever sent, they made it home safe.<br />
Rabbits and rats. lots made it home, lots of them did not.<br />
After monkeys they tried dogs as they thought these would be calmer during space flight. Many of the dogs are unsung heroes. JFK was given a space dogs puppy, as a gift for his grandchildren.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Several cats were trained, 10 decommissioned as they ate too much!</td></tr>
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But I know you're here to hear about if kitties were able to become space-cats. The answer is yes. Felix and Felicette are two well know cats from the space program in France.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A not so glamorous shot of astr-cat Felicette</td></tr>
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Felix was a stray, black and white cat,taken from the streets of Paris. He went trough training but not long before the flight he was reported to have escaped.<br />
So instead Felicette was quickly trained and sent up instead in 1963. It was a short flight lasting 15 minutes but she travelled 100 miles into space which is when she was released in a capsule with a a parachute.<br />
The flight was a success and she was recovered in good health. what became of her is unsure but British papers called her "astro-cat" and stamps were released all over the world but because of felix's last minute ditch they all had his name and face on them. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Felicette on recovery"</td></tr>
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I tip my hat to Felicette the female feline who risked her life in the name of science, robbed of the face of stamps and nearly forgotten.<br />
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Since then other cats have attempted space one weightless experiment was uploaded to youtube. i think the experiment is to see if the cats would know they are floating or to see if they would still try to flip over.<br />
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He tottered past the Liverpool manager Kenny Dalgish. He then hopped onto the pitch and took a stroll near the goal who was being held by goal keeper Brad Friedel, 40. He even took a moment to sit down much to the amusement of the fans who chanted 'A cat, a cat, a cat!'. The game was paused for around a minute until a steward came onto the pitch and released the cat outside the stadium gates.<br />
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He instantly became famous and everyone wanted to know who this spunky cat was. within two minutes 2 Twitter accounts were set up claiming to be 'the original Anfield cat'. One even reached 75,000 followers. However they are all impostors as it was later revealed the tabby is a local stray, formerly he was unnamed but after his televised streaking he was named 'Kenny' after the manager.<br />
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The local residents all vouch for Kenny's good heart and all take credit for leaving him a bowl of food outside. He is thought to be the off-spring from a locals pet 'Pako'.<br />
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However, this isn't the first report of fame seeking cats as in 1964 a black and white cat leaped along the pitch when Liverpool played Arsenal. Anybody else think Liverpool's badge needs a cat on it? Or at least a new mascot!<br />
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Kenny was temporarily re-homed north of Liverpool and is now thought to have found a permanent home. I am not sure he will be happy about only being able to watch the game on the television nowadays.<br />
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The definifition of a cool cat, i tip my tail to you Kenny!<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19.1875px;">However, it is thought when the Asiatic Lion (also known as the Indian Lion) had a large territory and was thriving, there was a cross over of territory and there are legends of Liger's living in the wild. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19.1875px;">Many Liger's have been bred in captivity, although sometimes it has been noted it has been by accident. as was Hercules.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19.1875px;">His trainer is Bhagavan Antle and has done a fantastic job with his Ligers with great breeding programs and the ability to raise Ligers to live long healthy lives. It is very difficult to perfect Liger breeding and are known for their low life expectancy </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">People argue a lot over whether the Liger creation is fair. It is unlikely the animal would survive in the wild with the little left out there to hunt and the amount it needs to consume to keep active. Saying this. they can still run up to 50mph!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There are also health concerns for things like their joints when they become large, being in captivity they get loads of healthcare so they tend to live pretty good lives.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> I will leave the argument up to you guys, please comment whether you think this should be allowed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Enjoy these photos of other Ligers i found to show you how different they can look from one another. </span><br />
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a baby Liger, how cute!</div>
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(A more stripy Liger)</div>
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where babies come from:male lion and female tiger makes a Liger! yay!</div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The tiger is the largest wild cat species on the globe. Easily recognized by its orange and black stripes. Weighing up to 336kg and a length of 3.3 meters it is the third largest land carnivore mammal behind the polar and the brown bear. Even though the name tiger is loosely used their are many subspecies. scroll down to view the individual subspecies or go to the bottom to see a handy charts that show the visible differences.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Distributed around India it has a light yellow/orange coat. weighing and average of 225kg and a total length of 310cm including the tail. the largest ever specimen to be found was in the 19th century at 12 foot. The white tiger is thought to be a recessive gene found also in the wild. this is not to be confused with albinism.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Found from Vietnam to Thailand. recorded being up to 9 foot. There are only around 350 of these left and are considered critically endangered. due to this not much is known about them. The last known of these left in China was eaten by a man who was later imprisoned for 12 years. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Found in Malaya and Singapore it is estimated that there is only 1,480 breeding adults left. the only difference between this and the subspecie the indochinese tiger, is it is slightly smaller.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A rare subspecies from an Indonesia island, it is the last surviving subspecies from the Sumatra islands group of tigers. there are thought to be 440 to 700 left, considered critically endangered. they are recognized by their darker fur and thicker stripes on their head. their stripes often tail off into spots. these are one of the smaller tiger breeds.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is the largest cat species on the planet, its even among the biggest in terms of cat species that are extinct! although then Bengal tiger is bulkier this cat is longer. their tales are a meter long and males can weigh up to 220kg. <span style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 19.1875px;">a male tiger shot in the Sikhote-Alin Mountains in 1950 weighed 400kg and a length of 11 foot in total. of course Siberian tigers in captivity are well fed and are up to 465kg.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 19.1875px;">these tigers are massive and need lots of calories during the winter they are known for hunting both black and brown bears. Brown bears are more common as of their habitat being more exposed. here is a taxidermy exhibit </span></span><span style="background-color: #f9f9f9; line-height: 19.1875px;">in the Vladivostok Museum, </span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 19.1875px;">showing a Siberian tiger attacking a brown bear o show you how easy it is for them<span style="font-size: x-small;">. </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Siberian tiger DNA was counted from over 100 tigers in the Russian Far East and it showed a shockingly low diversity in the gene pool. it seems as our habitat has grown and we killed so many tigers these guys had to travel great distances to even find other tigers to mate with. As numbers dwindled, less and less new genes were available and natural inbreeding took place. these kitties are known to travel up to 1000km!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is possible our most endangered tiger. scientists haven't seen a South Chinese tiger in the wild since the 1970's. Although there are members in captivity, around 72, 57 showed signs of inbreeding, other genetic results show most of these guys have evidence of cross breeding with other species of tigers. as suggested by its name it originated from china and parts of fuji. It was known also as the Amoy tiger in the fur trade, now revered as a relic of the past.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">they are thought to have hunted animals like muntjack (small deer type animal) and wild pigs.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Other than this i cant tell you much about this breed as it just isn't known, behavior in captivity tends to be down to their environment so cant be used as fact. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><u><span style="line-height: 19.1875px;">Here is a great chart to quickly see the differences Tiger subspecies from different angles.</span></u></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">for the specie chart:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So we have all seen the adverts on the Tv asking for donations to help save Snow Leopards. I soon realized i know less about these kitties than any other, i wanted to know why their numbers are struggling and what the real future prospects are for this beautiful breed. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So first i ask for numbers. Most estimates are acknowledged to be rough and out-dated so it is hard to guess but the latest numbers are <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.1875px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 19.1875px;">4,080–6,590. Now this doesn't sound too bad but the actual amount that are able to reproduce is only </span></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.1875px;">2,500 (50% of the wild population).</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As expected, as the population of humans increases, it takes it's toll on all species we live alongside.The Snow leopard is increasingly losing habitat and numbers of wild prey are down too. But don't worry there is help on the horizon. There are many organisations out there such as the snow Leopard Trust, the snow leopard conservancy and the snow leopard network. these and many other non-profit donor organisations which are helping to make a feature for these beautiful cats.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The darker side of the tale is the fact people are hunting these animals for our own selfish reasons. Their fur is sold for rugs, clothing and taxidermy. whilst their bones are ground and used in medicines</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. Teeth for jewelry and decoration. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Although it is rarely talked about it is happening. recently it was noted tribes in rural Asia are bribed with resources and alcohol and given guns to catch wildlife. this makes a huge impact when they are now killing more than is needed to sustain there villages, impacting the ecosystem greatly.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica sans-serif'; line-height: 17px; word-spacing: 1px;">it is obvious that some countries are not concerned enough. between 1994-1995 newspaper ads can be found selling their furs. Sales to the United States fetched $25,000 per animal. this isn't the only nation at blame. in fact, trafficking records are like this for all Snow Leopard bearing countries.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But it isn't just killing Snow leopards where the money is, many live specimens are kept to be sold as pets. These animals then go on to secret lives. Even though it is illegal to do so these animals are generally in high demand because of their high mortality rate and low life expectancy in zoo's. it is reported between 1960-1980 many illegally trapped snow leopards were sold to zoo's.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Snow leopards are native to Central Asia, it generally hangs out in Alpine and Sub-Alpine areas meaning high above sea level normally in mountainous regions, hence snow being in his name. In summer they will live above the tree line then when winter comes they will go below it to maintain as constant temperature as possible.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They live a reasonable solitary life although some females will stay with her cubs in dens for extended periods. like other cats they scent their territory although this could be harder in snow, so they generally spray on sheltered patches of rock.</span><br />
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Originally the writer of Garfield, Jim Davis, was the creator of a comic strip called 'Gnorm Gnat'. This was back in the 1970's and although he was able to get his strips out there, they weren't being received as hoped: One editor said "his art is good, and gags are great, but nobody can identify with bugs!" After this he decided to scrap it and came up with a new comic strip starring a cat..Garfield.<br />
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Even still Garfield took time to make perfect, at first the main character is Garfield's owner, John. But this soon changed when newspapers said they thought the cat should be the main character as he gets the funniest lines.<br />
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Eventually the newspaper 'The United Feature Syndicate' decided to feature it in 41 newspapers in 1978. After a test run the Chicago times removed the strip from their paper, but then had to reinstate it after receiving complaints from the readers. It was then clear the brilliance of Garfield and how lovable he is.<br />
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well the answer is both. Some shots are of real tigers but most (around 85%) were completely made up with CGI meaning the actors would have to play scenes on their own and the tiger would be digitaly put into the scene. It's the fact that it makes you question it that makes it so fantastic. It takes us a long way away from the days of laughing at the cardboard Jaws.<br />
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Firstly get your cat used to a harness, I was trained as a kitten when i was too young to go out by myself. This the best time to start but cat's are smart and most cats can be trained at any age.<br />
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I have tried a few different brand and styles of collars. The best are the ones that do not go round the throat. Also i find the cushioned harnesses are better as i like to pull, alot.<br />
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With leads, the longer the better and extendable dog leads work well. When you start training your cat will follow you and run in spurts, if the lead is too short you will also have to run with the cat, which will make them freeze, turn around and stare and you with big please don't eat me eyes.<br />
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So you're back from the shops with all the goodies for the cat?<br />
First time round let him smell the harness but don't make it the main focus, get the treats ready and as they are scoffing a couple try and put the harness on as quick as you can. If they try to stop you, just restrain until it's on and tightened ect.<br />
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Reward with treats and your cat probably wont even notice the harness is on.<br />
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Clip the lead on, pick the cat up and start walking around your garden. This is best done outside, along their normal patrol paths if they are already outside cats. Make sure its a quiet area, every time he gets spooked they will just want to freeze and hide. keep walking with the cat in your arms till he demands to be put down. Start walking in the direction you want to go and he probably wont follow you or start to walk off in their own direction of interest or try and hide in a bush. pick the cat up and carry on walking till he demands to be put down then start walking in the way you want to go. This may take you 10 attempts it may take a 100 recreating the process over several months, i'm nearly a year old now so been doing this for 9 months and still improving . Eventually the idea is if he doesn't want to be carried he has to walk the way you want to go.<br />
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Please respect that cat's don't like walking through the middle of a field. so instead stick to the going around the edges of the fields, gardens, until you get there.<br />
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This is not an overnight process. Do NOT drag your cat around trying to encourage them, we are much slighter than dog's and cant handle being yanked about.<br />
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Understand the weather can be too hot or too wet to go walking in. Build up your cats stamina as it will be very tiring at first, take regular breaks to catch their breath. always carry around a bowl and water, treats are good too.<br />
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Just because your cat follows you around the block doesn't mean you don't need to put a leash on them when anywhere unfamiliar. it could easily be scared by a dog/person/car/anything. This will cause them to seek a hiding place making them run off. Then try to imagine how long that might take to find them in the middle of the wildernes...<br />
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What my owner does if something is approaching us that i don't like, for example a dog, she will jsut pick me up untill we are past it. I feel safer high up and it stops me getting so stressed about having to cross paths with it.<br />
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Once you have mastered the leash and harness you can take your kitty everywhere! This has great rewards for both you and them. Cats love patrolling new territory and bonding time with you. It also means your kitty doesn't need to stuck indoors all the time. I have had many great adventures with my humans. Seeing things i never thought i would; like waterfalls, meadows, mountains and caves.<br />
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So what are you waiting for?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00857623454609264655noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4739271132281725793.post-51498228070510342742013-02-02T06:16:00.001-08:002013-02-02T06:16:31.829-08:00who's a big boy? ok you're huge!Today im tipping my hat to the wonderful creation of the Liger. For those of you who havent heard this term this is the off spring from a male lion and a female tigress. Pretty cool, but what's so special about it? Well in lions it is the male that carries the growth gene and the female in the case of tigers, so when you mix these two together the end result is a giant!<br />
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Although this is super cool, in the wild this is very unlikely. a male lion meeting a bunch of female tigers.. sounds like a cat fight. Also being so big wouldn't be a great advantage in the wild. The amount the Liger needs to consume to survive is ALOT and being so large would probably make hunting/stalking harder. So as you can imagine this has only been recorded in captivity, sometimes an accident!<br />
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It's not so surprising really, we cross breed dogs all the time. Horses crossed with donkeys make mules, you also might of heard the story about grizzly bears and polar bears making pizzlies! They even think we may even be a result of cross breeding! But of all the hybrids i think the Liger is the coolest, mainly because of its sheer size and cuddly 'looking' face.<br />
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http://ligerliger.com/ this is the homepage for the park where Hercules comes from, a great website and foundation.<br />
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liger good old wikipedia for those straight forward facts!<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00857623454609264655noreply@blogger.com0United Kingdom51.399205653553778 041.286090153553779 -20.654297 61.512321153553778 20.654297tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4739271132281725793.post-44147659675629841082012-06-18T15:15:00.000-07:002012-06-18T15:45:05.383-07:00The Scottish Wildcat numbers are down to 400!!<b></b><br />
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The Scottish cat numbers have dwindled down to 400 and that's including the ones in captivity!! They were here before human kind and long before our domesticated cat had evolved. But soon our last large mammal predator will just be a statistic among the British Wolf and British Lynx.<br />
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One of the biggest problems is that our feral/domesticated cats are breeding with the Scottish Wildcat and diluting the species into extinction. So much so, that some specialists studying them have had as little as only 3 sightings of these cats in the 25 years of their career. They are extremely suspicious of humans it can be impossible to track clans and even more so the lone population of the cat's.<br />
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Infamous for being unable to be tamed a true wild cat. Once roaming over all of Britain's pastures they have been chased to the far corners of Scotland. Larger than the domesticated cat it hunts deer and Lamb. Of course there are old folk tales of them killing human beings. Dogs are the most common casualties. Many believe the fen tiger sightings in England are really the wildcat or the 'Kellas' its descendant which is jet black.<br />
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They eat nothing but meat and most of their water intake comes from meat too. In-fact if cats are fed a vegetarian diet they would go blind, so a killer instinct is rife. Ferocious, cats have been seen killing themselves to kill an eagle attacking their cubs nest. Their teeth are so sharp they are known to bite clean through a gauntlet or hand. If approached they hiss and their hackles raise but instead of trying to look big like our house cat's they mock charge, exactly what a big cat like a lion or tiger would do.<br />
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Im a cat, have urges and needs, instinct and guts. I was born to hunt, catch, bite and scratch. No matter how much poor mummy tries to stop me from killing those beloved wood pigeons, I just can't help myself. Think a bell will stop me, no can do. They are mine, so far i've killed 5 in my first week of successfully bringing home dinner for mamma.
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Even though i look damned evil, i'm not. Cat's go blind if they eat a vegetarian diet so it is just natural to have a killers attitude.<br />
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Me and The neighbour's cat play fighting. It's just play but we do test the territory bounderies as there are so many cat's round here. this was all shot in about 15 minutes. SO CUTE >.<Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00857623454609264655noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4739271132281725793.post-62044522991180428562012-06-04T16:43:00.000-07:002012-06-04T16:43:45.322-07:00Play time<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is just a few of my possessions. My scratch tree, some chase toys and i like to scrap with soft toys. Its great to keep me entertained when the folks are out the house but it's even more fun when they play with them with me. Even though i'm a big ginger tom, i still love company. Your cat may love roaming the outdoors but make sure you spend time with your kitty to bond. If your introducing something new to a routine try a few short calm bursts of something until they can get used to it and start to trust and enjoy it. Nine times out of ten though, your kitty will always have time to play with you.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00857623454609264655noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4739271132281725793.post-1896224166091098362012-06-02T16:27:00.000-07:002012-06-04T16:45:00.500-07:00Portrait<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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There's hair on the carpet, hair on the curtains, hair on my owners clothes and every time they stroke me... more hair!! But phew, i'm glad to be rid of this thick coat. Very important to brush or 'groom' your kitties to help us out with this.</div>
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This has all led me to think about how when its summer you miss those cosy cold nights of winter, but when its winter you long for those long summer days... like today i was sooo hot! seeking refuge in the big shadows i thought about the snow we had this year, it wasn't long ago.. i like snow.. and here's a pic</div>
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00857623454609264655noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4739271132281725793.post-16328852320560254422012-03-26T07:15:00.000-07:002012-03-26T07:15:52.607-07:00I love you or I own you?<h4>
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Humans are always confusing each other with their body language but what does it mean when its your kitty? I was just thinking about when you get home from work and your cat is oh so excited to see you, he's purring and stroking up your leg in an affectionate way...</div>
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But is this just the cat showing you they own you?!</div>
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Like most mammals cat's have scent glands: on their heads and lips, front paws and flanks, also on the rears. Now these glands are sweating out a potent mix of chemicals that another cat would be able to read up on when he was there, fertility status, what mood he was in and what direction he was travelling. </div>
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All scents are unique so this helps your kitty feel safe in his environment knowing its just him there, now its all been marked as his. So really, when he's rubbing all over you and you think its cute he is really saying 'your mine, all mine!' which is kinda cute anyway.</div>
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Although if you have two cats you may sometimes (rarely) see them rubbing faces or almost head butting, this is called bunting. Even though cats are mainly solitary, when two cats feel deeply content around each others presence they show this by rubbing there facial scent glands together to make a cocktail of the two. this is to create a group scent and is a way for kitties to show there trust to each other and to create a mutual territory. Ever had your kitty rub their face all over yours?</div>
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Even though these acts are strictly territorial, i think that there is a way us kitties purr and rub up against you, that there is some kind of affection intended.</div>
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We went to the Avon Dam in Devon and i think its actually a bit of a hidden gem, didn't see a single dog and it was totally deserted. Head down there if your local for a free and rewarding walkies. </div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px;">And there's a lot more than just these.... and now i'm scared :( meow.</span></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00857623454609264655noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4739271132281725793.post-3909944594326317842012-03-21T08:48:00.000-07:002012-03-21T09:56:25.828-07:00The White Lady<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I say, it's lucky i am a cat and can sleep at all times as my owners had me up at 6am this morning. Not sure i like the hotel, it's clean and tidy but when you are paying for luxury, don't you think that if they are going to give you 6 different sachets for hot drinks then surely only putting out 2 milks would never be enough. Being rationed on the milk now, can you believe this is the world we live in.<br />
Anyway the reason we woke up so early is because we went to see a waterfall...why???<br />
We all should know I wouldn't be the fondest of water and when it's falling down from a couple of hundred meters at some silly it doesn't excite me too much. So i didn't get too close, but i guess its something new. The waterfall was called The White Lady and unfortunately i refused to stand still for a photograph. :)<br />
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