RE: Day Four ~ Seven Day B&W Challenge ~ Original Photography ~
The Gallops don't really know much about diddly.
People do not adopt cats. Cats adopt people.
The idea that there is choice on this side of the matter is laughable.
Case in point. When Stinky the Cat first hit our area of the county, she ran full speed into the neighbors house one day when the sliding back door was open. She was a really skinny, odd looking cat with tufts of fur sticking out everywhere but where they should be, that couldn't meow and bothered their child to no end. They invited her to leave.
She then ran into the neighbor to the right's office door as fast as possible. As if to say, "I'll think live here". She was not any better looking by then. Their chihuahua's were not amused by her antics. For some reason they did not like a kamikaze cat that ran at them like a banshee at the water bowl. They invited her to leave as well. (The neighbors...the dogs were under the bed).
Next she ran into our house like her tail was afire. We had no thought about her, really. But like writing on Steemit, persistence sometimes pays off. She would not take no for an answer. Eight years later, she is sitting here, looking at me as I write this. "Wondering what I am writing"? "Why, a grand tome all about your wonderful greatness, Stinky", I respond. But she is gone before I get to "your". Some commotion is going on in the kitchen. Not much has changed, except she is a whole lot fatter and better looking now.
A domestic cat can run at speeds of 30 mph.
I'm pretty sure Stinky the Cat can run about 63mph. At least it seems like it when I am sitting on the couch and she runs by in a blur over and over again.
Cat families usually play best in even numbers. Cats and kittens should be aquired in pairs whenever possible.
Cats have individual preferences for scratching surfaces and angles. Some are horizontal scratchers while others exercise their claws vertically.
If you had to really tie her down and discover Stinky the Cat's preference, it would be " the right-side arm of the couch", and "every now and then, or more often." I'm pretty sure angle of scratch is pretty much kitty free-form though. "Just as long as the stuffin's come out with efficiency, I'm happy". -Stinky the Cat
Cats can be right-pawed or left-pawed.
If a human that is left handed is called a South Paw", what is a CAT that is left 'pawed' called?
While it is commonly thought that the ancient Egyptians were the first to domesticate cats, the oldest known pet cat was recently found in a 9,500-year-old grave on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus. This grave predates early Egyptian art depicting cats by 4,000 years or more.
I'm pretty sure you have that backwards. It should read: "The ancient Cyprus-ians were the first people to be picked by ancient cats to be allowed to live with a cat.
IE: The first people chosen to be allowed to feed and litter box and (much later) drive the cat around in a wheeled vehicle, and pile up laundry for the cat to sleep on and buy thousands of nice flat stones' (I do not know what the ancient Cyprus currency was called) worth of cat toys from large, boxy stores.
Cats are extremely sensitive to vibrations. Cats are said to detect earthquake tremors 10 or 15 minutes before humans can.
A commemorative tower was built in Scotland for a cat named Towser, who caught nearly 30,000 mice in her lifetime.
Wow, a Towser Tower. Maybe I should build a commemorative Stink Sink.
The average lifespan of an outdoor-only (feral and non-feral) is about 3 years; an indoor-only cat can live 16 years and longer. Some cats have been documented to have a longevity of 34 years.
In the 1930s, two Russian biologists discovered that color change in Siamese kittens depend on their body temperature. Siamese cats carry albino genes that work only when the body temperature is above 98° F. If these kittens are left in a very warm room, their points won’t darken and they will stay a creamy white.
An adult lion's roar can be heard up to five miles (eight kilometers) away.
I'm pretty sure Stinky the Cat's litter box could be smelled farther away than that. But she has to do what she can, as she can't meow, let alone roar...
Isaac Newton invented the cat flap. Newton was experimenting in a pitch-black room. Spithead, one of his cats, kept opening the door and wrecking his experiment. The cat flap kept both Newton and Spithead happy.
Purring does not always indicate that a cat is happy. Cats will also purr loudly when they are distressed or in pain.
What about a cat that purrs and snorts and grunts at the same time like a rutting brush pig? Is THAT a sign of anything important??
According to a Gallup poll, most American pet owners obtain their cats by adopting strays.
Cats spend nearly 1/3 of their waking hours cleaning themselves.
I'm not sure Stinky the Cat HAS 1/3 waking hours. And if so, she is so busy running about, cleaning seems to take a back seat to all other shenanigans.
There are approximately 100 breeds of cat.