Felis catus, the domesticated cat. A PBS Eons video.
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“The history of the world according to cats,” a TED-Ed video by by Eva-Maria Geigl, dircted and animated by Chintis Lundgren.
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Cats always land on their feet. Why? A Vox video by Coleman Lowndes.
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Abigail Tucker explains why humans are obsessed with cats. A New Yorker video.
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“Guns Explained With Cats,” an animation by It’s Alex Clark. Lead Animator: Chris Taniguchi, No cats were harmed in the making of this video.
Related: March For Our Lives, March 24th.
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This just in: Larry the Cat votes “Remain,” in a sense. Number 10 Downing Street’s “Chief Mouser,” a tabby who moved into the UK Prime Minister’s official residence in 2011, will not be leaving with David Cameron on Wednesday. “It’s a civil servant’s cat and does not belong to the Camerons – he will be staying,” said a government spokesperson. Larry will continue to shed fur on the chintz during the tenure of incoming PM Theresa May.
There has been no reaction from the kitties of the EU so far. We await miaous from Brussels.
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“Larry the cat escapes Downing Street eviction,” BBC News
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“’For some reason, cats took off, and then it’s this avalanche that just sort of keeps piling up,’ said Jason Eppink, the curator of ‘How Cats Took Over the Internet,‘ an exhibition that opens on Friday at the Museum of the Moving Image. ‘People on the web are more likely to post a cat than another animal, because it sort of perpetuates itself. It becomes a self-fulfilling prophesy.’
The exhibition — which may well be the first mainstream museum installation entirely dedicated to cats online — is made up mostly of images, videos and GIFs of cats and is meant to be a cultural deconstruction of their enduring popularity. The show takes a high-minded look at anthropomorphism and what it calls the ‘aesthetics of cuteness‘ as well as a low-brow wallow through cheesy trends — like the LOLcats who demand cheezburger — and bad puns, like Caturday, a fad that had people posting cat pictures on Saturdays.”
” ‘How Cats Took Over the Internet’ at the Museum of the Moving Image,” Jennifer A. Kingson, New York Times
20 to 30 million feral cats roam Australia, killing 75 million animals each night. 29 of the continent’s mammals have been lost to extinction, and feral cats are implicated in 28 of these eradications. More than 120 Australian animals are currently at risk of extinction by feral cats, which also spread diseases that affect farm livestock.
These critters are not the mild-mannered moggies British colonists brought with them since arriving in 1788 but ferocious felines weighing up to 30 pounds. The Australian government wants to kill 2 million of these furry furies in the next 5 years.
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“Feline Massacre: Australia Unveils Plan to Kill Two Million Feral Cats,” Vice
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Crumbs & Whiskers, DC’s first cat café, is opening at 3211 O Street NW in Georgetown on June 20th. Kickstarter backers can schedule now, Gentlemeow’s Club members can sign up on June 15th, and the rest of us must wait until June 18th.
So reservations are required; sounds pretty exclusive. Will there be valet parking?
