Teil 752 – Katzengeblinzel

Teil 752 – Katzengeblinzel

Like you I am still not sure whether I will shortly find a horde of kitten storming the cat buffet or whether our mystery guest will disappear. There really has been no indication that the cat is/was pregnant – only that it was extremely cautious and –...
Teil 724 – Katzenzungen

Teil 724 – Katzenzungen

I am not quite done with issue 723’s topic yet: Cat tongue, langue de chat (French), Katzenzungen (German), lingua di gatto (Italian), lenga di gato (Spanish) or língua de gato (Portuguese) are known all around the world. These chocolates do not really look like...
Teil 719 – Klammeraffen

Teil 719 – Klammeraffen

As mentioned yesterday I have a couple of free climbers for you today. While Mrs. Peel and Sander stick to their trusted magnolia tree, Islay has to show off and climb into the second floor of the ash. But maybe he justed wanted to find out whether anybody lived in...
Teil 712 – Sound and Vision

Teil 712 – Sound and Vision

What do cats actually see? I don’t mean what colours they can see or how sharp the image is but whether they are really capable of recognising friends and foes just by vision. I have my doubts. Other cats How often had I observed Jaspar freeze when Ginger came...
Teil 697 – Kopfüber

Teil 697 – Kopfüber

I got a new cat book for Christmas that offers an interesting explanation for something that has baffled me for a long time: Why do cats always try to descend from trees head first? And why do Norwegian Forest Cats are even more determined to do so than...