My favorite study of the year.
Woman and cats, 1906 by Powerhouse Museum Collection on Flickr.
Traveling with my grandma’s obese cat, getting some summer reading done in Mesa Verde National Park.
I know this cat is unhappy, and I know it was probably really really upset, and I know I shouldn’t laugh at this.
But I did. A lot.
This is a great example of audio pareidolia; hearing (instead of seeing, as it’s usually done) some recognizable pattern in a completely unrelated series of noises.
Darla and her six kittens have a Kit-Tea Party.
Finally, scientists are studying the emotional benefits of pet ownership for children. Although most people would agree that pet ownership is good for kids, there are very few studies that lend evidence to this claim, and some people freak out about allergies, bites, and infection. Growing up in a household with all kinds of pets, I think these people are weird.
One such experiment: Rebecca Johnson, director of the Research Center for Human-Animal Interaction at the University of Missouri, has begun a randomized clinical trial of children undergoing forensic interviews for child abuse; some are given a service dog during their interviews, and physiological indicators of stress are measured.
More here: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1750-8606.2011.00175.x/abstract
Nina Leen: Author Marion L. Starkey, holding a black cat, 1949. Source: LIFE Photo Archive, hosted by Google.
Techniques & tactics in the removal of space cats from Hubble Telescope imagery.
Beep boop beep beep boop boop beep
Love.
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Laser-eye cat hunting in space!
Through a wormhole!
get out of that bag, cat. you are not an abercrombie and fitch model, you are a cat. you don’t even have abs.
Disapproving kitten disapproves.
Animal Protective League Letter, 1957. Source: Wisconsin Historical Society.
Letter from Marie Thompson of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, President of the Animal Protective League to John Beale, Chief Forester at the Wisconsin Conservation Department regarding the use of DDT. The letterhead consists of photographs of a dog and a cat. The left margin lists prominent anti-vivisectionists.
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