Who mourns the passing of the Smilodon? He was another feisty carnivore lost when people began to take over the world Smilodon became extinct around 10,000 BCE, when so many other large herbivorous and carnivorous mammals went under the axe. … [Read more...] about The Sad Tale of the Smilodon
Big Cats
My Ancestor the African Wild Cat
Now here's a fact for you. All the domestic cats you know today have a common ancestor - and that ancestor still runs free across the savannah which is a lot more than you can say for the human ancestor. … [Read more...] about My Ancestor the African Wild Cat
World Lion Day
Yesterday was International Cat Day, just another day for me and for most moggies around and about, but today is for our big cousins, lions. August 10th is a day for people to come together from across the world to pay tribute to the mighty lion in as many ways as possible. The woman who feeds me … [Read more...] about World Lion Day
New Blood at the Zoo
The woman who feeds me is strangely attracted to lions. I don't really mind her odd behaviour, lions are cats after all, even if bigger and uglier than my sleek, suave self. And lions are having a hard time of it out there in the world. … [Read more...] about New Blood at the Zoo
Vladik is off the Streets
My advice to all cats, no matter how big you are, don't play on the road! This poor Siberian tiger wasn't being a foolish feline, he was just lost, lonely and ended up on a main road in Vladivostok. … [Read more...] about Vladik is off the Streets
The Wild Cat from Borneo
This is the extremely secretive bay cat (Catopuma badia) photographed by hidden cameras in the Rungan Landscape in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. We used to call this Borneo once, and the woman-who-feeds-me still complains about my midnight playtime, saying that I behave like the wild man from … [Read more...] about The Wild Cat from Borneo