Comments on: Cat nest, on forest floor http://boingboing.net/2013/02/13/cat-nest-on-forest-floor.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:14:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: $19428857 http://boingboing.net/2013/02/13/cat-nest-on-forest-floor.html#comment-1656621 $19428857 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 03:05:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212713#comment-1656621 Long time cat rescue volunteer here.That is a domestic cat, probably the a member of a managed feral colony. The give away is the clipped left ear tip. It is done so it can be identified as a neutered cat and will not be recaptured. http://lovemeow.com/2010/02/ear-tipping-feral-cats/ . Flat headed cats don't look anything like this one. They are very small (3 to 5 lbs). This cat is a big one, I'm guessing 12 to 15 lbs+. . Flat headed cats are solitary. This one lives in a group. Flat headed cats are nocturnal and  crepuscular (active at twilight) and this photo was taken during the day. Flat headed cats get their name from their low set ears that make the top of their head look flat. This cat has normal erect domestic cat ears. This cat looks like a lynx point Siamese http://www.dreamstime.com/siamese-lynx-point-cat-on-bathtub-thumb15660717.jpg (I have a lynx point Himalayan), and many feral cats in that area have the Siamese type pattern. And flat headed cats look like the cat in the hollow log http://wild-facts.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/photo.jpg Long time cat rescue volunteer here.That is a domestic cat, probably the a member of a managed feral colony. The give away is the clipped left ear tip. It is done so it can be identified as a neutered cat and will not be recaptured. http://lovemeow.com/2010/02/ear-tipping-feral-cats/ .

Flat headed cats don’t look anything like this one. They are very small (3 to 5 lbs). This cat is a big one, I’m guessing 12 to 15 lbs+. . Flat headed cats are solitary. This one lives in a group. Flat headed cats are nocturnal and  crepuscular (active at twilight) and this photo was taken during the day. Flat headed cats get their name from their low set ears that make the top of their head look flat. This cat has normal erect domestic cat ears. This cat looks like a lynx point Siamese http://www.dreamstime.com/siamese-lynx-point-cat-on-bathtub-thumb15660717.jpg (I have a lynx point Himalayan), and many feral cats in that area have the Siamese type pattern. And flat headed cats look like the cat in the hollow log http://wild-facts.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/photo.jpg

]]> By: Antinous / Moderator http://boingboing.net/2013/02/13/cat-nest-on-forest-floor.html#comment-1656367 Antinous / Moderator Thu, 14 Feb 2013 21:56:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212713#comment-1656367 There are <i>house cats</i>, which have been bred to sit in your lap and act cute, and have very little instinct to do anything else. There are house cats, which have been bred to sit in your lap and act cute, and have very little instinct to do anything else.

]]> By: Ernest Valdemar http://boingboing.net/2013/02/13/cat-nest-on-forest-floor.html#comment-1656243 Ernest Valdemar Thu, 14 Feb 2013 20:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212713#comment-1656243 I'm hardly qualified to make a positive ID on the basis of a single photo, but it looks like the animal in the photo might be a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flat-headed_cat" rel="nofollow">flat-headed cat</a>. If so, its not only not invasive, but indigenous to Singapore and an endangered species. There's a whole world out there of wild cats the size of housecats that are not housecats. I’m hardly qualified to make a positive ID on the basis of a single photo, but it looks like the animal in the photo might be a flat-headed cat. If so, its not only not invasive, but indigenous to Singapore and an endangered species.

There’s a whole world out there of wild cats the size of housecats that are not housecats.

]]> By: donovan acree http://boingboing.net/2013/02/13/cat-nest-on-forest-floor.html#comment-1655662 donovan acree Thu, 14 Feb 2013 14:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212713#comment-1655662 Yes, we love our furry death machines. Yes, we love our furry death machines.

]]> By: msbpodcast http://boingboing.net/2013/02/13/cat-nest-on-forest-floor.html#comment-1655627 msbpodcast Thu, 14 Feb 2013 13:53:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212713#comment-1655627 Cats are <b><i>carnivores</i></b>, feral or barely domesticated, and responsible for the deaths of a <b><i>billion</i></b> opossum, birds, snakes, lizards, rats, mice etc. in the US alone every year. They are furry killing machines. (I have owned several and the first thing I did with them was have them fixed.) Cats are carnivores, feral or barely domesticated, and responsible for the deaths of a billion opossum, birds, snakes, lizards, rats, mice etc. in the US alone every year.

They are furry killing machines. (I have owned several and the first thing I did with them was have them fixed.)

]]> By: niktemadur http://boingboing.net/2013/02/13/cat-nest-on-forest-floor.html#comment-1655579 niktemadur Thu, 14 Feb 2013 12:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212713#comment-1655579 Not really, I take it back.  Once my Chilmoles came back from a horrible fight as a late night vet emergency.  The vet was very annoyed with the phone call, but when we met at his office, he got serious real quick, saw I wasn't exaggerating.  Now my Chilmoles had Tender Loving Care plus antibiotics on his side, I still shudder to think what became of his poor opponent. Not really, I take it back.  Once my Chilmoles came back from a horrible fight as a late night vet emergency.  The vet was very annoyed with the phone call, but when we met at his office, he got serious real quick, saw I wasn’t exaggerating.  Now my Chilmoles had Tender Loving Care plus antibiotics on his side, I still shudder to think what became of his poor opponent.

]]> By: niktemadur http://boingboing.net/2013/02/13/cat-nest-on-forest-floor.html#comment-1655568 niktemadur Thu, 14 Feb 2013 11:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212713#comment-1655568 Oh yeah?  Well <b>my</b> warrior cat can beat up <b>your</b> warrior cat! Born on Yuri Gagarin Day 1999, still going strong. Oh yeah?  Well my warrior cat can beat up your warrior cat!
Born on Yuri Gagarin Day 1999, still going strong.

]]> By: Dlo Burns http://boingboing.net/2013/02/13/cat-nest-on-forest-floor.html#comment-1655451 Dlo Burns Thu, 14 Feb 2013 05:53:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212713#comment-1655451 Well it ain't north Africa either. Well it ain’t north Africa either.

]]> By: Cola Johnson http://boingboing.net/2013/02/13/cat-nest-on-forest-floor.html#comment-1655449 Cola Johnson Thu, 14 Feb 2013 05:32:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212713#comment-1655449 ...in Singapore? Are you sure? I'm pretty sure they've had cats for a very long time. Some very famous breeds came out of that part of the world, and a lot of species of wild small cats still live in East and Southeast Asia.  I mean, by all means, spay and neuter and whatnot, but Singapore isn't Australia.  …in Singapore? Are you sure? I’m pretty sure they’ve had cats for a very long time. Some very famous breeds came out of that part of the world, and a lot of species of wild small cats still live in East and Southeast Asia. 

I mean, by all means, spay and neuter and whatnot, but Singapore isn’t Australia. 

]]> By: Dlo Burns http://boingboing.net/2013/02/13/cat-nest-on-forest-floor.html#comment-1655432 Dlo Burns Thu, 14 Feb 2013 04:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212713#comment-1655432 I neutered my self to help save the world. I neutered my self to help save the world.

]]> By: Dlo Burns http://boingboing.net/2013/02/13/cat-nest-on-forest-floor.html#comment-1655430 Dlo Burns Thu, 14 Feb 2013 04:53:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212713#comment-1655430 eat all the cats eat all the cats

]]> By: Andrea http://boingboing.net/2013/02/13/cat-nest-on-forest-floor.html#comment-1655420 Andrea Thu, 14 Feb 2013 04:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212713#comment-1655420 Tabby seal point? With a typical cat expression. "What're *you* lookin' at?" Tabby seal point? With a typical cat expression. “What’re *you* lookin’ at?”

]]> By: xzzy http://boingboing.net/2013/02/13/cat-nest-on-forest-floor.html#comment-1655396 xzzy Thu, 14 Feb 2013 03:59:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212713#comment-1655396 But you're also at the top of the food chain (at least according to other humans who rank such things), so you get to make the rules. But you’re also at the top of the food chain (at least according to other humans who rank such things), so you get to make the rules.

]]> By: hymenopterid http://boingboing.net/2013/02/13/cat-nest-on-forest-floor.html#comment-1655385 hymenopterid Thu, 14 Feb 2013 03:38:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212713#comment-1655385  I'm an invasive species, so I sympathize.  I’m an invasive species, so I sympathize.

]]> By: Dlo Burns http://boingboing.net/2013/02/13/cat-nest-on-forest-floor.html#comment-1655271 Dlo Burns Thu, 14 Feb 2013 01:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=212713#comment-1655271 Pretty kitty, but they should trap and neuter since they are an invasive species after all. Pretty kitty, but they should trap and neuter since they are an invasive species after all.

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