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Electric Hobo posted:They're Maine Coons, so they're big and impossible to handle if they don't want their picture taken. Big, but absolute cuddlebugs. Maine Coons have consistently been the friendliest, cuddliest cats I've ever met.
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SynthOrange posted:Yeah, their comfort, our entertainment. It's also helpful for cats whose coats tend to get very matted and tangled beyond the power of combs and brushes to deal with.
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Since we're posting cats, here's my last one - he died last year and we haven't gotten another. Lun Tha to my mom who named him, Looney to everyone else. He was kind of odd in that he was not, repeat not a lap cat and not very affectionate. But he loved to be near you, preferably stretched across the back of an occupied chair or couch. He just wouldn't stay in a lap or anything for more than a minute or two.
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SynthOrange posted:Aw thats a little blind dog isnt it? Yup, looks like something wrong with its eyes when it faces the camera. I've seen setups like that for blind dogs before, seems to work pretty well.
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Maggie Fletcher posted:Get a greyhound. They're basically housecats. PI seems to agree.       
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Jun 14, 2016 22:06
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The dance of the domestic marshmallow.
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Jun 29, 2016 18:04
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nerdz posted:how is this cat possible Picking a fight with a bee is my guess. Edit: It came from PI.
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Jul 20, 2016 00:49
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Not so long ago, as these things go, that was a wolf.
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Jul 21, 2016 00:51
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Crossposting from PI.Pedestrian Xing posted:Help I have somehow taken in strays! Pedestrian Xing posted:
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More from PI. Not mine.
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neonnoodle posted:Is that a peacock?! Why not? They're feral pests here in Florida.
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Kwyndig posted:To be fair, considering what we did with cats (nature's most adorable killing machines) we probably shouldn't actually make more animals into pets. There have been studies noting that cats honestly aren't domesticated compared to most animals we consider that way - your typical house cat is much closer to an Africa wildcat than a dog is to a wolf or a cow to an auroch. Those animals, we specifically bred to be docile, obedient, and generally less dangerous. Cats just showed up when humans started farming because fields and granaries attracted lots of pests which the cats saw as easy meals of their own with ready access to shelter, and cats haven't changed much since. Cats go feral and turn into murderous little predators easily and only a few breeds like persians and ragdolls can be considered truly domesticated.
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Kwyndig posted:I was more referring to the fact everywhere we go cats follow and kind of destroy everything, for fun. Their capacity for destruction and wanton slaughter is why early human civilization welcomed cats.  That they're adorable was merely a bonus.
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grumplestiltzkin posted:
Sounds like a typical maine coon both in size and behavior. You may want to look into another when she does pass.
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PI found this.
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Sep 8, 2016 03:27
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BattleMaster posted:I thought it was a salad from the thumbnail. It's a salad that screams and bites you.
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Another PI crosspost.subpar anachronism posted:all aboard the tater train
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blunt for century posted:From USPol: What's even more adorable is the story behind it. The little kid was in disbelief that the President of the United States was like him - that he was black. Obama bent down so the kid could feel his hair and feel for himself that Obama's hair was just like the kid's own.
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Humbug Scoolbus posted:Why is that cat not getting snuggled 24/7? I don't understand That is the stare of a cat locked onto a cat treat being held outside the camera's view.
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Rabbit Hill posted:No picture (yet--it's still on my camera), but I'm on vacation in Russia and have been in St. Petersburg for the past few days, and yesterday I was in Peter and Paul Cathedral, where all the tsars are buried, this beautiful and incredibly solemn and significant place, and I glanced over at a bench along the wall, and there was a big fat calico cat sleeping on its face on the bench. Like look at dis fukkin cat, thinking she's in her living room, napping next to Tsar Alexander II like it ain't no thing. Orthodox churchmen love their animals, and cathedral cats are very much a thing.
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Sep 30, 2016 20:38
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MikeJF posted:It's amazing how not only does it clearly know the appropriate levels of rough to be with the babies, the mother clearly knows in advance that it knows too. Barn cat with her kittens and a farm dog I'm guessing.
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Crossposting from PI, a goon has a new puppy.
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Crossposting from PI, a goon's new cat and kitten (kitten came with its mom). 
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Kwyndig posted:If they're keeping both cats good luck telling them apart once that kitten grows up I don't think it would be that hard, kitten looks like he has much darker points than mom.
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fizzymercy posted:Haha, I love that name for gulab jamun. It's so adorably perfect. My very amazing Bangladeshi nanny used to make them with saffron and cardamom scented chashni. I'd pay a million dollars to taste that again. Thanks for the nostalgia bomb, dude. That is a ridiculously obese dog. 
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Polaron posted:Who are all of these people putting Santa outfits on crocodiles? Florida Men. I drive past a billboard advertising a gator farm every day on my way to and from work.
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Kwyndig posted:Cats 'run' at a warmer temp than humans, their low range is above human average and it's not uncommon for them to be above 100F for an internal temperature. This is also why they're always snuggling in piles or basking in sun beams, what you consider comfortable they think is kind of cold. Not counting super long hair breeds, of course, they're more comfortable in the cold. This also tends to make cats overheat, so if it's warm and you find your cat curled up in the sink, bathtub, or on a tile floor, they're cooling off.
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Someone's been feeding that chickadee. Adorable little bastards are completely fearless if there's food involved.
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Neddy Seagoon posted:"Where did I go just now?" Persian cats always seem to have that look.
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Sociopastry posted:I'm really fuckin' sad. Please post the goofiest, derpiest animals you can find. My doofus.
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Neddy Seagoon posted:She's probably just coping poorly with suddenly being in a new environment. Give her some space and time to settle in. Also go to the Butterscotch thread in Heavy Petting, Chili and a few other posters who foster animals can give you lots of good advice. Agreed on both counts. Some cats adjust quickly to new environments and leaving behind everything and everyone they knew, some take a while. Give her time and don't go looking for or poking at her.
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Beachcomber posted:No one has told this dog that catnip doesn't work on him. That's dog "I wanna play! Play with me!" body language. Cat is just confused.
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Synthbuttrange posted:https://i.imgur.com/PREqvrW.mp4 Even gorillas know that canada geese are loving assholes.
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A Fancy 400 lbs posted:It was pretty big, definitely couldn't have been too young. It was also was really calm and not bothered at all by me walking up to the window. There's a house down the road from me that runs an animal sanctuary for injured animals from their yard, I'm thinking it might have gotten used to humans there. Some birds are just fascinated by windows. Cardinals, wrens, and titmice regularly land on my windowsill and knock on the glass a bit before flying off.
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Kwyndig posted:Depends on the cat, and honestly that's just domestic house cats because they are descended from desert dwelling cats. Cats from other regions (tigers, cougar, fishing cat, etc) don't have any particular issues with water and some (like tigers) even enjoy swimming. Can confirm, one of the cats I had growing up loved water and loved to jump in with anyone taking a bath.
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Stupid_Sexy_Flander posted:My friend's mom bought his cat a heated throw for Christmas a few years back. When winter hits, he does not leave that thing. For where we live, it's barely really "cold" that often, but you turn the heat on and he's basically a puddle in the middle of it. Cats have higher internal body temperatures than humans. They're descended from a species of desert wildcat from North Africa.
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From the funny pictures thread.
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Jagged Jim posted:I'm the cat in the middle who just wants to get some sleep with all these noisy neighbors. Kittens have two settings: rear end in a top hat and Off.
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Neddy Seagoon posted:Well it's an Australian spider than can camouflage itself insanely well on tree branches, so the correct response is in fact to burn the entire forest down. Which birds in Australia have learned to do. You see, some birds in Australia learned that when there's a forest fire, delicious critters run headlong out of the forest to escape the fire. And so to create more such buffet lines, some birds learned to grab sticks that are on fire at one end and drop them in areas that aren't currently on fire to drive out the prey.
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