Cats and their personal stereos
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Is tiny Heed the world's smallest cat?
14:40pm 9th August 2006
Could this be the world's smallest cat? The Guinness Book of Records is waiting until this little Munchkin kitten is fully grown to decide if he is a record breaker.
But Heed is well on track. At 14 weeks old he is just 3 1/4 inches tall, and weighs just over 2lbs.
Current record holder, Mr Peebles from Illinois, stands at 6.1 inches tall, and weighs 3.1 lbs. At eight weeks old, Heed could hide behind a tin can and he is still shorter than a roll of toilet paper.
His owner, Tiffani Kjeldergaard, 40, of Potrero, San Diego, explained: "Munchkins are a breed that have the same mutant gene as little people. But they usually weigh 3-5 lbs and stand at around 6 inches.
"Heed was one of a litter of seven and was the only one with this gene. His mother is a Munchkin and his father is a normal sized cat.
"We called him Heed because he was born with a big head and a tiny body and it reminded us of a line in a Mike Myers film called So I Married an Axe Murderer where he shouts in a Scottish accent, 'Look at the size of his heed!'"
Tiffani and her husband Stefan, a computer programmer, planned to have the whole litter adopted, but delayed the rehoming when the kittens all had a tummy bug.
"Then I noticed that Heed was not growing" said Tiffani. "When the others recovered we decided to hold onto him, in case he was still sick. We thought we might lose him." But Heed was soon in good health.
"He eats all day long," Tiffani said. "He even has a pot belly." Tiffani, who breeds cats, birds and horses, and also has a pet llama, contacted the Guinness Book of Records.
"They have sent me the documentation, so fingers crossed.
"Heed is a great little cat. He loves to rub noses with me when he's nervous, but I take him out everywhere with me and he loves it. He'll definitely be staying with us. This guy is kind of cool."
14:40pm 9th August 2006
Could this be the world's smallest cat? The Guinness Book of Records is waiting until this little Munchkin kitten is fully grown to decide if he is a record breaker.
But Heed is well on track. At 14 weeks old he is just 3 1/4 inches tall, and weighs just over 2lbs.
Current record holder, Mr Peebles from Illinois, stands at 6.1 inches tall, and weighs 3.1 lbs. At eight weeks old, Heed could hide behind a tin can and he is still shorter than a roll of toilet paper.
His owner, Tiffani Kjeldergaard, 40, of Potrero, San Diego, explained: "Munchkins are a breed that have the same mutant gene as little people. But they usually weigh 3-5 lbs and stand at around 6 inches.
"Heed was one of a litter of seven and was the only one with this gene. His mother is a Munchkin and his father is a normal sized cat.
"We called him Heed because he was born with a big head and a tiny body and it reminded us of a line in a Mike Myers film called So I Married an Axe Murderer where he shouts in a Scottish accent, 'Look at the size of his heed!'"
Tiffani and her husband Stefan, a computer programmer, planned to have the whole litter adopted, but delayed the rehoming when the kittens all had a tummy bug.
"Then I noticed that Heed was not growing" said Tiffani. "When the others recovered we decided to hold onto him, in case he was still sick. We thought we might lose him." But Heed was soon in good health.
"He eats all day long," Tiffani said. "He even has a pot belly." Tiffani, who breeds cats, birds and horses, and also has a pet llama, contacted the Guinness Book of Records.
"They have sent me the documentation, so fingers crossed.
"Heed is a great little cat. He loves to rub noses with me when he's nervous, but I take him out everywhere with me and he loves it. He'll definitely be staying with us. This guy is kind of cool."
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Chromatose said:
Absolutely. Cats murder over 2 billion birds worldwide each year, and on average torture them for 20 minutes before finally finishing them off.
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"sadistic" is a willful behaviour. cats are instinctive. they don't wake up today and think, "hmmmm....think I'll do a bowl of catnip and then find a rodent to torment."
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LOL
creepy guys, I was reading this thread just now, and my coworker comes up to me and says "hey check out this email I just sent you" so I closed the internet window that had this thread up in it, go read the email, and it's THE SAME MUSIC CAT PICTURES hlksadjfkjashdljf
creepy guys, I was reading this thread just now, and my coworker comes up to me and says "hey check out this email I just sent you" so I closed the internet window that had this thread up in it, go read the email, and it's THE SAME MUSIC CAT PICTURES hlksadjfkjashdljf
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lizard said:
but it's an intrinsic sadism then. Why do they pull the legs off of bugs and leave them to die? why do they play with a squirrel until it's tail pops off and then move on? Doing it for food is one thing, but it's not, it's just something they get pleasure out of doing.
Which makes me wonder... at what stage of their evolution was this trait implanted? Are there other animals that act this same way?
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I read something once that said cats have a built in sort of hunting adrenaline - and that if they catch their prey before they burn it all up, that's when you see the "sadistic" behavior - batting it around, etc. I'd be willing to bet a cat on the edge of starvation isn't going to waste time "playing", he's gonna start eating.
it is however in a cat's behavior to stalk, to patrol the perimeter of their territory (even inside a house), and to investigate small areas which could conceal succulent rodents. sometimes my cats will even stalk me for fun, so in that respect they're just like mysterious club-dwelling humans after Dead Lioness.
it is however in a cat's behavior to stalk, to patrol the perimeter of their territory (even inside a house), and to investigate small areas which could conceal succulent rodents. sometimes my cats will even stalk me for fun, so in that respect they're just like mysterious club-dwelling humans after Dead Lioness.
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lizard said:
How much money you got?
That's the point. Domesticated cats aren't starving, but they sure make it a point to kill whatever they can, whenever they can. Instincts my ass. Having the dubious distinction of being the most murderous animal known to man makes them just plain evil.
I spend a lot of time in the woods/mountains (especially during hunting season), and I've always wanted to stumble across a mountain lion. Their hides make awesome looking rugs. I'd probably eat him too....just so I can crap him out (like he'd do to me).
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Also I suppose I see it in 'domestic' cats, as in the ones living around houses, and indoors, as the ones performing these acts. As you said a hungry cat wouldn't waste time with such things, but also any wild cat not having a predetermined food source (i.e. human 'caretakers' and feeding times) they can't dilly dally with such matters, and in the end their "playfulness" would actually lead to an end result of wearing the animal down and feasting on him.
...Of course with cats who get fed, they have no need for wild food, but still have it in their innate nature to get it out. Having the built up hunting adrenaline makes sense, so they have to work it out somehow, it's a biological survival instinct.
sa·dism ( P ) Pronunciation Key (sdzm, sdz-)
n.
2. The deriving of pleasure, or the tendency to derive pleasure, from cruelty.
but, are they deriving pleasure at all? hmm
and to them, is it cruel? hmmmm
I believe, pleasure, yes, in a basic sense of reactionary motives being a good/bad switch.
But then that brings in the problem of not having the higher level reasoning involved to interpret "cruelty".
...Of course with cats who get fed, they have no need for wild food, but still have it in their innate nature to get it out. Having the built up hunting adrenaline makes sense, so they have to work it out somehow, it's a biological survival instinct.
sa·dism ( P ) Pronunciation Key (sdzm, sdz-)
n.
2. The deriving of pleasure, or the tendency to derive pleasure, from cruelty.
but, are they deriving pleasure at all? hmm
and to them, is it cruel? hmmmm
I believe, pleasure, yes, in a basic sense of reactionary motives being a good/bad switch.
But then that brings in the problem of not having the higher level reasoning involved to interpret "cruelty".
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hahahahahaha thats what i was thinking man! ah good movie0neEyedWilly said:I was thinking more like Pizza the Hut from Space Balls.
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