News tagged with felines


Big predatory mammals such as felines need between 5 and 7 different types of prey to meet their dietary needs

Big predatory mammals such as felines need between 5 and 7 different types of prey to meet their dietary needs

Biology /

created Jul 11, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Faced with earlier studies stating that the big predators such as tigers, lions, and lynxes fulfil their dietary needs by eating one or two types of prey, scientists from the University of Malaga assure us ...





Search results for felines


Study: Cats don't always land on four feet

Other Sciences / Other

created Nov 22, 2006 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (19) | comments 0

Turkish scientists have destroyed another cherished theory by discovering cats don't always land on all four legs.


sabertoothed cats

Male sabertoothed cats were pussycats compared to macho lions

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Despite their fearsome fangs, male sabertoothed cats may have been less aggressive than many of their feline cousins, says a new study of male-female size differences in extinct big cats.


CDC: Fido and Fluffy behind 86,000 falls a year

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Watch out for Fluffy and Fido! Cats and dogs are a factor in more than 86,000 serious falls each year, according to the first government study of pet-related tumbles.


Cat

House cats know what they want and how to get it from you

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jul 13, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (12) | comments 4

Anyone who has ever had cats knows how difficult it can be to get them to do anything they don't already want to do. But it seems that the house cats themselves have had distinctly less trouble getting humans ...


Philandering female felines forgo fidelity

Biology /

created May 31, 2007 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

[B]Cheetah study reveals many litters have more than one father[/B] While promiscuity in the animal kingdom is generally a male thing, researchers for the Wildlife Conservation Society and the Zoological Society of London (ZS ...


Secondhand smoke is a health threat to pets

Medicine & Health / Other

created Aug 31, 2007 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 0

It has been in the news for years about how secondhand smoke is a health threat to nonsmokers. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention indicates that secondhand smoke is attributed with killing thousands of adult nonsmokers ...



List of search results for felines