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Cat trees are essential to having happy, healthy felines. They provide them with space to explore, sleep, play and scratch. All of these activities release energy and decrease anxiety.
A cat tree (also referred to as a cat house, cat condo, kitty condo, or cat tower) is an artificial structure for a cat to play, exercise, relax and sleep on. [1] [2] Cat trees vary in height and complexity, with most cats preferring features offering height [1] over comfort, particularly if tall enough to allow a clear survey of their territory.
Cheshire cat. He grins like a Cheshire cat; said of any one who shows his teeth and gums in laughing. The phrase appears again in print in John Wolcot's pseudonymous Peter Pindar's Pair of Lyric Epistles (1792): "Lo, like a Cheshire cat our court will grin." The phrase also appears in print in William Makepeace Thackeray's novel The Newcomes ...
The name 'caracal' was proposed by Georges Buffon in 1761 who referred to its Turkish name 'Karrah-kulak' or 'Kara-coulac', meaning 'black ear'. [3] The 'lynx' of the Greeks and Romans was most probably the caracal, and the name 'lynx' is sometimes still applied to it, but the present-day lynx proper is a separate genus. [4]
Amber tabby and white adult female in snow. The Norwegian Forest Cat is adapted to survive Norway's cold weather. [2] [3] Its ancestors may include cold-adapted black and white British Shorthair cats brought to Norway from Great Britain some time after 1000 AD by the Vikings, and longhaired cats brought to Norway by Crusaders around the 14th century.
A higher place may serve as a concealed site from which to hunt; domestic cats strike prey by pouncing from a perch such as a tree branch. Another possible explanation is that height gives the cat a better observation point, allowing it to survey its territory. A cat falling from heights of up to 3 m (9.8 ft) can right itself and land on its paws.
Cat species vary greatly in body and skull sizes, and weights: The largest cat species is the tiger (Panthera tigris), with a head-to-body length of up to 390 cm (150 in), a weight range of at least 65 to 325 kg (143 to 717 lb), and a skull length ranging from 316 to 413 mm (12.4 to 16.3 in).
Typha latifolia is a perennial, herbaceous flowering wetland plant in the family Typhaceae.It is known commonly as bulrush [4] [5] (sometimes as common bulrush, [6] to distinguish from other species of Typha); in North America, it is often referred to as broadleaf cattail, or simply as cat-tail or cattail reed. [7]