Browsing posts tagged: behavior
The Owl and the Pussycat

When animals grow up together, they often don’t know they’re not supposed to be friends, much like Israeli children growing up with Palestinian children. In this case, Andre Costa, a Brazilian biologist, got Cleo the owl and Forbi the cat when they were both young and let them hang out together. As they grew older, they remained […]

Sleeping Cat Quacks Like a Duck

To further prove that people will never understand the mind of a cat, a man claims that every time he coughs or sneezes, his sleeping cat quacks like a duck. Why the cat would do this remains a mystery, but like so many other actions done by a cat, everything seems like a mystery. Perhaps […]

Robo-Cheetah

Everyone knows that cats are fast and agile so it’s no surprise that MIT’s robotic researchers modeled their latest robotic invention after a cheetah. Initial models of robo-cheetah could only walk on a treadmill while tethered to keep it from falling. The latest version of robo-cheetah can run freely up to 10 mph and even […]