one of my favourite ever lion studies was looking at masculinized females in botswana, and one of the study lionesses was called SaF05
SaF05 had a mostly complete light mane, mated with both males and females, roared and scent-marked in a fashion associated with males, however acted socially as a female when it came to hunting and patrolling
revolutionary
Did they name the lion Sapho on purpose?
god the way people talk to their pets
like i’m calling myself out here but i just uttered the words “you did the stretch and now the rare and powerful double pets” (two hands at once!!) to my cat without a trace of irony
like i do not believe my cat understands a word of what i am saying but he absolutely knows my voice and i think also my tone? but also all day i’m just randomly looking over at him like “good boy!” or “are you fluffy?” or singing little songs about his current fluff levels. to an animal. a wonderful animal but a creature who absolutely does not speak english and probably only vaguely is like “this creature is communicating with me” when the strange noises come from the person’s mouth
like i just think about this sometimes
i never wanted to baby talk this cat, i dislike the whole “i am a cat mom and this is my baby” thing, he is a cat, i am a person, and yet i just spend all day talking at him. while typing this he rolled over to show off his tummy and i had to restrain myself from saying “you got a tummy?” aloud. and then i did it anyway
(he is indeed in possession of a tummy)
Good and pure
Work with cats for a living, can confirm
ORANGE CATS IN FILM Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961): Cat Harry and Tonto (1974): Tonto Alien (1979): Jonesy Men in Black (1997): Orion Shrek 2 (2004): Puss in Boots Garfield (2004): Garfield Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004): Crookshanks Inside Llewyn Davis (2013): Ulysses Gone Girl (2014): Bleecker Captain Marvel (2019): Goose
cats are so beautiful and loving…. when they paw at you and ask u to pet them.. when they purr and close their eyes in content… a warm loaf … when they knead on you… thinking YOU are the bread… stupid… they are the bread… i love cats… so much….
I love how when you pick up a cat they can veto that decision simply by altering their gravitational field
I personally enjoy when you pick up a cat and they immediately transform into an eel
The Kingdom of Dreams and Madness 夢と狂気の王国 dir. Mami Sunada
