Playful, brave, loving, and incorrigible! NATURE ponders those EXTRAORDINARY CATS.
Cats command our attention and our devotion. These fascinating creatures have been perplexing people for thousands of years. Are they wild or tame? Aloof or emotional? Funny or indignant? Angelic or mischievous? Needy or independent? The answer is all of the above. And that’s why we adore them.
In fact, they outnumber dogs as pets 66 million to 55 in the U.S. After all, they’re more independent, and, perhaps even more significantly, cats provide us with a close connection to something wild.
Indeed, no matter how well a cat is fed, stroked, brushed, and otherwise fussed over, they are hunters at heart.
EXTRAORDINARY CATS profiles fascinating felines — from Sooty, a cat who found his way over 100 miles back home, to Scarlett, who risked her life to save her kittens from a burning building.
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Online content for EXTRAORDINARY CATS was originally posted February 1999.
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T|his kitty is sooooooooooo cute! :)
Gentlemen,
Pls. Send me all new photos because i’m interested in following all new cat’s Photos
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I love kitties!!! I have 2 At home!!!!
Send me cat photos!!!!!!!!
I want a true story published so that other people can see what cats are capable of.
This story is of my 2 cats who bravely and deliberately saved me from injury or possible death.
Are you interested in me sending the details?
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jo
cool cat
This kitten is adorable. I makes me think about how many kittens I have had in my life.
There were quite a few.
They were all beloved, except for Rascal. He lived up to his name!
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Janine
this kitten so cuite i would die to have it
cute cue cute cute cute cute
This particular pic doesn’t show the diversity of the animal! :(
I think that the cat can have a little more exitement
awww the kitty is hawt :)
How do siamiese cats breed?
cats are so cuit! and so easey to take care of. they will always love you if you love them back.
i am,i wont say master, a friend of a cat that ive known for 15 years and to this day shes still just as important to me as she was the day i found her
that is such a cute kitty
the cate is kool, and slamin
awwww its so cute!!!XD
awwww [he or she] is so cute [adorable] i luve him !!!!
i have 4 cats
I’ve got 6 cats. I love em now and will always love cats. There is something so ’special’ about them.
i have 3 cats but if wee go 2 years before i have 12 cats
It is with sadness that we announce Reebok – the cat in the picture – passed away a the age of 16 on August 13th 2009. He will be missed terribly. What a great boy and a great life he lead. We emigrated to Canada in 1999 and he loved his home here
well,naama,i have five so haha!! I love cats!! My own is named sawyer and is an orange tabby that is 20 pounds!!
i have one
i love it
siamese cats breed like all other cats
i love my cat hes so darn adorable im breedin him
AWWWWWW!!!! I love cats and I have 3 of them… they are adorable!
how can i get a pershen
I love all 8 of mine beyond belief-peaches, ben, quiera, moshie, rene, miriam, kadema and tikvah miss sifpj very much
The comment about them being hunters at heart is so true. We’ve taught ours to use what basically amounts to a toilet for kitty but he still runs after birds every chance he gets. Can’t change who they are!
Awwwwwwwwwwwwww! Sooooooooooo cute!!!- Pam