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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? ...

Web Sites CATS! WILD TO MILD http://www.lam.mus.ca.us/cats/ A comprehensive exhibit from the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. The Shambala Preserve http://www.shambala.org/ The refuge for big cats, founded and run by actress Tippi Hedren, that was featured on NATURE. Links to Cat Sites www.fanciers.com/links.html ...

Birds do it, bees do it -- and so do salmon, rats, and cats. "It" is homing: finding your way back home even after traveling long distances over unfamiliar territory. Indeed, cat lore includes a legion of cats who have found that they can indeed ...

Whether you like your cats striped or spotted, sleek or fuzzy, there is a breed for you. Indeed, cat breeding has become a multi-billion dollar business around the world, with breeders constantly competing to create exotic new varieties that might win the blue ribbon at ...

Blue Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) Type: Mammal Family: Bovinae Habitat: Savanna Location: South and east Africa Diet: Grasses Average lifespan in the wild: Up to 20 years Size: Body and head 5.6-8 ft (1.70-2.40 m); shoulder height 3.8-4.8 ft (1.15-1.45 m) Weight: 260-594 lbs (118-270 kg) ...

Bat-Eared Fox (Otocyon megalotis) Type: Mammal Family: Canidae Habitat: Short-grass plains and areas where termites and beetles are found Location: Two distinct populations in southwest and northeast Africa Diet: Insectivore Average lifespan in the wild: 6 years Size: Head and body 18.1-26 in (46-66 cm); ...

Queen Naked Mole-Rat (Heterocephalus glaber) Type: Mammal Family: Bathyergidae Habitat: Underground in arid savannah and grasslands near the equator. Location: Parts of Kenya, Ethiopia, and Somalia. Diet: Herbivore Average lifespan in the wild: 10 years Size: Naked mole-rats range from 3-13 inches (8-33 cm); queen ...

Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes) Type: Mammal Family: Canidae Habitat: Highly variable. Edge forests, deserts, tundra, cities, and suburban areas Location: Most of the Northern Hemisphere and Australia Diet: Rodents, birds, insects, carrion and fruit Average lifespan in the wild: 3 years in the wild; 10-12 ...