The Origin of The Feline (cont.)

Gonzo · 17th June 2017, 09:20 PM

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Originally Posted by spruce

Cats are a joke.

What again is their country of origin?

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Originally Posted by gib

they're from Syria but then scientists also tell you that the ones with long hair are from Persia and it's actually hot there so i don't have much faith

But hair, like clothing, can actually keep you cool by shielding the body from solar rays.

Gonzo · 17th June 2017, 09:23 PM

Pseudaelurus, the first cat.

Zeluvia · 17th June 2017, 09:25 PM

Siamese coloring is actually caused by temperature differentiation.

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The color variation of the Siamese is a form of albinism.

It’s the result of a mutation in the TYR gene which produces an enzyme called tyrosinase. This enzyme is directly involved in the production of melanin and it's heat sensitive in its mutated form. While this enzyme does not react to normal body temperatures, it does develop darker in colder temperatures.

The coloring can almost be viewed as a heat map of the cat's body.

spruce · 17th June 2017, 10:32 PM

I thought cats were creatures of the night, like witches, vampires, stock boys, and bakers?

Gonzo · 18th June 2017, 12:38 AM

It's only 7:38PM & look at this very scientific evidence of an awake cat

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gib · 18th June 2017, 12:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Gonzo

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Originally Posted by spruce

Cats are a joke.

What again is their country of origin?

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Originally Posted by gib

they're from Syria but then scientists also tell you that the ones with long hair are from Persia and it's actually hot there so i don't have much faith

But hair, like clothing, can actually keep you cool by shielding the body from solar rays.

Mate, really?

gib · 18th June 2017, 12:49 AM

yesterday the 5.5 year old actually and literally tried to push the cat* out of the upstairs window, confident it would land ok

*identical looking to gonzo's but with short hair

spruce · 18th June 2017, 01:14 AM

They can't fly in daylight hours. I'm pretty sure.

Jerome · 18th June 2017, 01:22 AM

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Originally Posted by gib

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Originally Posted by Gonzo

But hair, like clothing, can actually keep you cool by shielding the body from solar rays.

Mate, really?

Almost, some coats can trap air near the body which keeps them cool, likewise, it can keep them warm, as in the polar bear.

Jerome · 18th June 2017, 01:24 AM

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Originally Posted by gib

yesterday the 5.5 year old actually and literally tried to push the cat* out of the upstairs window, confident it would land ok

9 lives, cats always land on their feet .. I can see how a 5 year old came to that conclusion.

borealis · 18th June 2017, 01:30 AM

Unfortunately they often break their jaws when they hit the ground from two stories - not enough time to orient their bodies for optimal floatiness or something.

Gonzo · 18th June 2017, 01:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gonzo

It's only 7:38PM & look at this very scientific evidence of an awake cat

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Gonzo · 18th June 2017, 01:36 AM

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Originally Posted by gib

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gonzo

Quote:

Originally Posted by spruce

Cats are a joke.

What again is their country of origin?

Quote:

Originally Posted by gib

they're from Syria but then scientists also tell you that the ones with long hair are from Persia and it's actually hot there so i don't have much faith

But hair, like clothing, can actually keep you cool by shielding the body from solar rays.

Mate, really?

Is this not true. I always believed this and then this taxi driver from the Middle East reaffirmed this by telling me that people tell him that all the time and how crazy it is. :v

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borealis · 18th June 2017, 01:48 AM

Insulating is the thing, not shielding, I think.

Okay I looked:

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A Cat's Fur is its Air Conditioning System.
It is the layer of air next to a cat's body that helps keep it warm in winter and cool in summer. Preventing body-warmed air from escaping through the fur keeps a cat warm, and allowing fresh air to ventilate through the fur keeps a cat cool.

http://www.petstreetmall.com/article...-cats-fur.aspx

spruce · 18th June 2017, 01:54 AM

wolves don't sweat.

MSG · 18th June 2017, 02:05 AM

true - they pant. e.g. when camping in the Appalachians

Gonzo · 18th June 2017, 02:07 AM

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Originally Posted by borealis

Insulating is the thing, not shielding, I think.

Okay I looked:

Quote:

A Cat's Fur is its Air Conditioning System.
It is the layer of air next to a cat's body that helps keep it warm in winter and cool in summer. Preventing body-warmed air from escaping through the fur keeps a cat warm, and allowing fresh air to ventilate through the fur keeps a cat cool.

http://www.petstreetmall.com/article...-cats-fur.aspx

I am verifiably the smrt one

borealis · 18th June 2017, 02:13 AM

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Originally Posted by spruce

wolves don't sweat.

Woofs drool, cats rule.

Gonzo · 18th June 2017, 05:04 AM

yeah but birds, unlike felines and canines, do not lick their own buttholes.

Gonzo · 18th June 2017, 05:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gonzo

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gonzo

It's only 7:38PM & look at this very scientific evidence of an awake cat

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MSG · 18th June 2017, 05:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Gonzo

yeah but birds, unlike felines and canines, do not lick their own buttholes.

not their own, but

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Males try to ensure their paternity by pecking at the cloaca of the female to stimulate ejection of rival males' sperm.

Zeluvia · 18th June 2017, 06:03 AM

guys, do you even?

Animals grow undercoats in winter. Smaller shorter hairs under their summer coat. They also grow longer thicker outer coats. Then in spring, they do something called SHEDDING, and the extra hair falls out. The Length of the Hairs has nothing to do with the density of the coat...

Animals in Texas, particularly dairy cows, can have problems because sometimes they don't shed their winter coat fast enough to catch up to the heat.

Cats are crepuscular. I asked Homer. He is most active before dawn and after sunset, like any smart Texan. He naps in the middle of the night for a few hours and takes his main sleep during the day. Just like me !!

Carlsson · 18th June 2017, 06:25 AM

did i just watch a bird getting a rimjob

MSG · 18th June 2017, 06:38 AM

There's a lengthy sequence of those birds in David Attenborough's Life Of Birds. The female nicks into the hedge for a sneaky with an alternative male suitor. Her main squeeze gets cranky and pecks at her cloaca until she expels the blob of sperm from the sneaky. Then he takes his turn...

Gonzo · 18th June 2017, 07:21 AM

So we all learned of MSG's kink today.

17th June 2017, 09:23 PM	#403371 / #2
Gonzo ...kupo? Read my posts with the following stupid accent: Savage American English	Pseudaelurus, the first cat. __________________ Safety. Obscurity. Just another freak, in the freak kingdom... “The Edge... there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over.” textpress/CFb

17th June 2017, 10:32 PM	#403376 / #4
spruce redolent needling balm Read my posts with the following stupid accent: Appalachia, CSA	I thought cats were creatures of the night, like witches, vampires, stock boys, and bakers? __________________ "immigrants should be required to spaak Australian... or Mooneese, equally" *** ^ * ^ * ^ * ^ * ^ *** I smell the STANK OF DEF!

18th June 2017, 12:38 AM	#403397 / #5
Gonzo ...kupo? Read my posts with the following stupid accent: Savage American English	It's only 7:38PM & look at this very scientific evidence of an awake cat Sent from my Z798BL using Tapatalk __________________ Safety. Obscurity. Just another freak, in the freak kingdom... “The Edge... there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over.” textpress/CFb

18th June 2017, 12:49 AM	#403399 / #7
gib mild mannered janitor Read my posts with the following stupid accent: the thin one out of Laurel & Hardy	yesterday the 5.5 year old actually and literally tried to push the cat* out of the upstairs window, confident it would land ok *identical looking to gonzo's but with short hair __________________ communicating my inner something since 2017

18th June 2017, 01:14 AM	#403404 / #8
spruce redolent needling balm Read my posts with the following stupid accent: Appalachia, CSA	They can't fly in daylight hours. I'm pretty sure. __________________ "immigrants should be required to spaak Australian... or Mooneese, equally" *** ^ * ^ * ^ * ^ * ^ *** I smell the STANK OF DEF!

18th June 2017, 01:30 AM	#403411 / #11
borealis poikilothermic Read my posts with the following stupid accent: Canada	Unfortunately they often break their jaws when they hit the ground from two stories - not enough time to orient their bodies for optimal floatiness or something. __________________

18th June 2017, 01:54 AM	#403415 / #15
spruce redolent needling balm Read my posts with the following stupid accent: Appalachia, CSA	wolves don't sweat. __________________ "immigrants should be required to spaak Australian... or Mooneese, equally" *** ^ * ^ * ^ * ^ * ^ *** I smell the STANK OF DEF!

18th June 2017, 02:05 AM	#403418 / #16
MSG Ol' Zipperlaig Read my posts with the following stupid accent: Nøyfb	true - they pant. e.g. when camping in the Appalachians __________________ spruce: apart from the weird tuft of white hair she's still a beautiful person

18th June 2017, 05:04 AM	#403459 / #19
Gonzo ...kupo? Read my posts with the following stupid accent: Savage American English	yeah but birds, unlike felines and canines, do not lick their own buttholes. __________________ Safety. Obscurity. Just another freak, in the freak kingdom... “The Edge... there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over.” textpress/CFb

18th June 2017, 06:03 AM	#403465 / #22
Zeluvia Send Cash or Drugs Read my posts with the following stupid accent: Evil Duckess	guys, do you even? Animals grow undercoats in winter. Smaller shorter hairs under their summer coat. They also grow longer thicker outer coats. Then in spring, they do something called SHEDDING, and the extra hair falls out. The Length of the Hairs has nothing to do with the density of the coat... Animals in Texas, particularly dairy cows, can have problems because sometimes they don't shed their winter coat fast enough to catch up to the heat. Cats are crepuscular. I asked Homer. He is most active before dawn and after sunset, like any smart Texan. He naps in the middle of the night for a few hours and takes his main sleep during the day. Just like me !! __________________

18th June 2017, 06:25 AM	#403466 / #23
Carlsson kitchen sink garbage disposal Read my posts with the following stupid accent: Sweden	did i just watch a bird getting a rimjob

18th June 2017, 06:38 AM	#403467 / #24
MSG Ol' Zipperlaig Read my posts with the following stupid accent: Nøyfb	There's a lengthy sequence of those birds in David Attenborough's Life Of Birds. The female nicks into the hedge for a sneaky with an alternative male suitor. Her main squeeze gets cranky and pecks at her cloaca until she expels the blob of sperm from the sneaky. Then he takes his turn... __________________ spruce: apart from the weird tuft of white hair she's still a beautiful person

18th June 2017, 07:21 AM	#403468 / #25
Gonzo ...kupo? Read my posts with the following stupid accent: Savage American English	So we all learned of MSG's kink today. __________________ Safety. Obscurity. Just another freak, in the freak kingdom... “The Edge... there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over.” textpress/CFb

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