No one knows exactly when or how the cat first appeared on Earth. Most investigators agree, however, that the cat’s most ancient ancestor probably was a weasellike animal called Miacis, which lived about 40 million or 50 million years ago.
Miacis is believed by many to be the common ancestor of all land-dwelling carnivores, including dogs as well as cats (who would have suspected dogs and cats are cousins?). But apparently the cats existed for millions of years before the first dogs. Perhaps best-known of the prehistoric cats is Smilodon, the saber-toothed cat sometimes called a tiger. Smilodon hunted throughout much of the world but became extinct long ago.
Back to more domestic things, here we are again, at a new edition of our 1001 Cats Blog Carnival. Although they are not yet amongst the famous cats in history, our heroes are certainly aspiring to this status.
Lady Macleod presents the AIM conversation or how I got a cat in Morocco posted at Braveheart-does-the-Maghreb, saying, “how I got a cat in a country that loves cats”.
Robinson Go presents A Comprehensive Blogging Guide posted at Robinson Go dot Com, saying, “a future comprehensive blogging guide that would run for over a year to help aspiring bloggers and above average bloggers and give tips and tricks to optimize their blogging experience.” You may ask yourself what it has to do with cats. Maybe you’ll get some ideas of how to blog better about your cats.
Beno Varghese presents Cats opening doors posted at Beno Varghese dot-com. If you have a cat that can open doors and you are worried that it will scratch your doors and door handles, then checkout the blog to see some steps that you can try to teach them to stop.
The well-known already HowToHoldACat presents Can Anyone Recommend a Good Therapist? posted as usual at How To Hold A Cat Without Losing An Eye. We have already met Friday the cat. Now you’ll have the chance to meet Hemmy, the best snuggler in the house.
Karen Shanley presents The Piano Concerto posted at Karen Shanley. Hurry up! The entrance is free and the artist is really passionate.
Debra presents A KittyBug In Rug posted at MANX MNEWS. Meet Jinx and Gracie in a private dispute on the living room rug.
That is all for this edition of the 1001 Cats Blog Carnival. Many thanks to all our authors and their lovely furry children.
If you want to introduce to us your cats, please submit your blog article to the next edition of 1001 Cats using our carnival submission form. If you don’t have a blog, but you do have great pictures of cats you’d like to share, please send them to contact [at] alltipsandtricks [dot] com, and we shall include them in our next edition of the carnival.
2 Comments
Thanks so much for hosting and showcasing each post. Lots of good reads.
I thank you for submitting your articles. I loved the piano concert, by the way!