ANIMALS
Homeless Cat Brings Her New Kittens, One at a Time, to the Doorstep of Her Beloved Human
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One morning, Robin Williams and her partner were not surprised to hear high-pitched meows coming from their porch. Baby Cat, a friendly stray cat from the neighborhood, would frequently visit them and use her meows to announce her presence.
“Baby Cat has been coming to our house for the past year now and has always been very loud,” Williams told The Dodo. “She would come to the door, and she would meow very loud to get our attention.”
However, this time, there was something distinct and unusual about the cat’s cries.
Image source: Robin Williams
The couple was accustomed to hearing meowing sounds around their house. Besides the stray cats that would frequently visit them for care and nourishment, Williams and her partner also had a cat of their own. However, as soon as they encountered Baby Cat for the first time, they immediately sensed her uniqueness.
“She trusted us from the first day we met her,” Williams said. “Baby Cat was always with this older gray cat. The older cat was too scared to come and get food from the porch, but Baby Cat would walk right up to the door and get food from us.”
From that day forward, Baby Cat began making regular visits to Williams’ home. It didn’t take long for the couple’s connection with the stray cat to transform from being strangers to becoming the best of friends.
Image source: Robin Williams
“She was always willing to get close to us, and as time went on, she got more and more trusting,” Williams said. “She went from coming over for food to letting us give her pets, and then she started coming inside the house to eat food. Then, it got to the point where she would spend a lot of time in our basement, sometimes overnight.”
After a few months of their regular interactions, Williams observed a change in Baby Cat’s appearance. Despite her typically small and slender frame, she was starting to grow. The couple soon realized that the cat was pregnant, and they held onto the hope that she would feel comfortable enough to give birth to her kittens near their home.
“We even thought that, because she spent so much time at our house, she would end up having the kittens in our basement,” Williams said.
Image source: Robin Williams
However, as Baby Cat continued her routine of visiting their doorstep every morning, she would always leave again in the evening. That was until one day when Baby Cat arrived at Williams’ house for breakfast and stayed longer than usual. As Williams prepared her food, she couldn’t shake the feeling that something had changed about the cat.
“Her meows were different that morning — they were deeper and went on for longer than her normal meow,” Williams said. “We just figured that she was just really hungry, but then we went up to the window.”
Williams and her partner noticed through the window that Baby Cat appeared unexpectedly thin once more. They quickly turned to retrieve her food, but when they opened the door just a few seconds later, Baby Cat had vanished.
“Then, when we put the food down, we saw her coming onto the porch with a kitten in her mouth,” Williams said. “Once she dropped off the first baby, she ran off of the porch and ran to the house two houses down, which is an abandoned house.”
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@thisisrobinw This happened almost 4 weeks ago but, the stray cat that we feed who we call “baby cat” brought her babies to us. They are not living in the basement. #catsoftiktok #cats #straycatsoftiktok #straycat #kittensoftiktok #kittens ♬ original sound – Robbie Williams
Williams’ partner tracked Baby Cat to the deserted house, hoping to find all her kittens, while Williams carefully arranged a warm and comfortable bed for the first baby. With great tenderness, Baby Cat brought her kittens, one by one, to Williams.
“We found four,” Williams said. “We named them Eeny, Meeny, Miny, and Moe based on the order that we met them.”
After ensuring the safety of all her babies, Baby Cat confidently entered Williams’ house and immediately began nurturing and taking care of her kittens.
“Baby Cat immediately started to feed them and clean them,” Williams said. “She is a great mother.”
Williams set up a cozy shelter for Baby Cat and her precious family in her basement, providing them with a private and safe space. In a matter of weeks, the once-stray cat transformed into a nurturing and experienced mother, showering her kittens with love and care.
“She is still very vocal, so there are many times when we just hear her talking to the kittens and the kittens talking back to her,” Williams said. “Especially vocal when the kittens are doing something that she doesn’t approve of, like trying to climb out of the box or jumping on one another.”
As the kittens grew, their unique personalities began to shine brighter with each passing day.
“The kittens are great,” Williams said. “We have one that is shy and timid, one that has the heaviest little stomach and is the first to try to climb out of their enclosure, and the other two are a mixture of timid and rambunctious.”
@thisisrobinw This happened almost 4 weeks ago but, the stray cat that we feed who we call “baby cat” brought her babies to us. They are not living in the basement. #catsoftiktok #cats #straycatsoftiktok #straycat #kittensoftiktok #kittens ♬ original sound – Robbie Williams
The kittens are now a few months old, and soon they will be ready to find their forever homes. Williams had hoped to keep Baby Cat, but sadly, her current cat and the stray do not get along. Therefore, she is actively searching for the ideal family to adopt Baby Cat once her kittens have found their new families.
Until then, Williams and her partner will keep giving the little, furry family all the love and care they need. They never expected that welcoming a vocal stray into their lives would mean raising a litter of adorable kittens, but they wouldn’t change it for anything.
ANIMALS
Amazing Video of Unseen Ocean Creatures in the Ningaloo Canyons
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The Schmidt Ocean Institute recently explored the Ningaloo Canyons on the western coast of Australia using a robotic underwater vehicle called the ROV Sebastian. Check out the amazing video of what they discovered in the deep parts of the Indian Ocean.
More info: Youtube
ANIMALS
These Pics Are Art and the Artists Are Insects
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Flying insects move so quickly that they are hard to follow, but new technology and some smart ideas have helped Spanish photographer Xavi Bou do just that. After spending 10 years focusing on birds in flight for his Ornithographies project, he turned his attention to insects.
For Entomographies, he uses high-speed video footage taken by Adrian Smith, an insect expert at North Carolina State University, to study and record how insects move. Bou then picks multiple frames and combines them into single images that show the fast movements of one or more insects through space and time.
With Smith’s help, Bou has captured the aerial tricks of wasps, the jumps of leafhoppers, and the fluttering of butterflies in amazing detail. He hopes that by doing this, he can make people more aware of the decline in important insect populations around the world.
1. Zebra longwing
This butterfly, which is common in many areas of the Americas, really fits its name. It can fly very high with just a few flaps of its large wings.
Image source: nationalgeographic
2. Two-lined spittlebug
This insect, which comes from the eastern United States, is often seen as a pest because it likes to eat grass. Its springy back legs can make it jump into the air like a rocket.
Image source: nationalgeographic
3. Yellow-collared scape moth
Unlike most moths, this North American species flies during the day. Its shiny blue-black wings sparkle in the sunlight.
Image source: nationalgeographic
4. Ailanthus webworm moths
These tropical moths have spread farther north in the U.S. Because of their larval host, the invasive tree of heaven, they are now one of the most common backyard moths in the country.
Image source: nationalgeographic
5. Common stonefly
Mostly found in eastern North America, this insect starts its life as an underwater nymph in forested streams or rivers. Then it leaves the water, sheds its skin, and becomes an adult with wings.
Image source: nationalgeographic
6. Green lacewings
Eighty-seven species of this insect have been found in the U.S. and Canada. Since they eat a lot of unwanted plant pests like aphids and mites, they are often used to naturally control these pests.
Image source: nationalgeographic
7. Grapevine beetle
This insect, fittingly named, eats the leaves and fruit of grapevines, both wild and farmed, but it doesn’t do much damage to the plants. As a type of scarab beetle, it often flies in a curved path.
Image source: nationalgeographic
8. Oak treehopper and green treehopper
Treehoppers are known for their uniquely shaped pronotum, the part behind their head, which often looks like plant parts to hide from predators. They can jump well thanks to special muscles.
Image source: nationalgeographic
9. Banded orange
This brightly colored butterfly can be found from Mexico to Brazil. Before mating season, male butterflies look for mineral salts, sometimes even drinking salty fluids from the skin, eyes, and nostrils of other animals.
Image source: nationalgeographic
10. Sapho longwing
Longwings can live for 6 to 7 months, longer than most butterflies. This type, found from Mexico to Ecuador, has shiny blue wings, which is why it’s also called the Sapphire longwing.
Image source: nationalgeographic
ANIMALS
Eagle and Fox in an Epic Midair Battle Over a Rabbit, Were Captured by a Photographer
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Wildlife photography often depends on the perfect combination of good timing and the right place.
That’s exactly what happened when Kevin Ebi, an experienced wildlife photographer, captured an incredible battle between a bald eagle and a red fox, both competing for a rabbit meal.
In a detailed blog post, Ebi shares the fascinating series of events that unfolded while he was photographing foxes in San Juan Island National Historical Park, located in Washington state.
Ebi noticed a lively group of eight fox kits as they began their hunting lessons. Suddenly, they spotted a rabbit, and a thrilling chase ensued. Eventually, one of the foxes emerged as the winner, proudly carrying the rabbit across the field.
Image source: Kevin Ebi
Ebi shares what happened at that moment: “As I followed the fox with my camera, a sudden bald eagle cry caught my attention. It was swiftly approaching, clearly aiming for the rabbit. I quickly focused on the fox, anticipating a quick turnover of events.”
To Ebi’s astonishment, instead of a quick surrender, the situation turned into a intense fight in the air.
The eagle used its power to lift the fox and rabbit high up in the sky. Even while airborne, the fox attempted to break free by swinging back and forth.
Image source: Kevin Ebi
Image source: Kevin Ebi
Image source: Kevin Ebi
In the end, the eagle moved the rabbit to its other claw, causing the fox to let go. The intense battle came to an end in less than 10 seconds.
Image source: Kevin Ebi
For those worried about the fox’s well-being after the fight, Ebi reassures that it was not injured. The fox swiftly bounced back from the encounter and resumed its playful behavior with the other young foxes, showing no visible wounds from the aerial clash.
Image source: Kevin Ebi
Image source: Kevin Ebi
Image source: Kevin Ebi
Image source: Kevin Ebi
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