A 2,000-year-old burial mound discovered in the area that’s now Illinois contained the remains of a young bobcat, new research reveals.
The ancient bobcat was wearing a special collar and was found in a ritual burial mound normally reserved for humans.
“It really looked like it had been buried not because it was a feral accessory for a human, but because it was, in some way, kind of respected on its own,” said study co-author Angela Perri, a zooarchaeologist at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Germany.
We thought the herons did not return. We have not seen them at the duck pond. Here they are enjoying the lovely weather at a lake just a little further away.
No cat photos on this Friday, but my cats would like the herons. They taste like chicken.
This photo was shamelessly ripped off borrowed from my sweet patootie.
In a lab at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, hibernating arctic ground squirrels pose medical mysteries. The species can lower its body temperature below freezing and avoid serious head injuries while in hibernation, which lasts seven months.
While I find my cats extremely beautiful and endlessly fascinating, on this sappy cat Friday, the blog is featuring deep sea life. I really like the little creature at the start of this video. There is so much more to know about our oceans. Some say it should take precedence over space travel. I don’t think so. Why not do both.
Gunsmoke and Knitting 
