Cats attacked by .... a tortoise!?!

Unbelievable!

Interesting cat trivia

• Researchers claim that the domestic cat has a vocal range of as many as sixty notes, from a gentle purr to growls of varying intensity
• Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds, while dogs only have about ten
• Just like fingerprints, every cats nose pad is different
• Cats are the only four-footed animal, with the exception of camels and giraffes, that walk by moving their front and hind legs first on one side and then the other
• With powerful leg muscles, especially in their hind legs, the domestic cat has been known to reach running speeds of up to twenty-five miles an hour
• The top two rows of a cat's whiskers can move independently of the lower two rows. This allows maximum perception of the cat's immediate surroundings
• A cat uses whiskers to determine if a space is too small to squeeze through. The whiskers act as antennae, helping the animal to judge the precise width of any passage
• The lightness of a feline's tread can be attributed to the fact that they walk on their toes - the soles of their feet rarely touch the ground. The pillow-like balls of their paws allow them to prowl noiselessly in the wild

Summer cats

Summer and cats, my two favorites! Well it's the last day of the summer ... but thankfully we still have the cats!

Cat proverbs from around the world

• When the cat is away the mice will play. - Anonymous proverb, Idiom
• It is better to feed one cat than many mice. - Norwegian
• The cat always leaves a mark on his friend. - Spanish
• It is better to be a mouse in a cat's mouth than a man in a lawyer's hands. - Spanish
• The cat who frightens the mice away is as good as the cat who eats them - German
• A cat is a lion to a mouse. - Albanian
• The dog may be wonderful prose, but only the cat is poetry. - French
• Handsome cats and fat dungheaps are the sign of a good farmer - French
• The cat is nature's Beauty. - French
• Happy is the home with at least one cat - Italian
• Those who dislike cats will be carried to the cemetery in the rain. - Dutch
• The cat has nine lives - three for playing, three for straying, and three for staying. - English
• If you stared deep into a cat's eyes, you would be able to see into the world of spirits. - English
• In a cat's eye, all things belong to cats. - English
• A cat in grass is a tiger in the jungle. - English
• Curiosity killed the cat, Satisfaction brought it back! - English
• Beware of people who dislike cats. - Irish
• Happy owner, happy cat. Indifferent owner, reclusive cat. - Chinese
• All cats love fish but fear to wet their paws. - Chinese
• I gave an order to a cat, and the cat gave it to its tail - Chinese
• When rats infest the Palace a lame cat is better than the swiftest horse. - Chinese
• He is as quiet as a cat. - Japanese
• A cat is a lion in a jungle of small bushes. - Indian
• That cat that has its mouth burned by drinking hot milk will not drink even buttermilk without first blowing upon it. - Indian
• You will always be lucky if you know how to make friends with strange cats. - American
• After dark all cats are leopards. - American
• If stretching were wealth, the cat would be rich. - African
• A cat bitten once by a snake dreads even rope. - Arabian
• An overdressed woman is like a cat dressed in saffron. - Egyptian
• An old cat will not learn how to dance. - Moroccan
• A cat may go to a monastery, but she still remains a cat - Ethiopian