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sciencealert.com > a-worrying-new-trait-has-appeared-in-an-isolated-cat-species-on-a-japanese-island

A Worrying New Trait Has Appeared in an Isolated Cat Species on a Japanese Island

1+ day, 10+ hour ago   (242+ words) On a small, isolated island of Japan, lives a tiny population of Tsushima leopard cats (Prionailurus bengalensis euptilurus)....

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sciencealert.com > one-common-pet-is-linked-to-worse-mental-health-in-young-kids-study-finds

Only Cats Are Linked to Worse Mental Health in Young Kids, Study Finds

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (752+ words) Parents strive to support their children's physical and mental well-being, whether it's constant cross-town drives to karate, mashing a million peas, or absorbing countless CoComelon marathons. Adopting a pet is another common practice, but is there any science to support…...

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sciencealert.com > were-not-taking-harmful-cat-behaviors-on-the-internet-seriously-enough-researchers-warn

We're Not Taking Harmful Cat Behaviors on The Internet Seriously Enough, Researchers Warn

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (650+ words) Cats are everywhere on the internet: You'll readily find these felines batting at objects, scampering over ground, interacting with their owners, or doing something else adorable. But is all of this content actually healthy for the cats, and for us?...

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sciencealert.com > saber-toothed-cats-were-a-diseased-inbred-mess-before-they-went-extinct-new-research-suggests

Saber-Toothed Cats Were A Diseased, Inbred Mess Before They Went Extinct, New Research Suggests

4+ week, 23+ hour ago   (316+ words) Whether waking up to a slobber-soaked ribbon draped across one's face or an unfortunately massacred mouse 'gifted' in one's slippers, anyone intimate with a cat can attest that their tiny tiger is evolutionarily built to hunt....