Links: Pigeons with Attitude

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12 thoughts on “Links: Pigeons with Attitude

  1. Ricky's Mom February 27, 2017 / 10:28 am

    Winners one and all! Special mention to caption by Not that Tom Lehrer, the Other Tom Lehrer, Pandora’s Teeth, and the adorable puppy being translated.

    I didn’t know male cats could get involved with family life as shown. My cats were born to a street cat, and they were neutered the minute it was safe, so I have no frame of reference. Is Helpful Dad Cat as unusual as he seems to me?

    • DebG February 27, 2017 / 11:56 am

      When my long-lost stray Molly Weasleycat had her second litter at my house, a male cat stayed near her for several days after kittens were born. Naturally I called him Arthur. My attempts to catch and neuter him didn’t work out, and then he vanished. I’d never seen such behavior before, since I don’t have much experience with cat pregnancies.

    • Patty February 27, 2017 / 12:48 pm

      Usually cats that get pregnant do it with strangers, rather than at home. I did have an orange tabby, many years ago, that liked kittens a lot. He was like the caring uncle who would bathe them, play with them, and snuggle with them. In my house, Grace is the one who pins the other 2 down and cleans them. It’s not unusual to find her cleaning ears, and she doesn’t care if they are kitten ears or wawa ears.

    • murkle46 February 27, 2017 / 8:14 pm

      Dad cats are almost better mothers than the mom.For some reason domestic cat males love kittens,and I am sure the mothers are glad for the help after nursing gets tiring.I’ve seen this behaviour a number of times with toms,and they really get into the role.

      • murkle46 February 27, 2017 / 11:30 pm

        Even if a boy cat isnt the father,they still go bananas for kittens.

  2. allein ? February 27, 2017 / 11:50 am

    I can’t draw to save my life, and it’s possible the result will be horrific, but I will risk it and try if I get a puppy out of it.

    Ricky’s Mom – I don’t know how common it is, but I remember an episode of Too Cute! Kittens where the dad cat was pretty involved with the babies. Probably more likely if mom and dad live together. I doubt too many feral dads stick around. (Ain’t that always the way…)

  3. DebG February 27, 2017 / 12:00 pm

    Pandora’s Box Teeth had me howling so loudly, half the office came over to see what was up.

    Fun fact: Pandora actually had a jar, not a box. When the eminent scholar Desiderius Erasmus translated her story from the Greek in the early 16th century, he inexplicably gave her a box, and since he was *THE MAN* for Greek at that time, nobody challenged him.

    • kodalai February 27, 2017 / 1:02 pm

      Interesting! I never knew that!

      • Ricky's Mom February 27, 2017 / 2:37 pm

        Neither did I! That’s a fun fact if ever I heard one.

        • DebG February 27, 2017 / 2:40 pm

          I am a font of generally useless information.

    • Blue Footed Booby February 27, 2017 / 2:42 pm

      It’s gonna be box forever more. Can’t put that genie back in its decorative serving tray.

  4. Starfish February 27, 2017 / 2:18 pm

    First thought on seeing the second link was “one of these things is not like the others”…

    Big dude second from the front isn’t looking at the camera!

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