Guard Kitty 1
by Sarah Loft
Title
Guard Kitty 1
Artist
Sarah Loft
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
One day on a walk in Schierstein (near Wiesbaden, Germany) I was startled by this cat sitting on a wall. He was clearly not startled by me. I took a picture then moved in closer for a second shot and he never moved an inch and never stopped staring at me. This is not a kitty I can imagine as a lap cat, but who knows.
Per Wikipedia: The domestic cat (Latin: Felis catus) or the feral cat (Latin: Felis silvestris catus) is a small, typically furry, carnivorous mammal. They are often called house cats when kept as indoor pets or simply cats when there is no need to distinguish them from other felids and felines. Cats are often valued by humans for companionship and for their ability to hunt vermin. There are more than 70 cat breeds; different associations proclaim different numbers according to their standards.
Cats are similar in anatomy to the other felids, with a strong, flexible body, quick reflexes, sharp retractable claws, and teeth adapted to killing small prey. Cat senses fit a crepuscular and predatory ecological niche. Cats can hear sounds too faint or too high in frequency for human ears, such as those made by mice and other small animals. They can see in near darkness. Like most other mammals, cats have poorer color vision and a better sense of smell than humans. Cats, despite being solitary hunters, are a social species and cat communication includes the use of a variety of vocalizations (mewing, purring, trilling, hissing, growling, and grunting), as well as cat pheromones and types of cat-specific body language.
Since cats were venerated in ancient Egypt, they were commonly believed to have been domesticated there, but there may have been instances of domestication as early as the Neolithic from around 9,500 years ago (7,500 BC). A genetic study in 2007 concluded that domestic cats are descended from Near Eastern wildcats, having diverged around 8,000 BC in West Asia.[11][13] A 2016 study found that leopard cats were undergoing domestication independently in China around 5,500 BC, though this line of partially domesticated cats leaves no trace in the domesticated populations of today.
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Featured in the FAA Portraits - Cats And Dogs group, November 2017.
Featured in the Animal Photographs group, August 2018.
Featured in the 500 Views group, September 2018.
Featured in the Our 4-Legged Friends group, July 2019.
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October 31st, 2016
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Comments (22)
Kay Novy
Poor kitty, it looks so angry! Nicely capture, Sarah! Will nominate in "1000 Views" group promo.!
Christopher James
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Beverly Guilliams
I Love this,Looks like.. leave me alone or you leaving me again lol....Nominating this into the 1000 View Group Special.......v./f./tweet
Douglas Taylor
Hilarious capture, Sarah! Is this the new 'Grumpy Cat'? Incidentally, I don't think that many of the feral street cats of Europe would be lap cats...
Lois Bryan
Oh Sarah!!!!!! Priceless, priceless!!!! You and Kitty have made my morning!!!!!! Love, love, love!!!! l/f t and p
Bill And Deb Hayes
Sarah: This cat makes us laugh every time we look at it. One mean looking dude. I would hate to run into it in an ally. Would probably scare the you-know-what out of us !!! However, putting that aside we have to give you a "high 5" on this one or should we say "10" ? Well done !!
Lenore Senior
I love this! Great cat portrait, plus love the geometric aspects of the background! v/f!