Socializing your kitten needs to take place early in his/her life, during the first 2-7 weeks. As the ASPCA tells us, a kitten should be handled by humans and learn to live in our world. A kitten needs to be comfortable with different people, sights, sounds, noise, smells, other cats, dogs and other animals. The […]
Anna Sewell, the author of Black Beauty, wrote the novel in order “to induce kindness, sympathy, and an understanding treatment of horses.” Sewell was born in Norfolk, England, in 1820. At the age of 14, she injured both her ankles and was never able to walk properly again. She frequently got around by driving horse-drawn […]
If you’ve ever watched a frog eat prey, you’ve probably noticed that they close their eyes when swallowing. Scientists x-rayed frogs as they consumed crickets to discover what happens. The x-rays showed that the frog’s eyes don’t only close as they swallow, they retract down towards the esophagus. During swallowing the eyes appear to touch […]
