We’ve always been led to believe that orange-colored cats are always males and calico or tortoise cats are female. We discovered that while most orange cats are male the ratio is 80% male 20% female. Years back, we even had an orange-colored female cat. Calico cats are tri-colored while tortoise-shell cats sport 2 colors, orange […]
The meltdown of the nuclear power plant in Japan after the earthquake and tsunami has had far-reaching effects. Pacific Bluefin Tuna run in schools and are migratory. After swimming in radioactive waters off Fukushim, Japan, some of them headed for the California coast. Scientists studying the migratory patterns of the tuna detected radioactivity in 15 […]
A cat’s tail is an extension of the spine. The number of bones called caudal vertebrae, is 19-23, 10% of total number of bones in the cat’s body. A male cat’s tail is about 11 inches long while the female cat’s tail is about 9.9 inches long. The tail contains muscles, ligaments and tendons which […]
