{"id":1897,"date":"2017-04-12T03:50:34","date_gmt":"2017-04-12T11:50:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=1897"},"modified":"2017-04-12T03:50:34","modified_gmt":"2017-04-12T11:50:34","slug":"wild-and-sometimes-crazy-wednesday-what-do-cats-have-in-common-with-snakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=1897","title":{"rendered":"Wild (and Sometimes Crazy) Wednesday \u2013 What Do Cats Have in Common With Snakes?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"I\u2019ve been around cats all my life and I\u2019ve adored them from day one. But I\u2019m afraid that I\u2019ve taken them for granted in some ways. For example, I know that cats sometimes hiss. It\u2019s what a cat does when backed into a corner. When a cat hisses he looks pretty scary because his ears go flat, he swishes his tail, and he shows his fangs. He looks like he\u2019s going to bite and, if you\u2019re close enough, you might get sprayed by his spit. No one wants to see their cat hiss at them. A hiss is a warning and you\u2019d better heed it.<\/p>\n

I never thought much about a cat\u2019s hiss. I knew that all cats came with the capacity to take an aggressive stance and I\u2019ve seen just about every cat I\u2019ve ever had hiss at one time or another. But yesterday a friend shared something she read about the cat\u2019s hiss\u2014that when a cat hisses, she is imitating the snake. Now that was too juicy to let go, so I launched my own research and learned that, sure enough, that\u2019s what the experts are saying. When a cat hisses, she is channeling her inner snake. Some say the cat learned this self-defense mechanism from the snake. What do you think?<\/p>\n

If you don\u2019t have a cat of your own and if you live in the greater Cincinnati area, you can<\/p>\n

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Kittens waiting for a home<\/p><\/div>\n

observe the cats at Ohio\u2019s first cat caf\u00e9\u2014the Kitty Brew Caf\u00e9. Hopefully, those cats don\u2019t have a reason to hiss, however. And don\u2019t worry, the owners aren\u2019t breaking health regulations because the cats stay in a room separate from the caf\u00e9 behind a window. \u00a0Once you\u2019ve had your food treat, you can enter the lounge and snuggle with one of 12 to 15 cats\u2014all from local shelters, and some of them having been saved from being euthanized. Yes, they\u2019re up for adoption. There\u2019s a $10 fee to enter the snuggle lounge.<\/p>\n

What a great promotional activity for cats. How many times have you not been in the market for a cat, but you stopped by the animal shelter anyway or you take a peek at kittens in a box in front of the supermarket and, the next thing you know, you\u2019re carting one home?<\/p>\n

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I\u2019ve been around cats all my life and I\u2019ve adored them from day one. But I\u2019m afraid that I\u2019ve taken them for granted in some ways. For example, I know that cats sometimes hiss. It\u2019s what a cat does when … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1897"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1897"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1897\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1898,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1897\/revisions\/1898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}