{"id":4509,"date":"2020-10-21T03:22:35","date_gmt":"2020-10-21T11:22:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=4509"},"modified":"2020-10-21T03:22:35","modified_gmt":"2020-10-21T11:22:35","slug":"wild-and-sometimes-crazy-wednesday-sauntering-on-the-wild-side","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=4509","title":{"rendered":"Wild (and Sometimes Crazy) Wednesday \u2013 Sauntering on the Wild Side"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3798\" src=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/leopardzoo1-e1573039817598-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/leopardzoo1-e1573039817598-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/leopardzoo1-e1573039817598-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/leopardzoo1-e1573039817598-375x500.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/leopardzoo1-e1573039817598.jpg 1512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>The more we observe our cats the more we can see their wild side. Right? Well, this isn\u2019t too unusual when you consider that your Fluffy or Tigger shares 95.6 percent of their DNA with the tiger.<\/p>\n<p>But there are people taking great leaps of liberty with our domestic cat and bringing more wild into their makeup. Here are eight cats that now walk on the wilder side:<\/p>\n<p>Savannah \u2013 a cross between a domestic cat and the <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1796\" src=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/NewYorkAli4Birthday-075-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/NewYorkAli4Birthday-075-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/NewYorkAli4Birthday-075-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/NewYorkAli4Birthday-075-500x375.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>African serval<\/p>\n<p>Safari \u2013 Domestic cat crossed with the Geoffroy\u2019s cat from South America<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1531\" src=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/ExoticCatSanctuary-239-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/ExoticCatSanctuary-239-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/ExoticCatSanctuary-239.jpg 448w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Bengal \u2013 Domestic cat and wild Asian leopard cat<\/p>\n<p>Chausie \u2013 Wild Asian jungle cat and domestic cat<\/p>\n<p>Toyger \u2013 Domestic short hair and Bengal<\/p>\n<p>Serengeti \u2013 Oriental shorthair and Bengal<\/p>\n<p>Cheetoh \u2013 Bengal and Ocicat<\/p>\n<p>Ocicat \u2013 Cross between Siamese and Abyssinian<\/p>\n<p>For photos and more information on some of these cats you might enjoy this site. <a href=\"https:\/\/fairmountpetservice.com\/Blog\/pet-services-blog\/domestic-wild-hybrid-cat-breeds\/\">https:\/\/fairmountpetservice.com\/Blog\/pet-services-blog\/domestic-wild-hybrid-cat-breeds\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The more we observe our cats the more we can see their wild side. Right? Well, this isn\u2019t too unusual when you consider that your Fluffy or Tigger shares 95.6 percent of their DNA with the tiger. But there are &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=4509\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/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\/4509"}],"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=4509"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4509\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4510,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4509\/revisions\/4510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}