Why do cats knead?
"Kneading" is when cats massage an object with the front paws, which extend and retract, one paw at a time.
"Kneading" is when cats massage an object with the front paws, which extend and retract, one paw at a time.
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Since 2022, a highly contagious strain of bird flu has spread across the U.S. at an unprecedented rate, resulting in the deaths of more than 90 million birds in commercial and backyard poultry flocks, plus thousands more ...
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A team of psychologists at the Universities of Sussex and Portsmouth have purr-fected the art of building a bond with cats.
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An emerging virus threatens both wild and pet rabbits in the United States. The fatal virus—which causes an Ebola-like disease called rabbit hemorrhagic disease—already has been reported in the western and southwestern ...
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