Back in August 2012 I posted to Tips a newstory on the night time activities of cats as captured on "Kitty Kams". See: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg08310.html
The main point was that even domesticated cats were killers of many other animals. Well, there are new research results a and a mathematical model that estimates how many animals both domesticated and feral cats kill. The NY Times has a popular media account of the research; see: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/30/science/that-cuddly-kitty-of-yours-is-a-killer.html?_r=0 The research study appeared in Nature Communications and can be read here: http://www.nature.com/ncomms/journal/v4/n1/full/ncomms2380.html One of the comments on the NY Time site mention a source that claims that cats would continue to exist if human beings ceased to exist. However, a more pressing question, I think, presents itself: How will cats fare after the zombie apocalypses? Reminder: The Walking Dead returns to AMC on Sunday, February 10. See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUgVkZUkXxg -Mike Palij New York University [email protected] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=23378 or send a blank email to leave-23378-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
