joe..thank you for the info..how about a pix of your cats... i love cats..merle Merle,
All domestic cats are descended from an African desert cat, Felis Silvestris Lybica. This ancestor is a desert-dwelling cat, and entirely adapted, or evolved, to thrive in high heat. They are accustomed to a minimum of drinking water: this, by the way, is why domestic cats' poops are quite DRY: they extract almost all the water from their food. Makes sense?, when you consider Felis Silvestris Lybica's native habitat?: Desert... . My Turkish Angora does not suffer much in the heat. He sheds a good deal. My Turkish Van is a unique breed, and she is more adapted to COLD than to heat. Van Cats evolved at Lake Van in NE Turkey, at 3500 feet, and swim in the cold lake water of the 100 km wide Lake, to feed on minnows among the lotus flowers and lily pads off the lake shore. Their fur is unique in the Cat kingdom: "Single-Coated" (you can Google). She does not shed much. I have to keep her cool. Cats do not sweat, except between their toes. And they can cool themselves by panting. But they don't have much cooling capacity these ways. Their body temperature is 103 deg F: a warm day in Tucson! Humans, Merle, average 98.6 deg F. Hail!, Felis Silvestris Lybica! --Joe > Merle Lester <merlewiitpom@...> wrote: > >...don't those hairy cats get mighty hot in summer?...merle
