Marilyn's Photos - Dec 9 2025 - Four Ears vs Four Feet
A four-eared kitten made the news. Yes, it has four ears. It was rescued in Tennessee and is named Audio,. The article says he is “set to be a small internet celebrity.”
What had gotten my attention is Barivel, the Maine Coon cat in Italy who holds the world record as the longest cat - 120 centimetres. That’s four feet - a very long cat. The cat records include oldest cat, (38 years) oldest living cat, tallest domestic cat. There are two listings for longest cat - Stewie - longest domestic cat ever, at 48.5 inches - so Stewie must have passed on. Barivel is the longest living cat. There’s more records - the longest fur, the longest tail, the loudest purr, and the most tricks in a minute.
This all has been inspired by Harry, one of the Rotarians at the raffle draw yesterday. He showed me a picture of his Maine Coon - only 2 years old and at least 3 feet long.
In comparison to Millie, I expect there are multiple more records for dogs. They seem to be up to more human kinds of activities. I would have thought that made dogs more genetically similar to us than cats, but no, cats are 90% vs a dog’s 84% shared DNA.
On the other hand, I saw this funny screen shot and realized cats and humans are highly related.
There’s Sophie in the garden in the Autumn. She looks like a little Bobcat there, with her tail tucked under. She’s staring at the latch on the garden gate door. Proof that the sign above is accurate.
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