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IGN UK Podcast 683: Magical Castles and Talking Cats
This week, Emma and Jesse have been playing Hogwarts Legacy and they discuss the new game set in the Harry Potter universe at length. Mat’s also here to tell us why Puss in Boots: The Last Wish is worth a watch, and brings us a Shrek-tastic Endless Search.
Got a game for us to play, or just want to tell us the weirdest thing you’ve eaten for breakfast? Drop us an email: ign_ukfeedback@ign.com.
My Cats Love These Tricky Sliding Puzzle Boxes
Why Do Cats Meow?
Cats might not have the same reputation for noise-making that, say, dogs do, but they’re definitely far from silent. Given how complicated cats are as creatures, though, if you’ve ever wondered exactly why cats meow, you probably won’t be surprised to find that the answer isn’t a simple one.
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Welsh Woman Blames Cat’s Graveyard Misbehavior On Dog’s Ghost – Coast2Coast AM
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UnderDungeon, the First Dungeon Crawler Starring Cats, is Out Now on Xbox
Stray is helping save real-life homeless cats
Stray is not only critically acclaimed, but it is very popular with players and cat lovers.
Thanks to a selection of fans, quite a bit of money has been raised to help various shelters and rescues accommodate and treat the homeless cats in their care.
Speaking with PBS News Hour, Brendan Gepson of the Nebraska Humane Society said the shelter sold several game codes through its Twitter account. Selling for $5 each, the initial fundraiser raised about $8,000.
Neighbour insists grandma change cat’s name as it’s ‘offensive to women’
Ancient Cats Migrated With Humans All Over the World
Nearly 10,000 years ago, humans settling in the Fertile Crescent, the areas of the Middle East surrounding the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, made the first switch from hunter-gatherers to farmers. They developed close bonds with the rodent-eating cats that conveniently served as ancient pest-control in society’s first civilizations.
A new study at the University of Missouri found this lifestyle transition for humans was the catalyst that sparked the world’s first domestication of cats, and as humans began to travel the world, they brought their new feline friends along with them.
Leslie A. Lyons, a feline geneticist and Gilbreath-McLorn endowed professor of comparative medicine in the MU College of Veterinary Medicine, collected and analyzed DNA from cats in and around the Fertile Crescent area, as well as throughout Europe, Asia and Africa, comparing nearly 200 different genetic markers…. Lyons added that while horses and cattle have seen various domestication events caused by humans in different parts of the world at various times, her analysis of feline genetics in the study strongly supports the theory that cats were likely first domesticated only in the Fertile Crescent before migrating with humans all over the world….
Lyons, who has researched feline genetics for more than 30 years, said studies like this also support her broader research goal of using cats as a biomedical model to study genetic diseases that impact both cats and people, such as polycystic kidney disease, blindness and dwarfism…. “[A]nything we can do to study the causes of genetic diseases in cats or how to treat their ailments can be useful for one day treating humans with the same diseases,” Lyons said.
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Cats and Soup has teamed up with Snoopy for its festive update
Cats and Soup provides an adorable, calm environment in which you have your cats make soup, and churn out a profit as a result. You simply click a few icons, collect and name your cats, and use your profits to upgrade recipes and make the environment a nicer place for your feline workers. Over the holidays, the cats are even receiving a visit from Peanuts’ Snoopy.
I’m a big fan of idle games. Sometimes, you fancy the stimulation of playing a video game without the brain gymnastics needed for a Soulslike RPG, or the muscle memory required for your favourite fighting game.
Neowiz’s Cats and Soup is one that I continue to dive back into from time to time, to check up on the cats and set them on with cooking up more soup. It’s ideal for head-empty wholesomeness, and this festive season, Neowiz have introduced Snoopy and his dear friend Woodstock.