Caturday felid: rib-eating evolution puss!

November 22, 2009 • 3:01 am

I see that Matthew has tried to plug the gap produced by yesterday’s missing felid, putting up an estimable post about pine martens. But here, albeit a day late, is a real felid.

Meet Timor, a Bengal cat owned by the friend of a friend. Unlike Adam, he doesn’t want to relinquish his rib. This cat would certainly be at home in Chicago.

Here’s the owner’s description of Timor and his predilection for pork ribs:

Although usually a sweet and gentle feline, Timor is crazy for pork ribs. He will defend them against anyone or anycat. Note his rather impressive canines. Moreover, he doesn’t stop growling until he’s completely shattered the bone and consumed every last morsel. At most that takes 10 minutes. There are 4 cats in this household: Timor, Sunda, Wallace and Henry. Being catered to by nerdy biologists (bat biologist Betsy Dumont and entomologist Sean Werle), they are named for Alfred Russel Wallace, Henry Walter Bates and two of the islands near Wallace’s
line. Henry and Timor are Bengals, and Wallace and Sunda are rescued strays. Wallace (the grey cat in the video) is the alpha cat in every other setting, but no one messes with Timor when he has a bone.

h/t: Betsy and Hempenstein.

4 thoughts on “Caturday felid: rib-eating evolution puss!”

  1. I had a dog for 14 years that was the nicest, smartest and most easy going dog. While playing (roughhousing) I could put my hand in his mouth and never get a scratch. I could even take food from his mouth when he ate.

    One day I tried to take a beef rib bone away from him outside and he bit me and growled just like that cat. He knew his BBQ!

  3. I’ve often wondered if cats are offended at having their cuspids called “canines”. (My cat Russell is named for both Bertrand Russell and Alfred Russel Wallace, but we gave him both “L”s.)

  4. My puss is crazy about potato-pealings. Also she likes green beans and yesterday she was begging for some tagliatelli (pasta!).

    She is a great thief, especially of sandwiches.

    Her growling is most provoked the times she has nicked a old-cheese sandwich.

    This crazy critter must be at a disadvantage by living in a vegetarian household. (^.^)

    ps; sorry for any spelling mistakes, due to not being a native englishspeaker

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