The Question That Won Me the Ig Nobel Prize: Are Cats Liquid?

Real Clear Science ^ | November 10, 2017 | Marc-Antoine Fardin

[Blurb2350]

It's well known that cats have a high mercury content. How else to explain the cat thermometer?

[minnesota_bound]

Flying felines in kung fu poses
https://www.yahoo.com/news/mortal-tomcats-photographer-snaps-flying-slideshow-wp-171816566/photo-p-p-p-span-talented-photo-171816204.html

[House Atreides]

You need to gently wring that hand washed laundry out & spread it out to dry.

[Sequoyah101]

I have wondered how they keep the population of cats in check and how the tradition came to be.

Yes, I confess to being a cat fancier. Ours are outsiders and get put in the barn at night and stay in there on bad days. We do our best to protect them from coyotes. Lots of things prey on cats and they don’t know to be afraid until it is too late.