Yikes, how tight is that collar? Desn't matter though, the pic is clearly doctored with the latest in MS Paint technology.

ah, i'd never noticed the collar thing... but Jude really does have very heavy and thick fur... he was perfectly happy... i however had a stiff neck and carpet burns on me knees from crawling around the floor at cat height all day...

No doctoring. Apart from increasing the contrast a little... oh and removing the stray dust mark... plus the flying saucer that had inadvertently strayed into the frame...

ah ha! My kitty, Triskal (God Rest Her Soul) was a mighty bat-killer. She left three on our doorstep in total. I saw her bring down the last, it was flying low in our courtyard and she leapt up into the air in Full Cat Glory and landed atop it. Thusly ending its life.

Wow, i bet that took some timing on her part! One of my friends other cats (she has 9 currently), also seems adept at catching House Martins, and that's almost as difficult sa bats... she was telling me earlier in fact, that she had two flying around inside her living room... he musta got bored of one and gone out for another.

Fortunately she was able to release them from their doom back out into the free air.

I suppose it did. She was fond of crouching in the grass and wiggling her butt in anticipation. As you know, cats do the butt-wiggle just prior to pouncing. So these bats would dive-bomb us anytime we tried to night swim and she knew that was their habit so she just waited it out. When I saw her butt wigggle, I knew it was all over.

ah yeah. The wiggle! Know what ya mean... i miss it half the time... guess our cats over here are good at hiding it.
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