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Step by step instructions on how to wash a cat without being torn to shreds in the process. Very funny.

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The video above is of a dog and a cat teaming up to chase off a raccoon. The raccoon is bigger than the cat and almost as big as the dog, but that doesn’t stop either one of them from chasing the raccoon off the porch. It’s probably a good thing that the owners were there. The raccoon was probably more scared of the people than the dog or cat. Raccoons can be pretty vicious and have been know to kill dogs when cornered.

The video reminded me of a raccoon that decided he was one of my parents cats when I was growing up. He would never let any of us get near him, but he would hang out on the front porch of our house with the other cats we had. Would eat cat food with them and even sleep with them. It was kind of strange. The cats seemed to have completely accepted him. That was the summer we didn’t have a dog. Once we got a dog again, we never saw him or any other raccoons, but it was kind of weird while he was there.

Via Nothing to do with Arbroath: A family cat and dog gang up to see off a raccoon

This poor kitten was scared of the water in the sink, so he decides to jump off the counter. Should have looked where he was jumping first. LOL

Via Nothing To Do With Arbroath: This kitten’s unsure of the water in the sink

The Smithsonian magazine has a great article about the history of house cats. Cats have been around humans almost as long as dogs. The ancient Egyptians revered them as sacred, mummified them when they died and buried them in special cemeteries. Today there are about 90 million house cats in the US.

The best quote in the entire article was by Carlos Driscoll, one of the researchers studying the history of cats. He said,

“We think what happened is that the cats sort of domesticated themselves”

That single quote, so fits the image of a house cat.

Check it out: A Brief History of House Cats