Tuesday, October 20, 2009

The saga of Hope



Cat lovers, you’ll definitely want to view the saga of Hope the baby bobcat, who was rescued (at four weeks old) by an organization in Florida called Big Cat Rescue. (I don't know their reputation.)

The tiny brat gets bottle fed for a few days, and then it joins a domestic cat and her brood. Hope is fully embraced as just another kitten, but with a stubby tail.

I’ve got episode 1 above. For the remaining episodes (there are 13), go to Hope the bobcat.

Gotta love these fuzzy varmints.

The Eurasian lynx (above) is the biggest of the lynxes (some are over 60 pounds).
The bobcat (lynx rufus) is the smallest (up to 30 pounds).

Bobcat spotted in Irvine:




Youtube: "We were at the San Joaquin Bird Preserve in Irvine, walking along the north side of Pond 4 when this Bobcat came out of the bushes about 50 yards in front of us. We froze and watched in amazement as the Bobcat slowly and calmly walked right toward us. He came within 10 feet and stopped. So we carefully backed up a few feet and he passed by and kept going. We were just thunderstruck."


From Dtb File B
Sunny was under six pounds. Not a bobcat. A brat cat.


From Dissent the Blog
I'm starting to think that TigerAnn (above) is just as much of a brat. She's a little more than six pounds. Loves to hunt.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Stunning portraits of all three b-cats, Roy--especially of Sunny. An infinitude of fuzziness!

Roy Bauer said...

Yup, Sunny was a fuzzy creature. Very sweet, too, in her odd way.

Anonymous said...

I love that you posted a picture of Sunny! It made my day. I would really like it if you would continue to do that on occasion. Thanks so much.

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