Everybody knows that cats like to knead and nuzzle, but the perpetual internet furore over their purported cuteness has often masked an uncomfortable truth: as a HuffPo article once dared to mention, ‘Cats Love Boobs And Here’s Proof’. Bobcats are twice as large as their domesticated cousins, and boy are they rough! With their pointed, black-tipped ears and ruffs of hair…
Tuning into the second series of Planet Earth for the sake of its wondrous small-screen lustre, the purview is soon apt to take a murky turn. For David Attenborough, venerable narrator, would have us all back to the dark ages through his incessant endeavour to make us protect and preserve. The mere thought of in anyway protecting the environment is anathema to…
In some of the opening scenes of the second series of the acclaimed nature documentary Planet Earth, David Attenborough unfolds fondly upon the relatively quick reaction of an island-dwelling pygmy three-toed sloth. Our humble sloth is hearing from someplace in the distance the enticing call of a prospective mate. Separated by deep water, the red-blooded sloth drops from his branch and…
