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This is a bit of a series, some of it being by request, and some just being cuz I felt like it. There’s four pix in this little series. This is pic two of four.
This one is part of the ongoing “Artist Conspiracy” for Balaa, to help inspire and give all you artists out there a few reference shots to work with.
This one is a close-up of Drifter’s left ear. I couldn’t begin to explain why I took it. I just do silly stuff like that sometimes. But it makes for a really great anatomical study of a cougar ear.
Several things should be obvious about the universe after looking at this pic for a bit. Cat ears are /not/ triangular, as is sometimes perceived. There /is/ the flat front, but the top is rather round. The top of the ear is very orbital, allowing the cat to spin the radar dish almost 180-degrees, from facing forward, so almost entirely backwards (though it looks like it’s laid flat at those angles). The fur in the ear is thought to serve the same function as the tufts on the bobcats and lynxes, which is to essentially “funnel” certain frequencies of sound directly into the ear. In this pic, you can see the little “pocket” on the back lip of the ear, as well as the very fine-furred tuft just below it. Opposite, at the base of the front of the ear, is the swirl of fur of many different lengths. You want to get smacked by a kitty, stick your finger right there and swirl it around. }:>
So, that’s the Cougar Ear Study, for those that were curious, or for those that weren’t, but wanted to see it anyway!
This picture was taken 19-Jul-03. The image was taken with a Canon EOS 10D and the EF 28-200mm f/3.5-5.6 USM lens. The original was taken at full frame of 3072x2048x24b, ISO eqv 400, 1/125 shutter, f/4.5. This image was shrunken down for space conservation.
Disclaimer: I hate to have to put up things like this, and most certain I hate to marr the front of an otherwise decent picture with copyright, but because there are thieving twits out there, this has become necessary; this pic copyright me. Please do not distribute, copy, alter, etc, without my permission. Having said all that, feel free to download and view it for your own inspiration.
This one is part of the ongoing “Artist Conspiracy” for Balaa, to help inspire and give all you artists out there a few reference shots to work with.
This one is a close-up of Drifter’s left ear. I couldn’t begin to explain why I took it. I just do silly stuff like that sometimes. But it makes for a really great anatomical study of a cougar ear.
Several things should be obvious about the universe after looking at this pic for a bit. Cat ears are /not/ triangular, as is sometimes perceived. There /is/ the flat front, but the top is rather round. The top of the ear is very orbital, allowing the cat to spin the radar dish almost 180-degrees, from facing forward, so almost entirely backwards (though it looks like it’s laid flat at those angles). The fur in the ear is thought to serve the same function as the tufts on the bobcats and lynxes, which is to essentially “funnel” certain frequencies of sound directly into the ear. In this pic, you can see the little “pocket” on the back lip of the ear, as well as the very fine-furred tuft just below it. Opposite, at the base of the front of the ear, is the swirl of fur of many different lengths. You want to get smacked by a kitty, stick your finger right there and swirl it around. }:>
So, that’s the Cougar Ear Study, for those that were curious, or for those that weren’t, but wanted to see it anyway!
This picture was taken 19-Jul-03. The image was taken with a Canon EOS 10D and the EF 28-200mm f/3.5-5.6 USM lens. The original was taken at full frame of 3072x2048x24b, ISO eqv 400, 1/125 shutter, f/4.5. This image was shrunken down for space conservation.
Disclaimer: I hate to have to put up things like this, and most certain I hate to marr the front of an otherwise decent picture with copyright, but because there are thieving twits out there, this has become necessary; this pic copyright me. Please do not distribute, copy, alter, etc, without my permission. Having said all that, feel free to download and view it for your own inspiration.
Category Photography / Animal related (non-anthro)
Species Housecat
Size 854 x 1280px
File Size 158.7 kB
(Shasta grins) It has it folleys too, believe me. It's like, some people like jumping out of perfectly good aircraft. It's not the fall that kills you, but the very abrupt stop at the bottom. Walking in cages with big cats is much the same; it's not the cat that kills you. It's all the blood loss from them playing with you with all those teefies and clawzez. :)
Why /wouldn't/ they dare?:p I would prolly try to walk /into/ the cage were i there, and then i'd get to be ear-boxed by my father until my ears were falling off and all i could hear for a few months was the ecco in my head from him growling and snarling at me:p My father takes the whole "father" role /really/ seriously you know:s Not that i mind tho, but still:p But i guess it's good to have a father that still cares about what happens to me, even tho i /am/ (supposed to be) grown up now:p
Well, one of the problems with cats and cages is that they /know/ they can entice you to come over to the fence, and then put your fingers thru the wire, and then, said kitty will /lean/ and the fence and your fingers, and if they lean hard enuf, they can really hurt your fingers.
With Drifter, of course, being a semi-little kitty, it's not a big deal. He leans, it stings a little because of getting pinced by the wire, but you can get our fingers out easy enud because he's not that heavy. But, try the same thing with Java, who's 800lbs/365kgs, and it's a little different story. He can lean on your fingers and break them, and then wonder why your not scritching anymore.
So, usually, most facilities that allow tours or are open to the public, don't allow people to get up close to the animals, for good reason.
So, that's it in a nutshell. :)
With Drifter, of course, being a semi-little kitty, it's not a big deal. He leans, it stings a little because of getting pinced by the wire, but you can get our fingers out easy enud because he's not that heavy. But, try the same thing with Java, who's 800lbs/365kgs, and it's a little different story. He can lean on your fingers and break them, and then wonder why your not scritching anymore.
So, usually, most facilities that allow tours or are open to the public, don't allow people to get up close to the animals, for good reason.
So, that's it in a nutshell. :)
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