Sunday, May 22, 2005

Cat falls on woman

The picture below appeared on 'http://exeterpubwatch.blogspot.com/' a website run by my (pub frequenting) brother in Exeter. I felt it required some explanation.


Explanation needed!

I did some research and came to the following conclusion

There is a reason for the cat being on the local's head. In rural Devon, the feline's natural habitat is in the branches of sycamore trees, rather like those in the picture. This is because of the navigational difficulties faced by cats when on open moorland. In short, the cat must remain in sight of its home tree, as the homogenity of the surrounding moor, and the low profile of the cat, lead it to become disorientated very quickly when away from said sycamore. So, we have established that cats live in trees in exeter. Unfortunately for them, and in common with all known mammals, cats die. In exeter they often die of starvation because the open moorland provides insufficient nutrition for a family of cats. Thus the cat has developed what is known as the 'rigid ejection system'. By use of this parting technique, the cat renders its own body rigid immediatelly prior to death. It then waits morbidly for a passer by (preferably an elderly person, as they are generally slower). When the said passer by is directly underneath the cat, the said cat, with its dying breath, jumps from the sycamore tree onto the head of the passer by. The reason? To alert other cats in teh area that the tree which it chose to live in is not suitable territory for other cats to make their home, because there is insufficient food in the surrounding area to sustain feline existance.

2 Comments:

At 6:53 pm , Blogger cfg said...

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At 6:54 pm , Blogger cfg said...

Interesting hypotheses gentlemen but as a scientist I must insist on some empirical research... Perhaps testing various types of passerby? What clues is the cat/ the squirrels looking for? Does hair colour make a difference?
Perhaps an investigation into the relationship between the dead cats and the no. of squirrels, Gav?

 

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