There are over ten million cats in the UK. ibid.
These cats seems to have distinct patches they roam in. ibid.
Cats timeshift to share space and avoid fighting. ibid.
They may be timesharing to avoid fighting. ibid.
Cats evolve to please the hand that feeds them. ibid.
Orlando: ‘he much prefers wild food to cat food.’ Horizon: Little Cat Diaries, Orlando’s owner, BBC 2013
Orlando seem to be the village’s most successful hunter. ibid.
Hermes: ‘He expects us to wait on him hand and foot.’ ibid. Hermes’ owner
Cats do not need us as much as we’d like to believe. ibid.
It’s the cats who are really in charge. ibid.
Cats. Playful pets. Fearsome fighters. Deadly hunters ... How does the cat experience the world? Cat Watch: The New Horizon Experiment: A Cat’s Eye View, BBC 2014
One hundred cats in three very different environments. ibid.
Cats’ eyes evolved to help them spot prey in low light. ibid.
Cats can jump up to five times their height. Cat Watch: The New Horizon Experiment II: The Lion in Your Lap
Our cats are staying off each other’s turfs. ibid.
We still know very little about them. Cat Watch: The New Horizon Experiment III: Cat Talk
Yowls like this are common when there is conflict between cats. ibid.
Adult cats are always so aware of each they don’t need to meow to attract attention. ibid.
Every cat’s meows are unique. ibid.
England’s west country: on these its bleak moors mysterious and dangerous cats are on the loose ... Sightings of mysterious big cats are reported across Britain from Bodmin in the south-west to Barnard Castle [check!] in the north-east. Arthur C Clarke’s Mysterious Universe
From the rainforests of far north Queensland down the Eastern coast come reports of Australia’s big cat. ibid.
This is the only film the striped king cheetah running here with ordinary spotted cheetahs. Arthur C Clarke’s Mysterious World, Kruger Park South Africa
Rarer still is the animal that preys on them – the snow leopard. David Attenborough, The Living Planet II: The Frozen World, BBC 1984
There are two great tribes of carnivores: there are the cats and there are the dogs. David Attenborough, The Life of Mammals V: Meat Eaters, BBC 2004
The Siberian tiger: ten feet long from nose to tail. ibid.
Most lions do most of their hunting at night. ibid.
Cheetahs are the fastest thing on four legs. ibid.
The leopard is perhaps the most accomplished stalker. ibid.
The Amur Leopard – the rarest cat in the world. Here in the deciduous forests of Eastern Russia the winter makes hunting very difficult. David Attenborough, Planet Earth e1: Pole to Pole, BBC 2006
The puma: the lion of the Andes. Pumas are usually solitary and secretive ... Although the cubs are now as large of their mother they still rely on her for their food. David Attenborough, Planet Earth e2: Mountains
A snow leopard – the rarest of Himalayan animals .... These are the first intimate images of snow leopard ever filmed in the wild. ibid.
One could live a lifetime in these woods and never see a lynx. David Attenborough, Planet Earth e10: Seasonal Forests
Another miniature: the kodkod cat. It is the smallest cat in all of the Americas. ibid.
An Amur leopard – the rarest cat on Earth ... There are only forty Amur leopards left in the wild. ibid.
He’s become a killer of killers. Jaguars have the most powerful bite ... and he knows the caiman’s most vulnerable point, the back of its skull. Attenborough, Planet Earth s2e3: Jungles, BBC 2016
A leopard: every night under the cover of darkness they come out to hunt … Leopards have attacked almost two hundred people here in the last twenty-five years. But humans are not their usual prey … Pigs: they leopards prefer to hunt the domestic animals people have brought to the city in considerable numbers … The highest concentration of leopards in the world is right here. David Attenborough, Planet Earth s2e6: Cities
Some animals can perform amazing physical feats. A flea’s jump is said to be the equivalent of a man leaping over St Paul’s cathedral. And it’s famous quoted that cheetahs can run at speeds of 70 miles per hour. Attenborough’s Natural Curiosities s3e1: Impossible Feats, Sky 2015
The top speed of a chase was calculated to be 58 miles per hour. ibid.
At the southern tip of South America the Andes mountains rise almost vertically. Their very height affect life throughout the continent. The barren slopes look inhospitable. But like all parts of South America they are actually rich with wildlife. A family of Puma. They live further south than any kind of cat on Earth. David Attenborough, Seven Worlds, One Planet III: South America, BBC 2019
The coldest wilderness of all lies in the Arctic north … The Canadian lynx: no other kind of cat anywhere lives further north than this one. David Attenborough, Seven Worlds, One Planet VI: North America,
The Jaguar – South America's most powerful and secretive big cat ... The Jaguar is the top predator here. They are renowned for their hunting skills. Jaguars: Brazil’s Super Cats, BBC 2016
If cats looked like frogs we’d realize what nasty, cruel little bastards they are. Style. That’s what people remember. Terry Pratchett, Lords and Ladies
‘I meant,’ said Ipslore bitterly, ‘what is there in this world that truly makes living worthwhile?’
Death thought about it.
‘CATS,’ he said eventually. ‘CATS ARE NICE.’ Terry Pratchett, Sourcery
Owners of dogs will have noticed that, if you provide them with food and water and shelter and affection, they will think you are god. Whereas owners of cats are compelled to realize that, if you provide them with food and water and shelter and affection, they draw the conclusion that they are gods. Christopher Hitchens, The Portable Atheist: Essential Readings for the Nonbeliever
What greater gift than the love of a cat. Charles Dickens
A cat has absolute emotional honesty: human beings, for one reason or another, may hide their feelings, but a cat does not. Ernest Hemingway
Car chases ... Huge explosions ... Anyway, I only mention those things to get your hopes up. Grumpy Cat’s Worse Christmas Ever: The Movie 2014 starring Grumpy Cat & Aubrey Plaza & Daniel Roebuck & Megan Charpentier & Russell Peters & Stephen Stanton & Chris Williams et al, director
We’re all going to die in here. ibid. cat in pet shop
He’s a useful cat. He killed an entire family of raccoons. The Office US s4e3&4: Dunder Mifflin Infinity, Dwight & Garbage the cat, NBC 2010
This company still doesn’t recognise cat maternity. The Office US s5e17: Lecture Circuit II, Angela
They are good decent cats. ibid.
I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals. Winston Churchill
Cheetahs are said to be capable of accelerating from 0 to 60 mph in three seconds, which is right up there with a Ferrari, a Porsche or a Tesla. Richard Dawkins, The Greatest Show on Earth p381