Naturalist. Feline Prescience.
I must give a fact which was communicated to me many years ago by an old physician, of which the good old man assured me he was an eye witness. In his house were two cats, each with a Inter of kittens but a few days old. One of the cats was very young, it was her first litter, aiM the old cat was her mother. It was noticed that the younger cat did not seem well. Each one had her litter by herself, although both were in the same room. As the old cat lay suckling her own litter the young cat came to her mother and made a low mewing, then went to her own litter. The old cat followed her and immediately began removing the grand-kittens, adding them to her own. The truth was, she had adopted them, and seemingly at the request of their mother, for not many more minutes had elapsed before they were orphaned by their mother's death. — S. Lockwood, American Naturalist.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1917, 18 October 1884, Page 2 (Supplement)
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171Naturalist. Feline Prescience. Waikato Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1917, 18 October 1884, Page 2 (Supplement)
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