Sunday, August 16, 2020

Black Cat Sunday

 It's all about black cats on our blog today. First of all, how about this boy's selfie?

I was trying to help Toby focus a selfie on his nose, but the camera liked his eyes better, so there's that. Oh, and Toby's technically a tuxie, but he's far more black than white, so he counts as our black cat selfie star today. Toby hopes you enjoyed seeing his handsome self today!


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Doodle of the Day

Even our doodle today has a black cat in it. It's another doodle in our series starring Edgar Allan Poe and his tortie Catterina. This one is based on his short story called "The Black Cat". Let's be real, though, Poe's "The Black Cat" is all shades of devastating, so I only loosely based this doodle off of it. As in, my doodle includes Poe, Catterina, and a black cat, and that's that.


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Did you know?

Did you know that black panthers are just leopards or jaguars with genes for dark fur? In Asia or Africa, a black panther is a leopard. In the Americas, a black panther is a jaguar. Either way, a black panther indeed has the spots of a leopard or jaguar. Those spots are simply masked by the black fur, though in some individual black panthers or in certain lighting you can see a black panther's spots.

10 comments:

Timmy Tomcat said...

Toby this is Toby. No Tuxies tomorrow on Black Can Appreciation Day. You have to be 100%... er, 95%... um, 90% black fur. Aw I dont know if you are you know it ok

pilch92 said...

Toby is very handsome. I like the drawing and I did not know that about black panthers.

Eastside Cats said...

Toby's wee white chin whiskers are adorbable!

The Swiss Cats said...

Toby, we love your fabulous white whiskers ! Great selfie ! Purrs

The Island Cats said...

What a handsome guy you are, Toby!

Dash Kitten Crew said...

Toby, tell your portraitist that the first thing I was taught by a pet photographer was to focus on the eyes. People look at eyes first, then they admire your whiskers and gorgeous soft fur!!

Melissa, Mudpie and Angel Truffles (Mochas, Mysteries and Meows) said...

We always love seeing Toby!

messymimi said...

Toby is quite handsome!

It's amazing that yes, you can see the spots on a panther in some lights, i've seen them.

meowmeowmans said...

Toby, you're looking good, dude!

AngelicClowder said...

Toby you look pawsome!!