Puss and Bootes # 7 is a photograph by Ben Stone which was uploaded on February 17th, 2024.
Puss and Bootes # 7
An All New Digital Art Painting With A Feline Theme. It Is Entitled Puss and Bootes # 7, art work created by Ben Stone. I hope you like it, thank you... more
by Ben Stone
Title
Puss and Bootes # 7
Artist
Ben Stone
Medium
Photograph - Photography-giclee
Description
An All New Digital Art Painting With A "Feline Theme". It Is Entitled "Puss and Bootes # 7", art work created by Ben Stone. I hope you like it, thank you for stopping by and visiting for awhile and please remember this "Art evokes the mystery without which the world would not exist." ~ René Magritte.
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The cat (Felis catus), commonly referred to as the domestic cat or house cat, is the only domesticated species in the family Felidae. Recent advances in archaeology and genetics have shown that the domestication of the cat occurred in the Near East around 7500 BC. It is commonly kept as a house pet and farm cat, but also ranges freely as a feral cat avoiding human contact. It is valued by humans for companionship and its ability to kill vermin. Because of its retractable claws, it is adapted to killing small prey like mice and rats. It has a strong, flexible body, quick reflexes, sharp teeth, and its night vision and sense of smell are well developed. It is a social species, but a solitary hunter and a crepuscular predator. Cat communication includes vocalizations like meowing, purring, trilling, hissing, growling, and grunting as well as cat body language. It can hear sounds too faint or too high in frequency for human ears, such as those made by small mammals. It also secretes and perceives pheromones.
Female domestic cats can have kittens from spring to late autumn in temperate zones and throughout the year in equatorial regions, with litter sizes often ranging from two to five kittens. Domestic cats are bred and shown at events as registered pedigreed cats, a hobby known as cat fancy. Animal population control of cats may be achieved by spaying and neutering, but their proliferation and the abandonment of pets has resulted in large numbers of feral cats worldwide, contributing to the extinction of bird, mammal and reptile species.
As of 2017, the domestic cat was the second most popular pet in the United States, with 95.6 million cats owned and around 42 million households owning at least one cat. In the United Kingdom, 26% of adults have a cat, with an estimated population of 10.9 million pet cats as of 2020. As of 2021, there were an estimated 220 million owned and 480 million stray cats in the world.
Etymology and naming
The origin of the English word cat, Old English catt, is thought to be the Late Latin word cattus, which was first used at the beginning of the 6th century.[4] The Late Latin word may be derived from an unidentified African language.[5] The Nubian word kaddîska 'wildcat' and Nobiin kadīs are possible sources or cognates.[6] The Nubian word may be a loan from Arabic قَطّ qaṭṭ ~ قِطّ qiṭṭ.[citation needed]
The forms might also have derived from an ancient Germanic word that was imported into Latin and then into Greek, Syriac, and Arabic.[7] The word may be derived from Germanic and Northern European languages, and ultimately be borrowed from Uralic, cf. Northern Sámi gáđfi, 'female stoat', and Hungarian hölgy, 'lady, female stoat'; from Proto-Uralic *käďwä, 'female (of a furred animal)'.
The English puss, extended as pussy and pussycat, is attested from the 16th century and may have been introduced from Dutch poes or from Low German puuskatte, related to Swedish kattepus, or Norwegian pus, pusekatt. Similar forms exist in Lithuanian puižė and Irish puisín or puiscín. The etymology of this word is unknown, but it may have arisen from a sound used to attract a cat.
A male cat is called a tom or tomcat (or a gib, if neutered). A female is called a queen or a molly, [user-generated source?] if spayed, especially in a cat-breeding context. A juvenile cat is referred to as a kitten. In Early Modern English, the word kitten was interchangeable with the now-obsolete word catling.
A group of cats can be referred to as a clowder or a glaring.
Uploaded
February 17th, 2024
Comments (10)
Constance Lowery
very appropriate quote to explain this beautiful artwork. wonderful placement of the cat. L/F
Ben Stone replied:
Hi Constance, Thank you for leaving this wonderful comment it is most appreciated! Thanks for the L/F too!
Nick Boren
An interesting feline work of art Ben!
Ben Stone replied:
Hi Nick, I am so pleased you think so, thank you so much for your comment it is most appreciated!
Antonis Meintanis
Wonderful lovely artwork dear Ben !! 👍 👌Best Wishes !👌fav👌
Ben Stone replied:
Hi Antonis, Thank you for taking the time to give me such a wonderful comment it is most appreciated! Thanks for the Best Wishes and the fav too!
Rand Burns
Striking and dramatic. Fantastic work Ben. F/L.
Ben Stone replied:
Hi Randy, Your comment is most appreciated, thank you so much and thanks for your F/L too!!
Violeta Ianeva
lovely mystic art Ben f
Ben Stone replied:
Hi Violeta, I am pleased that you think so, thank you for your comment and for the fav too!
Susan Huckins
Love this image, awesome artwork Ben. The cat silhouette really works well against the background. Susan
Ben Stone replied:
Hi Susan, I am so glad you love this creation. Thank you for your input it means a lot to me!