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Feline Friday: The language of ears

March 2nd, 2007 by Kimberly

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Sasha is usually an ears-forward cat, inquisitive and engaged. But not this day. Those tilted ears say I’m not in the mood. I hear you, McKitten.

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  • 1 Modulator Mar 2, 2007 at 6:17 am

    Friday Ark #128…

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  • 2 Beverly Mar 2, 2007 at 9:27 am

    The photos of your cats are beautiful. I often come here and lurk. Thanks for sharing. Reading about Lyra, I hope that she’s doing well.

  • 3 srp Mar 2, 2007 at 1:10 pm

    Lyra has on her “Bucky” look (from the cartoon Get Fuzzy). Our Miss Clover (sounds like a movie title) has this look most of the time. I tell her she has that “I got up on the wrong side of the bed” look every day. It must be the Diva thing.

  • 4 Jaspenelle Mar 2, 2007 at 4:54 pm

    That is really odd, my cat Aos never holds his ears like that until I snapped a picture of him today, ironically it was taken after I read your post…

  • 5 TM Mar 2, 2007 at 7:53 pm

    That’s what I call “persnickity ears”….when my cat does that I know something’s about to happen!

  • 6 Reverse Barometer Mar 3, 2007 at 5:01 am

    Another wonderful photo. This is such a good blog to visit.

  • 7 Lisa Mar 4, 2007 at 6:17 am

    Ha! LOVE the ears!

  • 8 astrid Mar 4, 2007 at 6:34 am

    That’s a great pic I love the expression her (his?) face and those lovely ears ;)

  • 9 sher Mar 4, 2007 at 9:23 am

    Ah Sasha! You are so beautiful–and you speak volumes with those ears! I love the markings on your fur too!

  • 10 sammawow Mar 4, 2007 at 12:08 pm

    Those ears are definitely speaking volumes!

  • 11 Philip Mar 4, 2007 at 2:27 pm

    I’m getting something else from those ears: astute intelligence, wary confidence, a sense of knowing . . .

  • 12 Katie Mar 4, 2007 at 3:29 pm

    What beautiful long whiskers! And the expression is priceless. ;)