Bobcat Babies On Thier Own

Bobcat babies are evicted from their mother's territory between eight and eleven months old and expected to fend for themselves.

 Picture from Defenders

After beginning to eat solid food around two months old, bobcats are taught to hunt around five months of age.  Afterwards, they are turned out from their mother's care and expected to survive on their own, while finding their own territory to occupy.

Calvin Coolidge's Many Presidential Pets

President Calvin Coolidge once said “Any man who does not like dogs and want them about, does not deserve to be in the White House.” This probably went for other animals as well, for Coolidge and his family acquired even more pets than the Roosevelts.

During Coolidge's two terms in office, the White House almost literally became a zoo. Exotic animals such as lion cubs, bears, an antelope, wallaby, bobcat and a pygmy hippo were all part of the menagerie. And, of course, there were more typical pets, over 12 dogs, 4 cats and at least 3 canaries.The Coolidges owned a beloved donkey named Ebeneezer, and commandeered one of the White House trees to build a special house for their 2 raccoons—Rebecca and Horace.

Rebecca was quite lively and enjoyed playing in the First Lady's bathtub with "a little water in it and a cake of soap." Another one of Rebecca's favorite games was climbing up the President and draping herself about his neck. The picture below shows First Lady, Grace Coolidge, out at the Easter Egg Roll with Rebecca.

Photo courtesy of the Library of Congress.

A “snowshoe” cat

Speaking of Lynx, besides their long ear tuffs, and totally black tipped tails, they have big feet that act like snowshoes. They are usually larger than bobcats.
Watch this amazing video of a fight between the two species.

I don't think I'll mess with either beastie!

JJ

Stubby tail cat

This small cat’s tail is only 6 or 7 inches long, which may have given it the name of Bobcat. Its snarls and growls sound like they should be coming from a much larger cat, maybe a mountain lion, yet bobcats usually weigh 15 to 20 pounds. The bobcat has much smaller ear tufts than a lynx. The end of a bobcat's tail is black on top and white on the bottom.