Last week, I met Khun Choowong Thepkoh, better known as “Uncle Samsen,” originally from Korat 🇹🇭 He told me he would often travel from Korat to Bangkok on weekends on his motorcycle and sidecar... carrying 16 rescued cats along the way! 🛵🐱 A journey of roughly 250-270 km 💪🏼 For nearly 30 years, Uncle Samsen has cared for these cats like his own children. He refused to sell them at any cost and even said he would rather skip meals himself to make sure the cats were fed 🐈👨🏻 To support himself and his feline family, he sells knickknacks, antiques and secondhand items at flea markets, while also collecting and selling recyclable materials to factories in Bangkok.
My cat has officially claimed the spot next to me forever 🥺💖 No matter what, he always ends up curled up beside me at the end of the day. Best cuddle buddy I could ask for 🥹
The black-footed cat may look like a small house pet, but it is actually the deadliest feline on the planet. Weighing only about three to five pounds, this tiny hunter achieves a staggering 60% success rate in its hunts. To put that in perspective, a lion only succeeds about 25% of the time. This diminutive predator is an eating machine, often catching up to fourteen small animals in a single night to fuel its incredibly high metabolism.
Living in the arid regions of Southern Africa, these cats rely on their exceptional night vision and hearing to track prey in the dark. They are strictly nocturnal and can travel over twenty miles in a single evening looking for food. Because they are so small, they face many threats from larger predators, leading them to be incredibly secretive and fierce. They prove that in the wild, size has very little to do with being an elite apex predator.