Furry avatars of doom

[Rhinocrates]

First frozen sabre-toothed cat found.

The world’s first saber-toothed cat mummy has been found in Siberia

This remarkably well-preserved cub could help scientists answer questions about sabertooth anatomy, hunting, and even coat color.

www.nationalgeographic.com

Mummy of a juvenile sabre-toothed cat Homotherium latidens from the Upper Pleistocene of Siberia - Scientific Reports

The frozen mummy of the large felid cub was found in the Upper Pleistocene permafrost on the Badyarikha River (Indigirka River basin) in the northeast of Yakutia, Russia. The study of the specimen appearance showed its significant differences from a modern lion cub of similar age (three weeks)...

www.nature.com

 

[Rhinocrates]

Ah, so 'castle' is 'wet cat.'

 

[Rhinocrates]

 

[Rhinocrates]

I had no idea James Cagney was a mad scientist

On cats

https://phys.org/news/2024-10-physicist-cat-reveal-equation-motion.html

https://phys.org/news/2024-11-journey-egyptian-cat-mummies-modern.html

dogs

https://phys.org/news/2024-11-links-brain-volume-temperament-diverse.html

Akshually, a lot of the pulp illustrators were poorly paid and couldn't afford to hire models, so often they copied photos from movie magazines. Virgil Finlay did this a lot.

Here's the actor Raymond Massey and an illustration by Finlay that's clearly copied from a photo of him - he certainly couldn't have afforded to pay him to model.

So yeah, James Cagney may well have been the model for that mad scientist.