[Vision2020] Caturday (June 7, 2014)

[Moscow Cares]

Courtesy of the Daily Mail (London, England) at:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2649445/Real-life-Sylvester-Tweety-Pie-Baby-blackbird-squares-Britains-worst-bird-catching-cat-flies-away-unruffled.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490

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What kind of a scaredy cat are you? Ruggles the cat is beaten by a baby blackbird
Ruggles the cat squared up to baby blackbird in Cambridge back garden

- Yet surprisingly, the fledgling featherweight refused to budge from spot
- Cat eventually gave up and left the bird to fly away completely unscathed
- Similar to escapades of Sylvester and Tweety Pie in Looney Tunes cartoons
- Ruggles previously came face to face with a mouse - and failed to catch it

It looked like an uneven contest when Ruggles the cat squared up to this baby blackbird.
Yet, surprisingly, the fledgling featherweight came out on top.
The bird refused to budge when the large cat crept up on him in the back garden of a house in Cambridge
As Ruggles went to pounce, the bird stood his ground, causing scaredy-cat Ruggles to rear up.
And when Ruggles tried again, the bird did a quick side-step and then flew off, in a scene like something out of the escapades of Sylvester the cat and Tweety Pie in the Looney Tunes cartoons of the 50s and 60s.

‘It was amazing, the bird didn’t seem scared of the cat even though it was so much bigger and trying so hard to catch it,’ said photographer Geoff Robinson, who captured the scene in his garden.
‘The cat had the bird in his sight several times but no matter what he did he couldn’t catch it.
‘It was just like watching an episode of a Looney Tunes cartoon in my back garden.’
It is not the first time Ruggles has been left with his tail between his legs.
He once came face to face with a mouse – and failed to catch it.

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Rearing up in fright: Ruggles thinks better of a confrontation and beats a hasty retreat from his adversary.

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Stand off: As Ruggles approached, the tiny bird puffed up his feathers and squared up to the would-be attacker


 
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Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .

"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)
http://www.MoscowCares.com
  
Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

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