Trivial Purrsuit

Mr. Breeze offers up trivia about animals, real or fanciful.


  • The Cat Who Ate the Sun

    “The Cat Who Ate the Sun” is a mythical story explaining the origin of tortoiseshell cats.  According to the legend, the sun became a black cat to visit the Earth. When the sun left, it left behind its fire in the patches of red and orange in the torties’s coat. This is why Tortoiseshell cats

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  • Dogs Can Fly!

    Did you know that rescue dogs in the UK were trained to fly a real airplane? In 2016 Sky 1 aired a TV series called Dogs Might Fly. Twelve dogs underwent acting challenges, made music videos, and even acted in a live play. Three of the dogs made it to flight school. With special equipment

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  • The Jersey Devil

    Imagine if you will… You are camping with your friends in the Pine Barrens of New Jersey. It’s an early fall evening. There’s a chill in the air and the moon is full. As you sit around the campfire telling ghost stories, there is a sudden thrashing in the blueberry bushes. Something moves quickly toward

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  • Animals in Shakespeare

    Did you know that William Shakespeare (April 1564 – April 23, 1616) was one of the first playwrights to write in English for regular people, rather than in French (the Lingua franca) or Latin?  Shakespeare wrote lots of animals into his plays. Here are just a few. If you haven’t read Shakespeare, download the totally

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