Forwarded from Western Heritage
Charles Marville, The Mummified Cat (found in the excavations of Saint-Germain-en-Laye), ca. 1862
Forwarded from Scotland 🏴
The Scottish wildcat is Britain's only remaining native cat species. It is similar to a domestic tabby but larger, stockier and with a black-banded bushy tail. It is restricted to Scotland, where it inhabits the forested margins of moorland. It is under severe threat from hybridisation with feral cats and disease. The animal was routinely culled to reduce predation on game, but it was protected in 1988 under the Wildlife & Countryside Act.
The skull of a Roman soldier who died during the Gallic Wars, 58-50BC, with a knife still embedded in it. On display at the Museo Rocsen in Argentina. @LaocoonofTroy