Photo by Julia Shepeleva (Wikimedia)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nAs I just alluded to , the Somali isn’t your stereotypical cat that doesn’t want anything to do with you.\u00a0 Nope, this breed is intelligent, active, playful and very affectionate.\u00a0 Probably why they have become so popular among pet owners in the States.\u00a0 Even a dog lover such as myself wouldn’t mind getting one of these playful cats (no, that is not a hint for a future birthday gift).\u00a0 Even better yet is the Somali actually thrives in an environment with other animals. This makes them perfect if you have other pets or children.\u00a0 It sort of sounds like I just compared your children to pets but I really didn’t mean to :).<\/p>\n
Somali Fast Fact – <\/strong>If you are going to own a Somali then you should be aware that they tend to have problems with their teeth.\u00a0 As well, about 5% of all Somali’s have issues with their kidney’s.\u00a0 Although, I think the benefits of this breed definitely outweighs the disadvantages.<\/p>\nI guess that does it for another Domesticated Wild Fact. I promise we will be back to the Wild tomorrow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
You may know by now that I am definitely more of a dog person than a cat person; however, this website is all about unbiased facts (okay so maybe there are a few biased facts) so today I am going to be writing about a domestic cat called the Somali.\u00a0 I figure this is only fair since we talked about the German Shorthaired Pointer yesterday.\u00a0 And you know I don’t want to leave out all of my cat loving friends.\u00a0 Although the Somali originated from Northern Africa, they are quite popular throughout the United States of America.\u00a0 So let’s learn <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4392,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[60,4024],"tags":[1911,348,626,114,4025,1912,1908,1909,1910],"yoast_head":"\n
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