Felines

I came to Africa to see some of its big cats like the lions, cheetahs and leopards. We went to Mikumi park on our first week here. We never saw any but I’ve seen so many domestic cats anyways. They are different from the Philippine domestic cats because they maybe the direct descendants of the wildcats here, plus they have Dutch names. Kleine smeerpoets(Klayn smeer poots, aka Ginger) it means little dirt bag because he is always dirty when he eats, with all the food on his face. He became a literal dirt bag when he reached adolescence. He started to hump his mom and his sister so Francijn decided to say goodbye to his balls (ouch!). Kleine meid (klayna mayt, meaning small girl, I think) she is so small and malnourished. She used to be vegetarian, eating only beans when she was young. Two male cats Baraka and Mzee (old) were sent to America to their former owner Sheena. They might be the most travelled Tanzanian cats as of now. We shared a very hot and stinky ride with them to Dar last December. I wonder how they handled the winter. The 2 females the mom and sis of the previously mentioned cats, Koroma (meows a lot) and Tiger (I never thought I will see tiger here in Africa) are already in Holland hopefully still making lots of noises and climbing roofs without knowing how to come down. Jo’s cats are named Krijger (Krayger, meaning hunter) he can meow without a sound and loves to kill small defenceless animals, and Kneus (kanows,clumsy) who always get himself into accidents. Once he put his tail between a closing door and got bitten by something so that his paw became thrice as big. Their balls needs to come off too, soon! ( 4 ouch! for that) Lisenka has another cat, a vicious cat who always attacks unsuspecting guests. I heard he attacked John one time (good for him, he doesn’t like cats and Manny Pacquio who had beaten their boxer to a bloody pulp last time, and he’s old). And finally Ute’s cat (German) who is so fluffy and white who I would call Fluffy because I don’t know the German word for fluffy.