Why does Tycho get a bigger page than anyone else at Ambient? Apparently he's the most popular member of the staff by a long shot, judging by the rather flattering number of hits his page gets every month. He's even received fan mail!
Tycho is a male Bengal cat, born in December 2000. Apparently Bengal cats are meant to love water and be loving and affectionate. Some of that is true... almost. Tycho completely hates water the majority of the time and dislikes walking across even a damp floor. He tends to go to Matt for attention and climb up Andy's leg whenever he wants someone to play with ( which tends to involve the biting of fingers ). The rest of us he generally ignores for the most part unless we happen to be holding his favorite toy, a long plastic stick with some feathers on the end. He's not all that keen on the actual feathers but he tends to like biting the plastic handle. That seems to be a trend for him, as over the years he's ignored a plethora of cat toys, treats and distractions. He'd much rather bite holes in corrugated cardboard boxes or chase a plastic stick. We probably should have worked out he was going to be a strange cat when at a few months old he hauled a stick he'd found in through the cat door and proceeded to sit and chew it in the lounge.
Tycho's had a bit of a tendency to stalk the dogs from time to time when he thinks he can get away with it, which has resulted in some very surprised dogs! We don't think he's as skillful a hunter as he might like us to believe though as his biggest victory so far has been a bug he found out in the forest. He's been known to come running in through the cat door with his tail like a bottlebrush when a seagull has flown past overhead. Often he sits inside and watches the Mynahs that land on the railings of the deck and shout at him while he makes little growly noises back at them.
Yes, he's a weird cat, but he adds a touch of relaxation to Ambient HQ ( and is also good at distracting people when they should be working... )
If you want to send fan-mail to Tycho you can do so here, but beware of inflating his ego! |
