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Woman Records A Bobcat Family Having A Blast On Her Front Porch
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Woman Records A Bobcat Family Having A Blast On Her Front Porch

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Get ready for your daily dose of cuteness. Here’s something that you don’t see every day—a friendly family of bobcats relaxing right on your doorstep. Artist Kathy Maniscalco brightened up our day when she posted photos and videos of a mama bobcat with her 5 kittens relaxing near her home in Sante Fe, New Mexico.

While 3 of the tiny bobcats were sitting on the wall with their mom, 2 others were up in the porch. One of the pair that wasn’t afraid to climb up can be seen meowing at the camera while the other one looks like we all do after a tough week at work.

Kathy even mentioned that she’s thinking of turning one of the family bobcat photos into a painting in the future. We’d absolutely love to see it and we’re looking forward to the project. Meanwhile, let’s enjoy some adorable and fluffy bobcats, shall we?

More info: Facebook (Kathy) | Facebook (Gallery) | ManiscalcoFineArt.com

Artist Kathy Maniscalco was visited by a family of bobcats at her home in Santa Fe

Image credits: Kathy Maniscalco

Image credits: Kathy Maniscalco

Image credits: Kathy Maniscalco

Image credits: Kathy Maniscalco

She also shared a couple of videos of the adorable bobcat kittens and their mom

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Image credits: Kathy Maniscalco

Here’s the first video showing the bobcats

Image credits: Kathy Maniscalco

Image credits: Kathy Maniscalco

And here’s the second video!

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Image credits: Kathy Maniscalco

Image credits: Kathy Maniscalco

Image credits: Kathy Maniscalco

Image credits: Kathy Maniscalco

The artist also posted two videos that she took of the bobcat family through a window. She told KOB4 in a phone interview all about the playful encounter.

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“Oh, lo and behold there were babies, babies that were having their milk snack. I thought, ‘Oh this is just too good to be true! What a gift!’ So I just kept recording little video clips and they stopped feeding then they started, in another video that I posted, they started playing,” she said.

According to Kathy, the kittens were stretching, relaxing, and generally being adorable. “We got to see their beautiful spotted tummies and the momma cleaning them and it was just so amazing. I couldn’t believe my eyes because I was literally 6 inches away from them. They did not mind at all my iPhone recording them.”

That’s when Kathy noticed the two kittens hidden up in her porch. “And they were so at peace and I thought, ‘This is a message maybe for all of us just to relax.”

The bobcats moved on from the artist’s home after around 4 hours. Kathy said that she got a lot of attention from people because of her videos. She even had complete strangers reaching out to her on Facebook to thank her for sharing the beautiful content that helped lift their spirits during these difficult times.

The artist said that one of the kittens was even trying to get inside her home

Here’s how people reacted to the adorable content

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AntoniaPove
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3 years ago (edited)

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Raine Soo
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh, my God! This was the first Bored Panda post I saw this morning. This bobcat family is incredibly beautiful! Mama bobcat is a terrific mother. Everyone looks so happy and so healthy. Kathy Maniscalco is a very lucky lady.

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Night Owl
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3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In the one family photo it almost looks like the mama is wearing a flower hat

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Meeow
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This family are so cute, living the places like that you can always encounter these beautiful cats, hopefully no stray cat out there are harm.

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IwiLLsTeaLyOuRsoUl
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Bobcat momma's to-do list: 1.) Feed bebes 2.) lick bebes 3.) lick bootyhole

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Missy Moo Moo
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Just like a house cat... start recording and they lick their bum!!

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Sandra Kennedy-Heausler
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Add me to the Darwin Awards listing. Because I KNOW that I would have tried to pet them; or at least put out cat food to lure them back. They are adorable, and they don't need idiots like me trying to domesticate them.

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Leo Domitrix
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The bobcats are entirely too comfy with humans for the safety of the bobcats. IT's lovely to see them on video, etc., but their own safety depends on being *scared* of predators. And humans kill bobcats. The kits need to be scared of human scent to avoid traplines, etc... Yes, people do that stuff. And worse. Leave wild animals *wild*, please? For their sake... You may have good intentions but at least ten others won't....

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Christina Uhlir
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Too many 'Oh, so cute' comments....and that's all right to admire nature's beauty, but if you will not get involved and join the fight against the ugliness perpetrated by greedy and evil, sanguinary people there will be NO nature, NO animals, and then NO us, humans. Please join any reputable environmental and animal rights/protection organization(s) for the sake of all of us. Thank you for your compassion.

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Diane Johnson
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The Bobcat family, the pictures and video are all amazing and exciting. I had so much fun reading most of the comments, especially the one sent by Luna Lovebug.

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Rissie
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They seem so comfy :) I would just sit there and look at them the whole time, while suppressing my urge to open the door and get scratched up because tabby kitten bellies!

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Monika Soffronow
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They are beautiful and it must have been an awesome experience, but the last comment above is the only correct one: they should have been chased away because if they get used to being around humans, that is what will get them killed.

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Christina Uhlir
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They'll be most likely killed anyway; because the cattle ranchers use more and more wild public land for grazing, they poison wild predatory animals and any animals which compete with their cattle for pasturage. This destruction is happening courtesy to "gentle, responsible, and reasonable" people who "must" eat more than one million of animals every single hour!!!! They love meat ....and everything else - the entire planet can go to hell. It does not matter to them how much destruction, pain and suffering they are causing; they even don't care about their own health and about the future of their own children. COVID 19 did not just happen, it was man-enabled, as all those previous deadly bacteria and viruses were, and all those ever more potent viruses will be. But why do they have to bring down responsible, compassionate people with them?

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MiniMaus
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh that video at the Milk Bar is simply too much cuteness. What an amazing experience. And YES YES YES you must paint the first picture and then show us . ( PS: I have been to Santa Fe many times and you are so very lucky to live there )

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Diandra “Mss Didi” Blackthorn
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

2 things: Kathy definitely has that lovely, "safe-space" energy that animals can sense! Yaay Kathy! And the stone tiles on her patio are cool and a good place for the bobcats to ... chill...

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Zella Haesche
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The photography on this bobcat family are amazing! Some of them are a professional level!

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Irene Walton
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is so beautiful!! The lucky person to have been able to see them

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KCN
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Thank you for the dose of cuteness. I needed that.

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Jack Fulton
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Re the bobcats....we are in San Rafael CA in a fairly rural area but houses all around. Our bobcat came speeding doen the steep backyard and attacked a squirrely (they do seem to enjoy squirrels) and crashed against the screen door. I walked over to see what happened and the bobcat stopped, moved away, stared at me, then left with an apparently dead squirrel on the door step. Returning in about 40 minutes to see what had happened the squirrel was gone. Either it had not been harmed but had a bit of PTSD or teh Mr. Bobcat came and grabbed back its lunch.

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Iva Riddle
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I know I cant- but I wish so much I could pet them and feed them and keep them safe :)

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Sue Fletcher
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What a treat to get to watch these beautiful wild Bobcats close up!

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Dorothy Parker
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So beautiful and utterly delicious. We have to be content with our domestic cats.

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WillemPenn
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Makes me think of that poor lady who rescued someone's housecat who had gotten stuck in her fence -- only to learn it was a bobcat after it destroyed her house.

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Collin Edward
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Can we use AI to make this a painting in Michelangelo's style?

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MantisKeeper
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My cat is about the size of the mama bobcat! He is a maine coone- tabby mix.

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from all the people in the world, they chose an artist house. Isn't the nazi propaganda sweet?

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Raine Soo
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh, my God! This was the first Bored Panda post I saw this morning. This bobcat family is incredibly beautiful! Mama bobcat is a terrific mother. Everyone looks so happy and so healthy. Kathy Maniscalco is a very lucky lady.

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Night Owl
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3 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

In the one family photo it almost looks like the mama is wearing a flower hat

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Meeow
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This family are so cute, living the places like that you can always encounter these beautiful cats, hopefully no stray cat out there are harm.

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IwiLLsTeaLyOuRsoUl
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Bobcat momma's to-do list: 1.) Feed bebes 2.) lick bebes 3.) lick bootyhole

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Missy Moo Moo
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Just like a house cat... start recording and they lick their bum!!

sheausler avatar
Sandra Kennedy-Heausler
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Add me to the Darwin Awards listing. Because I KNOW that I would have tried to pet them; or at least put out cat food to lure them back. They are adorable, and they don't need idiots like me trying to domesticate them.

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Leo Domitrix
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The bobcats are entirely too comfy with humans for the safety of the bobcats. IT's lovely to see them on video, etc., but their own safety depends on being *scared* of predators. And humans kill bobcats. The kits need to be scared of human scent to avoid traplines, etc... Yes, people do that stuff. And worse. Leave wild animals *wild*, please? For their sake... You may have good intentions but at least ten others won't....

cjucz22 avatar
Christina Uhlir
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Too many 'Oh, so cute' comments....and that's all right to admire nature's beauty, but if you will not get involved and join the fight against the ugliness perpetrated by greedy and evil, sanguinary people there will be NO nature, NO animals, and then NO us, humans. Please join any reputable environmental and animal rights/protection organization(s) for the sake of all of us. Thank you for your compassion.

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Diane Johnson
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The Bobcat family, the pictures and video are all amazing and exciting. I had so much fun reading most of the comments, especially the one sent by Luna Lovebug.

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Rissie
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They seem so comfy :) I would just sit there and look at them the whole time, while suppressing my urge to open the door and get scratched up because tabby kitten bellies!

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Monika Soffronow
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They are beautiful and it must have been an awesome experience, but the last comment above is the only correct one: they should have been chased away because if they get used to being around humans, that is what will get them killed.

cjucz22 avatar
Christina Uhlir
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They'll be most likely killed anyway; because the cattle ranchers use more and more wild public land for grazing, they poison wild predatory animals and any animals which compete with their cattle for pasturage. This destruction is happening courtesy to "gentle, responsible, and reasonable" people who "must" eat more than one million of animals every single hour!!!! They love meat ....and everything else - the entire planet can go to hell. It does not matter to them how much destruction, pain and suffering they are causing; they even don't care about their own health and about the future of their own children. COVID 19 did not just happen, it was man-enabled, as all those previous deadly bacteria and viruses were, and all those ever more potent viruses will be. But why do they have to bring down responsible, compassionate people with them?

Load More Replies...
minimaus avatar
MiniMaus
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh that video at the Milk Bar is simply too much cuteness. What an amazing experience. And YES YES YES you must paint the first picture and then show us . ( PS: I have been to Santa Fe many times and you are so very lucky to live there )

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Diandra “Mss Didi” Blackthorn
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

2 things: Kathy definitely has that lovely, "safe-space" energy that animals can sense! Yaay Kathy! And the stone tiles on her patio are cool and a good place for the bobcats to ... chill...

zshaesche avatar
Zella Haesche
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The photography on this bobcat family are amazing! Some of them are a professional level!

irenewalton2001 avatar
Irene Walton
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is so beautiful!! The lucky person to have been able to see them

kcanded avatar
KCN
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Thank you for the dose of cuteness. I needed that.

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Jack Fulton
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Re the bobcats....we are in San Rafael CA in a fairly rural area but houses all around. Our bobcat came speeding doen the steep backyard and attacked a squirrely (they do seem to enjoy squirrels) and crashed against the screen door. I walked over to see what happened and the bobcat stopped, moved away, stared at me, then left with an apparently dead squirrel on the door step. Returning in about 40 minutes to see what had happened the squirrel was gone. Either it had not been harmed but had a bit of PTSD or teh Mr. Bobcat came and grabbed back its lunch.

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Iva Riddle
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I know I cant- but I wish so much I could pet them and feed them and keep them safe :)

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Sue Fletcher
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What a treat to get to watch these beautiful wild Bobcats close up!

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Dorothy Parker
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

So beautiful and utterly delicious. We have to be content with our domestic cats.

wproctor avatar
WillemPenn
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Makes me think of that poor lady who rescued someone's housecat who had gotten stuck in her fence -- only to learn it was a bobcat after it destroyed her house.

akice-397 avatar
Collin Edward
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Can we use AI to make this a painting in Michelangelo's style?

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MantisKeeper
Community Member
3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My cat is about the size of the mama bobcat! He is a maine coone- tabby mix.

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Ionescu Popa
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3 years ago

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from all the people in the world, they chose an artist house. Isn't the nazi propaganda sweet?

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