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A kitten is a juvenile domesticated cat. A feline litter usually consists of two to five kittens. To survive, kittens need the care of their mother for the first several weeks of their life. Kittens are highly social animals and spend most of their waking hours playing and interacting with available companions.
The word "kitten" derives from Middle English kitoun (ketoun, kyton etc.), which itself came from Old French chitoun, cheton: "kitten".
The young of big cats are called cubs rather than kittens. Either term may be used for the young of smaller wild felids such as ocelots, caracals, and lynx, but "kitten" is usually more common for these species.
A feline litter usually consists of two to five kittens. The kits are born after a gestation that lasts between 64 and 67 days, with an average length of 66 days. Kittens emerge in a sac called the amnion which is bitten off and eaten by the mother cat.
For the first several weeks, kittens are unable to urinate or defecate without being stimulated by their mother. They are also unable to regulate their body temperature for the first three weeks, so kittens born in temperatures less than 27°C (80 °F) can die from exposure if they are not kept warm by their mother.
Actors: Matt Curtis (miscellaneous crew), Ralph Ineson (actor), Sylvia Parker (miscellaneous crew), Fiona Morham (miscellaneous crew), Nick Fenton (editor), Katherine Butler (producer), Sue Bruce Smith (miscellaneous crew), Lizzie Francke (producer), Sean Gilder (actor), Steve Evets (actor), Ian Burfield (actor), Lorraine Ashbourne (actress), Robin Anson (miscellaneous crew), Harry Escott (composer), Tracey Josephs (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: An official selection at the Cannes Film Festival, The Selfish Giant is a contemporary fable about 13 year old Arbor (Conner Chapman) and his best friend Swifty (Shaun Thomas). Excluded from school and outsiders in their own neighborhood, the two boys meet Kitten (Sean Gilder), a local scrap dealer. Wandering their town with just a horse and a cart, they begin collecting scrap metal for him. Swifty has a natural gift with horses while Arbor emulates Kitten - keen to impress him and make some money. However, Kitten favors Swifty, leaving Arbor feeling hurt and excluded, driving a wedge between the boys. As Arbor becomes increasingly greedy and exploitative, tensions build, leading to a tragic event that transforms them all.
Keywords: abusive-husband, best-friend, boy, british, bullying, child-protagonist, domestic-violence, england, english, expelled-from-schoolActors: Scott Dean (actor), Annalise Leonelli (director), Annalise Leonelli (editor), Annalise Leonelli (writer), Annalise Leonelli (producer), Matt McRee (miscellaneous crew), Jacelyn Mah (actor), Brett Rogstad (producer), Abhishek Cherian (actor), Ishani Chakravarty (actor), Justin Mayfield (composer),
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Genres: Action, Drama,Actors: Debbie Rochon (actress), Tim Ritter (actor), Sven Granlund (actor), Lloyd Kaufman (actor), Billy W. Blackwell (producer), Billy W. Blackwell (actor), Jacob Ennis (producer), Jacob Ennis (writer), Jacob Ennis (editor), Jacob Ennis (director), George Bonilla (actor), Matthew Perry (actor), Blake Judd (editor), Blake Judd (actor), Hank Williams III (actor),
Genres: Animation, Comedy, Horror, Music,Actors: Christopher Dillon (producer), Christopher Dillon (editor), Christopher Dillon (director), Christopher Dillon (writer), Seith Mann (editor), Heather Zicko (actress), Manish Acharya (actor), Jason Moran (composer), Elise Greven (producer), Judiaann Woo (producer), Judiaann Woo (actress), Allison Batty (actress), Heather Ballantyne (actress), Jonathan Molitor (actor), Danger (actor),
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Plot: A lazy and fat cat, named Dodsworth is ordered by his mistress to catch mice that have invaded her home and terrorizing her. Dodsworth doesn't want to condescend to personal physical effort to catch the mice; so, he dons a professor's hat and dupes a kitten into doing the job for him, on the pretext that he's a teacher who is giving the kitten a valuable learning experience.
Keywords: cartoon-cat, cartoon-kitten, cartoon-mouse, dodsworth-the-cat, magnet, merrie-melodies, surrealismActors: Mel Blanc (actor), Mel Blanc (actor), Mel Blanc (actor), Mel Blanc (actor), Mel Blanc (actor), Bea Benaderet (actress), Edward Selzer (producer), Warren Foster (writer), Carl W. Stalling (composer), Friz Freleng (director), Treg Brown (editor),
Plot: An elderly mouse tells the bedtime story of Little Red Riding Hood to her grandson, who visualizes the tale in cat-and-mouse terms, with himself as Red and Sylvester as the Big Bad Wolf.
Keywords: cat-versus-mouse, little-red-riding-hood, merrie-melodies, sylvester-the-catActors: Mel Blanc (actor), Mel Blanc (actor), Mel Blanc (actor), Mel Blanc (actor), Arthur Q. Bryan (actor), Bea Benaderet (actress), Edward Selzer (producer), Michael Maltese (writer), Tedd Pierce (writer), Carl W. Stalling (composer), Friz Freleng (director), Treg Brown (editor),
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