Greg Bishop

A veterinarian with unquenchable creative impulses. Unquenchable? Hmmm... creative "tendencies"? Well, it depends on how well I slept last night. Also a writer, illustrator and whatever-elser.

What a Cat Wants, What a Cat Needs

Apr 11, 2024 4 min read veterinary medicine

Cats are killers. Ruthlessly so. Any animal under 1 kilogram will tell you the same. They're like orcas, publicly adored by humans but known in the animal world as perverse monsters

The Osprey

Apr 4, 2024 7 min read stories

With determination fueled by adrenaline, I approached the bedraggled osprey, ready to perform an impromptu rescue, only to find myself outsmarted by a grand display of avian defiance: a majestic aerial departure punctuated by a poignant avian "gift."

Conflict of Interests

Mar 28, 2024 4 min read

I went on a date the other night, but not with my wife. It did feel a bit wrong in some ways, but nobody (her included) seemed to mind too much, so I

New Yorker Rejects #4

Mar 21, 2024 3 min read cartoon

Cartoons that weren't particularly close to being published in the New Yorker.

False Alarm

Mar 14, 2024 6 min read neuroscience

In which I go clothes shopping, have a terrifying experience, and unconsciously implement an evolutionary strategy to help a conspecific.