A much more recent Moche (1500yrs ago) ceramic of a local puma
A much more recent Moche (1500yrs ago) ceramic of a local puma
Aw, apparently there are no living examples of the domesticated pumas. Not that I am at all unhappy with my tiny European/African cats... but it would be pretty cool to be able to have a pet American cat.
So what happened to un-domesticate them?
Somehow I find the idea of domesticated Pumas as mousers rather - ridiculous.
“Work at the site, under the leadership of Ignacio Alva, son of famous Peruvian archaeologist Walter Alva, has revealed a huge collection of animal bones, mostly felines...The combined group of investigators have concluded that the ancient Lambayeque people were breeding felines at the site.”
How do they know there wasn’t an ancient Chinese Restaurant at the site, instead?
