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5,000 years of history of domestic cats in Central Europe
EurekAlert! ^ | July 13, 2020 | Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun

Posted on 07/15/2020 5:45:13 PM PDT by SunkenCiv

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1 posted on 07/15/2020 5:45:13 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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2 posted on 07/15/2020 5:45:57 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: fieldmarshaldj

Kitty Ping


3 posted on 07/15/2020 5:46:55 PM PDT by left that other site (If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all. (Isaiah 7:9))
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To: left that other site

can’t hug every cat

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CheBneJ9HmA


4 posted on 07/15/2020 5:48:30 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: SunkenCiv; Slings and Arrows

Please PING.


5 posted on 07/15/2020 5:50:29 PM PDT by Biggirl ("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5)
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To: BenLurkin

LOL!

True.


6 posted on 07/15/2020 5:50:40 PM PDT by left that other site (If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all. (Isaiah 7:9))
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7 posted on 07/15/2020 5:52:31 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: SunkenCiv
One candidate progenitor species https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sand_cat


8 posted on 07/15/2020 5:53:19 PM PDT by HangnJudge (When one is in a house of mirrors, everywhere you stand is “center)
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To: SunkenCiv

When all the kids ask, “Can we keep it?” you know domestication is only a few thousand years away.


9 posted on 07/15/2020 5:53:37 PM PDT by Buttons12
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To: SunkenCiv

“Due to the influence of the Roman Empire”

“Flavius! Bring up the catapault and launch some calicos at these barbarians!”


10 posted on 07/15/2020 5:55:43 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
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To: HangnJudge
I think the Sand Cats starred in that 1960s show "Cat Patrol".

11 posted on 07/15/2020 5:55:50 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: blueunicorn6

Hence the name, catapault.


12 posted on 07/15/2020 5:57:33 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: HangnJudge

That does look like the Model T of the species, although it appears the crank is in the rear.


13 posted on 07/15/2020 5:59:12 PM PDT by Buttons12
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To: blueunicorn6

“Retreat! Retreat! They’re flinging cats at us! What a catastrophe!”


14 posted on 07/15/2020 6:01:08 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
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To: HangnJudge

There he is.

In my flowers again.


15 posted on 07/15/2020 6:03:39 PM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
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To: HangnJudge

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_wildcat


16 posted on 07/15/2020 6:05:40 PM PDT by EBH ( The United States Went Down with the Leftists, a shot wasn't even fired to stop them.)
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To: BenLurkin
Some of them still lack full domestication.


17 posted on 07/15/2020 6:10:39 PM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: SunkenCiv

We didn’t domesticate cats. We came to a mutually beneficial agreement.

CC


18 posted on 07/15/2020 6:11:04 PM PDT by Celtic Conservative (My cats are more amusing than 200 channels worth of TV.)
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To: BenLurkin
And the species is still evolving.


19 posted on 07/15/2020 6:14:14 PM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: SunkenCiv

Lots of cats are better than lots of rodents.


20 posted on 07/15/2020 6:20:45 PM PDT by Arcadian Empire
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