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The Story of Cat Domestication Just Got a Major Twist
Nautilus ^ | November 28, 2025 | Molly Glick

Posted on 11/28/2025 3:32:27 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin

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'oodles of data' made me want to read this. ;)
1 posted on 11/28/2025 3:32:28 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Yes, when are they going to be domesticated?..............


2 posted on 11/28/2025 3:33:21 PM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Cats seeing a people they can rule is not a twist. It was expected.


3 posted on 11/28/2025 3:34:11 PM PST by Jonty30 (I've been diagnosed as being polemic and there is no cure. )
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To: Red Badger
when are they going to be domesticated?

Never. Not mine, anyway.

4 posted on 11/28/2025 3:37:06 PM PST by grobdriver (The CDC can KMA!)
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To: Red Badger

LOL!

Mine aren’t there yet, not one of the 4

The most domesticated is the latest stray, it’s a 10-year-old who we found starving and terribly sick. I’m sure he’s had a horrible life, hadn’t even been neutered. So nobody probably took care of him in other ways either.

He’s only domesticated at the moment because he’s happy to have food and shelter. I’m sure pretty sure he’s just going to decide it’s his due and he’ll become just as ungrateful as the others.


5 posted on 11/28/2025 3:37:13 PM PST by CottonBall (The GOP is the Cracker Barrell of political parties.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
Recent analyses of ancient DNA hint that cats moved from what’s now Turkey to Europe some 6,000 years ago, coinciding with the dawn of large-scale agriculture.

Grain stores and mice.

6 posted on 11/28/2025 3:42:22 PM PST by Carry_Okie (The tree of liberty needs a rope.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
I would like to have a pet bobcat. Not sure my dogs would like it, but they would adapt.


7 posted on 11/28/2025 3:46:49 PM PST by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: Red Badger

LOL. When will they be domesticated. Made me chuckle. 😃


8 posted on 11/28/2025 3:48:53 PM PST by Justice
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To: Red Badger

I’m gonna say...NEVER! You’ve heard my screed on ‘cat ownership’ before.

I have always HAD cats and I have never, personally BOUGHT a cat as I don’t even really LIKE cats! I am 100% a DOG PERSON! 100%. 1,000%! To Infinity%! LOL!

My current two are ‘useful feeders’ on the farm. Not sure how I ended up with so many others through the years...


9 posted on 11/28/2025 3:51:56 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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To: Carry_Okie

Yup. Dogs for hunting, guard dogs and eventually fighting, all of which predated agriculture. As pack animals with strong in-group attachments and an innate sense of hierarchies, dogs were also much more inclined to join human packs, defer to the alpha male, and otherwise want to become best friends.


10 posted on 11/28/2025 3:52:31 PM PST by sphinx
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To: Jonty30

“Cats seeing a people they can rule is not a twist. It was expected.”

It’s not a BUG; it’s a FEATURE!


11 posted on 11/28/2025 3:53:02 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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To: Red Badger

Agree.. they shxt in your house (but it’s in a box), they’re very clean, (they just shxt in your house then licked their azz and feet and you let them lick you), they’re so cuddly and loving, (after they shxt in your house in a box, licked their ass and feet, climbed all over your counters and furniture).

I’ll pass, give me a dog anytime as long as it’s larger than 50lbs and higher then you’re knee or they’re a cat that barks and never allow them on your furniture or bed and never take them to resteraunts, bars etc. they belong home and your Shitzi, etc are not Service Dogs they’re the same thing as a coloring book for psychologically F’d leftist idiots.


12 posted on 11/28/2025 3:55:47 PM PST by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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To: Red Badger

13 posted on 11/28/2025 4:00:13 PM PST by gundog (The ends justify the mean tweets. )
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To: maddog55

Dogs eat their own feces and lick their asses all the time.


14 posted on 11/28/2025 4:02:02 PM PST by FLNittany
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To: Red Badger; Diana in Wisconsin
This may get zotted….look while you can.


15 posted on 11/28/2025 4:02:13 PM PST by DoodleBob (Gravity's waiting period is about 9.8 m/s²)
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To: CottonBall

God bless you!!


16 posted on 11/28/2025 4:04:02 PM PST by gloryblaze
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To: FLNittany

Not in my house.


17 posted on 11/28/2025 4:08:19 PM PST by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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To: DoodleBob

LOL! You can’t get Zotted for the TRUTH!


18 posted on 11/28/2025 4:08:44 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have, 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

https://www.elevenforest.com/collections/cute-cats?251114%E6%96%B0-discat-02&gad_source=5&gad_campaignid=22640437330

19 posted on 11/28/2025 4:09:48 PM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: Red Badger

A dog and a cat are having an argument over who is the favorite of humans.

Buster, a smug labracadabrador nice doggie says,
“Humans like us more. They even named a tooth after us, the canine tooth. Naming such an important body part after us shows that they like us more.”

The cat, a Siamese if you please, or if you don’t please, slowly smiles and says,
“You’re really not going to win this one, you know.”


20 posted on 11/28/2025 4:13:19 PM PST by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives)
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