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Viking cats: Travelling the high seas helped felines conquer the world
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Posted on 09/24/2016 3:23:08 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin
we know little else about how cats were domesticated.Cats weren't domesticated. They colonized humans and demanded to be cared for. Sort of like the ROP.
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posted on
09/24/2016 7:05:56 PM PDT
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Albion Wilde
(We will be one People, under one God, saluting one American flag. --Donald Trump (standing ovation)
To: BenLurkin
I remember an article in Scientific American, I think it was, a long time ago, which had found genetic links between the cats of the Black Sea and the cats of the British Isles (maybe specifically the Hebrides and Man)...the only logical explanation was that the Vikings who sailed between those areas had cats on board.
To: libstripper
what about Great Dane tea cup puppy love dogs?? To grandpa, cats were always "she" and dogs "he", without exception. First dog he was exposed to when he moved in with us was out little miniature (not toy) poodle. That dog and subsequent ones when they would come up to him to mooch food with goo-goo eyes, would often get the hilarious comment:
"He look at you just like a Christian!"
I am sure there was an Irish meaning to that, but no one ever explained it to us.
To: Slings and Arrows
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09/24/2016 9:35:14 PM PDT
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dayglored
("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.")
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09/24/2016 9:57:33 PM PDT
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Slings and Arrows
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To: The Westerner
Cats are domesticated!? LOL! They have brainwashed those whom they have conquered to believe it's the other way around - something satanic about them cuddly fur balls.
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09/25/2016 5:05:30 AM PDT
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trebb
(Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
To: trebb
Oh, I know what a slave I’ve been! My most endearing Savannah crossbreed cat was a master with the patience of a saint. Could sit and meow for an hour straight until his trusted servant got up to open the door or feed him. The one still alive, a blue, is far more civilized than the Savannah—less demanding, easier to live with, less interesting (which means us slaves get some rest).
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09/25/2016 9:53:54 AM PDT
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The Westerner
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To: The Westerner
Yep - had several cats myself and found myself in a role of servitude ...and liking it.
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09/26/2016 4:10:28 AM PDT
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trebb
(Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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