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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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07/15/2020 5:45:13 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
To: StayAt HomeMother; Ernest_at_the_Beach; 1ofmanyfree; 21twelve; 24Karet; 2ndDivisionVet; 31R1O; ...
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posted on
07/15/2020 5:45:57 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: fieldmarshaldj
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posted on
07/15/2020 5:46:55 PM PDT
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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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posted on
07/15/2020 5:48:30 PM PDT
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BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
To: SunkenCiv; Slings and Arrows
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07/15/2020 5:50:29 PM PDT
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Biggirl
("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5)
To: BenLurkin
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07/15/2020 5:50:40 PM PDT
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left that other site
(If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all. (Isaiah 7:9))
To: Biggirl
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posted on
07/15/2020 5:52:31 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: SunkenCiv
One candidate progenitor species https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sand_cat
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posted on
07/15/2020 5:53:19 PM PDT
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HangnJudge
(When one is in a house of mirrors, everywhere you stand is “center)
To: SunkenCiv
When all the kids ask, “Can we keep it?” you know domestication is only a few thousand years away.
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posted on
07/15/2020 5:53:37 PM PDT
by
Buttons12
To: SunkenCiv
“Due to the influence of the Roman Empire”
“Flavius! Bring up the catapault and launch some calicos at these barbarians!”
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posted on
07/15/2020 5:55:43 PM PDT
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blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
To: HangnJudge
I think the Sand Cats starred in that 1960s show "Cat Patrol".
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posted on
07/15/2020 5:55:50 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: blueunicorn6
Hence the name, catapault.
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posted on
07/15/2020 5:57:33 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: HangnJudge
That does look like the Model T of the species, although it appears the crank is in the rear.
To: blueunicorn6
“Retreat! Retreat! They’re flinging cats at us! What a catastrophe!”
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07/15/2020 6:01:08 PM PDT
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blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
To: HangnJudge
There he is.
In my flowers again.
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posted on
07/15/2020 6:03:39 PM PDT
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blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
To: HangnJudge
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posted on
07/15/2020 6:05:40 PM PDT
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EBH
( The United States Went Down with the Leftists, a shot wasn't even fired to stop them.)
To: BenLurkin
Some of them still lack full domestication.
To: SunkenCiv
We didn’t domesticate cats. We came to a mutually beneficial agreement.
CC
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posted on
07/15/2020 6:11:04 PM PDT
by
Celtic Conservative
(My cats are more amusing than 200 channels worth of TV.)
To: BenLurkin
And the species is still evolving.
To: SunkenCiv
Lots of cats are better than lots of rodents.
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