Posted on 07/15/2020 5:45:13 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Good one.
Smartest cats Ive ever seen were in Kabul. Survival of the fittest generation after generation. Some were more like dogs except you never knew when they would stop purring, turn and bite/scratch.
Cats were highly revered in ancient Egypt as protectors against many things - I believe that I once read that they were considered protectors against infectious diseases.
in addition to tasting like chicken ...
Cat’s and humans living together? Probably started at my house. We’ve got seven of them.
Well, they start off with a major error:
“Even so, we did it.”
People domesticated horses and dogs. Cats doemesticated themselves.
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I'm not so sure "we" did it, maybe it's more like cats were self-domesticated.
Assumptions ....the KEY word throughout the article.
More like, cats moved and demanded to be fed.
My golden retriever says cats are evil.
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I wouldn’t know. And I certainly hope that you don’t, either.
That’s just a testimony to the higher-level intelligence of the Cat.
Cats don’t need a ‘leader’. They lead themselves.
Oooo, she’s cute. (Needs to lose that hand tat, tho.) A little earlier, our grandson went out for a swim in the pool. When he came in, a little ribbit followed him in the door. (Between our pool and the neighbor’s bass pond, we have a small city of them living around here.) My wife was sitting there, and one of our cats suddenly jumped out of the chair and started doing some St. Vitus Dance in front of her. Backflips, chasing in circles, generally chimping out. She figured he finally went over the cliff. (He’s been kinda borderline since he was a kitten.) Then she saw Michigan J. Frog bouncing along, and Mr. King Of The Jungle didn’t know what to make of it. The frog hopped over to the screen door and casually squeezed back outside under the weatherstripping. The cat’s gonna be twitchy for a week now. LOL
They do tend to hover in the same vicinity.
I guess the point is they, as most “cat” species, can operate independently. They don’t need others, per se.
But yes, they can be quite social.
“would stop purring, turn and bite/scratch.”
Sounds like my boy. He thinks fighting is playing and why the humane society almost paid me to take him. He’ll nap in my lap for an hour or two then turn on me.
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