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[-] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 110 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I mean, this is straight up not true. The closest truly wild house cat is a weirdo that looks like a lanky house cat, and house cat brains are physically smaller and dumber than wild ones. Also need I point out how cats also have their pug versions complete with health issues normal cats don't have?

[-] wjrii@lemmy.world 92 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-taming-of-the-cat/

TL;DR: You're not wrong really, but the comic isn't all that far off either.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

The thing I think is most interesting about cat domestication is that wild cats do not meow and a domesticated cat's meow is at a similar frequency as the cry of a human baby.

[-] EssentialCoffee@midwest.social 4 points 1 year ago
[-] s_s@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

And dogs geneally make wolf puppy noises.

[-] AlwaysNowNeverNotMe@kbin.social 48 points 1 year ago

The real difference is dogs have had about 30,000 more years of domesticated selective breeding.

[-] Admetus@sopuli.xyz 11 points 1 year ago

Yeah, they weren't exactly easy to handle from the beginning.

[-] Gabu@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Actually, current estimates shows us dog domestication happened some time around 30000 years ago while cats were domesticated at the dawn of human civilizations, around 12000 years ago, so less than 20000 years of difference. Also, dogs were domesticated in multiple regions at different times, whereas cats are exclusive to two domestication events. I'm open to evidence of the contrary, of course.

I asked my cat and they said they didn't remember it that way, but refused to say any more. Then ran off into the closet and disappeared.

[-] Gabu@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago
[-] livus@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago

Smartest animal I ever met was my indoor/outdoor cat.

Then again she was brindle and looked like a wild cat.

[-] Assman@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 year ago
[-] livus@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago

Do you mean so I could meet primates? Our zoos don't let you do that.

[-] Assman@sh.itjust.works 19 points 1 year ago
[-] moosetwin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 26 points 1 year ago

you should go to the movie theater and have a great time watching a movie

[-] nightofmichelinstars@sopuli.xyz 19 points 1 year ago

You should go bowling

I like this game

[-] dubyakay@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago
[-] Sizzler@slrpnk.net 5 points 1 year ago

Is there a Godwin's Law for this? How long a conversation goes before someone makes it all about sex?

[-] livus@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Thanks for the suggestion.

[-] Gabu@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Same, my rescued, fully indoors cat is the smartest non-primate animal I've ever seen. They can clearly understand some sentences, subtle body language, and they're the cutest manipulators you'll ever see, knowing exactly how to get me to stay by their side for "only 5 more minutes".

[-] livus@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
[-] bitchkat@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Do you have a newsletter I can sign up for?

this post was submitted on 30 Mar 2024
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