For you cat fans

[gwand49 165]

The complex origin story of domestic cats: Research points to Tunisia

Researchers looking into the origin of domestic cats have long considered that cats likely accompanied early farmers during the Neolithic, spreading through Europe alongside the adoption of agriculture.

phys.org

 

[MaloK]

How in the Holy World could my father known this in 1950 and told me in 1975.

Taken together, these studies significantly alter our understanding of one of humanity's most familiar companions. Rather than silently trailing behind early farmers, slinking ever closer to human activity and community, cats likely moved into Europe in multiple waves post-domestication from North Africa, propelled by human cultural practices, trade networks, and religious reverence.

How much did this research cost ? To carbon date and cross reference DNA that ends up correlating common knowledge.

Cats have long posed a puzzle for archaeologists.

I would be more inclined to think of them has "A Measurable Certified Milestone" that can easily be used, In a lot more aspects than a pile of dry bones. The cultural aspect is a lot more interesting than that, And spending gazilions knowing where the first came out....

My father would be Mad that anyone would have spent a penny on that.

 

[gwand49 165]

How in the Holy World could my father known this in 1950 and told me in 1975.



How much did this research cost ? To carbon date and cross reference DNA that ends up correlating common knowledge.



I would be more inclined to think of them has "A Measurable Certified Milestone" that can easily be used, In a lot more aspects than a pile of dry bones. The cultural aspect is a lot more interesting than that, And spending gazilions knowing where the first came out....

My father would be Mad that anyone would have spent a penny on that.

I don’t even like cats.

 

[MaloK]

I love cats they are the most intricate beast you can befriend with.

But I would relate the origin of domesticated cats around 12,000 years ago when they discovered that in a city. With a little psychology, there was mammals even easier to manage than mouses.

And they brilliantly took advantage of it.

 

[gwand49 165]

I’m not a fan of cats or plecos. I can’t explain why. Maybe a little psychoanalysis would uncover my aversion.

 

[MaloK]

I can understand the aversion for plecos. But there's amazing cat fish none the less.

Cories are very entertaining fellows, I appreciate a lot.

 

[Rusty_Shackleford49 164]

What's not to like?

 

[Rusty_Shackleford49 164]

This little weirdo sleeps on his head all the time. How is that comfortable?

 

[Fishmanic49 165]

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Years ago, when I had a Bichon Frise puppy, a few times he would use his paws to spin the end of the toilet paper roll and then grab the tp with his teeth and run down the stairs with it and would empty the entire roll. I outsmarted him by putting the roll onto the spindle the opposite way and he couldnt do that any longer. Mischievous little devil

 

[anewbie]

For the record I adore cats and find most dogs 'dumb' in comparison. And when you get a 'dog/cat' pair it is the cat who decides what to do not the dog.

 

[Rusty_Shackleford49 164]

I have 4 cats. This one loves water change day. When I grab the python, he jumps up from wherever he's laying and gets in position. He loves to chase whatever gets sucked up in the python.

 

[Jennet29 87]

Years ago, when I had a Bichon Frise puppy, a few times he would use his paws to spin the end of the toilet paper roll and then grab the tp with his teeth and run down the stairs with it and would empty the entire roll. I outsmarted him by putting the roll onto the spindle the opposite way and he couldnt do that any longer. Mischievous little devil

In the UK, there was an advert on TV years ago where a golden retriever puppy did this. The ad was for toilet paper.

 

[Boundava7]

I have 4 cats. This one loves water change day. When I grab the python, he jumps up from wherever he's laying and gets in position. He loves to chase whatever gets sucked up in the python.
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I had 2 cats that would chase the tube from one end of the house to another...it was about 50' of weeeeeeeeee for them on a weekly basis. I miss those girls

 

[GaryE10 8]

I'm cat sitting for a geriatric feline. You know, in spite of their not being dogs, they aren't half bad. My dog hates them because the ones from next door have taunted her since she was a puppy, or I'd even bring the thing over to the house.

 

[Back in the fold5 2]

You know, in spite of their not being dogs, they aren't half bad.

They’re okay . They shed a lot and I loathe the box but for the most part they aren’t so bad . I prefer older ones as they don’t cause problems .