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[–] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 111 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

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) (1 children)

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 (1 children)

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 (1 children)
[–] s_s@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

And dogs geneally make wolf puppy noises.

[–] AlwaysNowNeverNotMe@kbin.social 48 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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.

[–] livus@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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 (1 children)
[–] livus@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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 (2 children)
[–] moosetwin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 26 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] nightofmichelinstars@sopuli.xyz 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You should go bowling

I like this game

[–] dubyakay@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Sizzler@slrpnk.net 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] Noodle07@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Sizzler@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 year ago
[–] livus@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Thanks for the suggestion.

[–] bitchkat@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Do you have a newsletter I can sign up for?