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[–] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 111 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (23 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) (3 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 (2 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.

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