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[–] Adalast@lemmy.world 71 points 8 months ago
[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 50 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Pest control .... we let cats in because they eat the small little living things ... but cats aren't big enough to eat the big living things -> like us.

[–] misterdoctor@lemmy.world 24 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Cats let us domesticate them because we’re big enough to hunt (grocery shop) for tbem and provide shelter (house, cat bed, human bed) but aren’t interested in eating them - the sweet spot 👌

[–] prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 9 points 8 months ago

Survival of the cutest / friendliest

[–] ApathyTree@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 8 months ago

My cats ran a mouse up the door for me this morning. I woke up to both of them just going bananas at my patio door and when I collected myself I went “oh, a mouse, that’s a weird place.. how did it even get to the second hinge..? whatever man..” and scooped it into a big jar and took it outside.

I wish they were slightly better at their end of the bargain..

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 44 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Cats are absolutely pack animals. I have had the pleasure and fright of watching normal house cats operate in a pack. We just don't generally leave house cats to live on their own to study because it's horrible for the ecosystem. But anyone who's been around a place where generations of a cat family live for whatever reason can tell you, they are as much pack animals as wolves and lions.

[–] OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 23 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Yep, house cats are pack animals. They live naturally in colonies.

[–] BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world 20 points 8 months ago

This is why we can be included in the cuddle puddle, even if we are the big dumb cat.

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 25 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Semi-pack animal. They like hanging around with others they like sometimes.

[–] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 25 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Yup. Solitary hunters, but cats form colonies all the time.

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 14 points 8 months ago

Cats will absolutely hunt in packs. Especially with aggressive birds, but also scaring small prey right into another cat.

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 19 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Cat: "You are my servants."

[–] palordrolap@fedia.io 5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

At the risk of annoying someone who doesn't appreciate a lack of nuance, the saying goes:

Dogs have owners. Cats have staff.

[–] wjrii@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

Dogs: "They feed us, shelter us, talk to us, play with us, and give us pets. They must be gods."

Cats: "They feed us, shelter us, talk to us, play with us, and give us pets. We must be gods."

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 12 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Your purpose is to kill mice.

[–] palordrolap@fedia.io 8 points 8 months ago (2 children)
[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Garfield is an Eldritch abomination, not a cat.

[–] DontTreadOnBigfoot@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

I'm sorry, John.

[–] sundrei@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Your mission is to destroy Metal Gear.

[–] palordrolap@fedia.io 10 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Oh, I know how to do that. You move the stick without pushing the clutch.

[–] flicker@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

This comment got a laugh out of me. I could hear the grinding.

[–] NONE_dc@lemmy.world 11 points 8 months ago

Cats are just chill little creatures