• tetris11@lemmy.ml
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    9 months ago

    If cats underwent the same intense eugenics as dogs underwent ("bred for function") over the last 150 years, this graphic might be a bit different. The cats we see today are probably those whose ancestors were good at hunting mice and rats, where their more indifferent cousins probably weren't selected for.

    • D61 [any]
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      9 months ago

      In some parallel universe, mice/rats became a delicacy and the cats were truly tamed...