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[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Really they just evolved to be friendlier and more tolerant of humans, they don't even have to live inside per se.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

Well their brains also shrunk because they got us to do some of the thinking necessary to keep them alive.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

If i compare my 7 pure-indoor-cats and my 2 "found outdoors abandoned by mom cat at about 8 weeks age"-cats over my lifetime(not all at the same time ofc! i'm neither masochistic nor a cat hoarder), they had completely different stances towards humans; the 8 weeks without humans didn't make the "foundlings" unfriendly per se, but far less "human bullshit"-tolerant.

i suspect there's more nurture than nature going on here, but i have not enough resources for a double-blind study with n=500, especially regarding bed space and hands.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Both of my cats came from my inlaws farm where they're fed but largely not socialized. They both needed to learn that humans are worth keeping around and give good pets and rubs.

Best part is, the cats that came from the farm are great at killing the couple of mice that make it into the house in the fall when it starts getting cold, so we don't have the mouse problem we might otherwise find ourselves with

[–] [email protected] 52 points 4 months ago (1 children)

No wait, they're going outside again.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Nope, nevermind. It was just a ruse to get me to open the door.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 months ago (2 children)

If it was raining when my parents cat wanted to go out the back door he'd go to the front to see if it was raining there too.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 months ago

Cats, where did they go? Inside!

Where did they sleep? Everywhere!

[–] [email protected] 22 points 4 months ago (1 children)

You obviously have a vast collection of content. Make a post and share how you keep it organised, where it comes from etc

[–] [email protected] 36 points 4 months ago (4 children)

Think that would interest people? I've thought about writing up a "One year of posting to Lemmy" post now that I've been doing this pretty much daily for a full year. Maybe if I do, I could include this.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

For a while, I thought 'The Picard Maneuver' was a Community with how often I would see your posts. Please do.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Ha, it's just me!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Definitely want to see this!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

If you do, please cross-post it to [email protected].

[–] [email protected] 31 points 4 months ago (1 children)

You know those species of birds that will lay their eggs in the nests of other species of birds so that someone else will raise them and take care of them?

That's what cats did, but they domesticated us. All those people who "couldn't say 'no' to that little face :3" have been domesticated.. myself included.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 months ago (1 children)

toxoplasmosis has entered the chat

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

If toxoplasmosis is wrong, I don't want to be right.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago
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