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rabbits are just prey animals and that shows in their behavior and attitude, whereas cats do a lot of predation themselves.
by platz 4y ago
rabbits are just prey animals and that shows in their behavior and attitude, whereas cats do a lot of predation themselves.
- Sharlin 4y agoHowever, cats are far from the top of the food chain themselves, which is reflected in a lot of their behaviors.
- jimmaswell 4y agoHouse cats and big cats don't behave very differently. https://lithub.com/house-cats-and-wild-cats-arent-actually-that-different/ https://lithub.com/house-cats-and-wild-cats-arent-actually-t...
- Sharlin 4y agoUh, that article is not about house cats vs big cats. The still-extant ancestral species of the domestic cat, F. lybica, is a small wildcat, as were its ancestors, and as such a predator but not an apex predator. Big cats, which typically are apex predators in their respective ecosystems, are a wholly separate branch of the felid family.
- TheBlerch 4y agoRecent research showed that house cats share nearly 95 or was it 96% of their DNA with big cats
- root_axis 4y agoThe same is true of humans and orangutans, that comparatively small percentage can clearly account for massive differences in behavior and intelligence.
- dragonwriter 4y agoSounds like a lot, until you realize they share 90% with humans.
- widforss 4y agoSome rabbits (or rather hares) are pretty hardcore. https://www.reddit.com/r/Backcountry/comments/ul61y6/snow_rabbit_runs_over_an_avalanche_to_safety/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Backcountry/comments/ul61y6/snow_ra...
- mrosett 4y agoI’m disappointed that this isn’t a reference to Monty Python.