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Feral domestic cats have colonies. I don't think their nearest wild relatives do, but its at least conceivable that colony structure of cats living around human
by dragonwriter 2y ago
Feral domestic cats have colonies. I don't think their nearest wild relatives do, but its at least conceivable that colony structure of cats living around human populations, off of leavings and rats, etc., that were attracted to human populations developed first, then domestication happened later.
- stonemetal12 2y agoLions have colonies, so certain types of cats are capable of it pre-domestication.
- scythe 2y agoThey are not cooperative hunters, unlike wolves, but they do display some social traits. See chapter 4: https://d1wqtxts1xzle7.cloudfront.net/78460899/Complete-libre.pdf?1641825606=&response-content-disposition=inline%3B+filename%3DBehavioural_ecology_and_population_genet.pdf&Expires=1740523966&Signature=PcidXgZHusy-hZF08aTpisnllL3Yl74ppdOwtdgU4eYoF3dgKhQTvQIEriXxtA1hv9QyOawuqovFhDjbj8Zjj94uc0CQ95ViJJx56uSAyDRQAI60XEVFBk8CCe-ougknrFmOpETsgeTv~T7YMo89SjyVMhTJvd5O~Qzr9yo9CH4sAJiYiFukfJ349zJgHlejWFwtQlWYhjq21k5NEEzYuiwris78m7wAnsEXINH9HdjhpqGKIint3CW13eoLHvvUvMgqfB1ImVPoRUJ2kbIN9DHoNmo9WTBQIGfkSOi~VeRmUkQjyUSnERUq27Z4fs~Wk-yL~k24Z9jC2DLxM7XFqA__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAJLOHF5GGSLRBV4ZA https://d1wqtxts1xzle7.cloudfront.net/78460899/Complete-libr...