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it's funny because domesticated cats have much more developed frontal cortexes than their ancestors & it would be one of the things that feral cats lose to gene
by make3 6mo ago
it's funny because domesticated cats have much more developed frontal cortexes than their ancestors & it would be one of the things that feral cats lose to genetic drift (meaning, no conservation pressure in the wild). whatever boring stuff we have them do is apparently extremely mentally taxing compared to the wild.
- SoftTalker 6mo agoSocial interaction may take more mental capacity than hunting and surviving?
- make3 6mo agothey also need to understand human behavior a little bit I guess, & that's pretty complicated (so not just social, social of humans specifically)
- soopypoos 6mo ago"Your Pet Cat Has a Smaller Brain Than Its Wild Ancestors" https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/cat-brains-have-shrunk-with-domestication-180979516/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/cat-brains-have-sh...
- nandomrumber 6mo agomore developed frontal cortexes And smaller brains Aren’t mutually exclusive
- soopypoos 6mo agoYeah it probably shrank as it developed