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I wonder how many different species of cat are just called "cats" in the local language of wherever they're found? We have just got normal house cats, that we
by ErroneousBosh 7d ago
I wonder how many different species of cat are just called "cats" in the local language of wherever they're found?
We have just got normal house cats, that we call cats. They're very cuddly and they're great for keeping the mice under control.
Somewhere in the forests of deepest Borneo is a civilisation only recently reached by primitive Westerners, who don't know how to make fire and cook food using only sticks and rocks, and who cannot tell the difference between the blackish-blue berries around 15mm that are good to eat and the blueish-black berries around 16mm that are spectacularly poisonous, and only know things like how to make jet aircraft and rifles and the Rolleiflex 2.8FX camera.
Wandering around their village, high in the mountains, are cats the size of Galloway bulls, terrifying looking things, teeth the size of cucumbers.
"Oh those? Yes, we call those 'cats'. They're very cuddly, and they're great for keeping the feral hogs under control."
- rsynnott 7d agoThat would be a pretty big deal if found. There's only one known domesticated species of cat.
- ErroneousBosh 7d agoThat many? Are you sure?