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This reminds me of a difference between cats and dogs (and foxes). I've got a cat, she's over 13 years old now. She's from a line of thoroughly domesticated hou
by SCHiM 11y ago
This reminds me of a difference between cats and dogs (and foxes). I've got a cat, she's over 13 years old now. She's from a line of thoroughly domesticated house cats, and yet in the summer she's sometimes gone for weeks.
We don't know why she does this and during the winter she's mostly content to lurk in the house. But during summer she goes out and stays away. She doesn't come to eat or sleep, she's just gone. We've seen her kill hares too, which are almost 1/3 of her body weight perhaps.
So cats (or maybe just this cat) don't lose their 'wild side' no matter how domesticated they become.
- fragsworth 11y agoThat behavior seems in line with the kind of behavior that caused us to domesticate cats in the first place. During the summer, food is abundant, and during the winter, we store it. Cats can find more rodents in storage during the winter.
- fragsworth 11y agoThat behavior seems in line with the kind of behavior that caused us to domesticate cats in the first place. Historically, during the summer, food is abundant. During the winter, we store it. Cats find more rodents in storage during the winter.
- js2 11y agoFYI, http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/21/science/21birds.html?_r=0 http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/21/science/21birds.html?_r=0