Sundray@lemmus.org to Comic Strips@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoTwo tales of domesticationlemmus.orgimagemessage-square110fedilinkarrow-up11.21Karrow-down128file-text
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minus-squareantidote101@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up23·11 months agoDomestic cats aren’t shrunken down big cats, the cats we take into our homes were always this size. They originated from Felis Silvestris Lybica, a species from Egypt and North Africa… Which look fairly similar to just regular cats.
minus-squaremindbleachlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoSee Tumblr post of wild cats that are just taller, with reply stating “Someone make him stop that.”
minus-squaremeliaesc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·11 months agoThen our domestication was becoming larger than cats.
Domestic cats aren’t shrunken down big cats, the cats we take into our homes were always this size. They originated from Felis Silvestris Lybica, a species from Egypt and North Africa… Which look fairly similar to just regular cats.
See Tumblr post of wild cats that are just taller, with reply stating “Someone make him stop that.”
Then our domestication was becoming larger than cats.