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[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 12 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

If cats underwent the same intense eugenics as dogs underwent ("bred for function") over the last 150 years, this graphic might be a bit different. The cats we see today are probably those whose ancestors were good at hunting mice and rats, where their more indifferent cousins probably weren't selected for.

[–] D61@hexbear.net 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

In some parallel universe, mice/rats became a delicacy and the cats were truly tamed...

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 4 points 6 months ago

If you go to china, you can buy rat on a stick -- and it genuinely tastes great