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Did you know if you die at home those cats gonna go nom nom nom.
Well, he got that one right. Ha.
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But ultimately, both domestic and feral pets would eat humans under the right circumstances, according to Connor. This includes dogs too. “Both domestic dogs and cats will scavenge deceased humans, particularly in cases where they are shut into a house or apartment and have no other source of food and water.”
Some other information about cats.
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Domestic cats were not bred by people to be small. They are descendants of naturally small wildcats. Modern day cats are close relatives to a few different types of small wildcats.
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Physical Differences. While cats still resemble their wild ancestors, they have changed physically after living among humans for thousands of years: Smaller overall size – As their diet and activity level changed, cats became smaller in size compared to wildcats.
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Cats began their unique relationship with humans 10,000 to 12,000 years ago in the Fertile Crescent, the geographic region where some of the earliest developments in human civilization occurred (encompassing modern day parts of West Asia).
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feline, (family Felidae), any of 37 cat species that among others include the cheetah, puma, jaguar, leopard, lion, lynx, tiger, and domestic cat. Cats are native to almost every region on Earth, with the exception of Australia and Antarctica. They are carnivorous mammals that live in a wide variety of habitats, but they are typically woodland animals. Most cats are patterned with spots, stripes, or rosettes, but some, such as the puma (Puma concolor), jaguarundi (Herpailurus yaguarondi), and lion (Panthera leo), are uniform in colour. Black or nearly black coats occur in individuals of several species. Although lynx (genus Lynx) ...
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The International Cat Association, the world's largest genetic registry of pedigreed cats, recognizes 73 different kinds.
