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[–] 31 points 8 months ago (4 children)

Domestic cats are not actually much different than wild cats in any way. they're just too small to eat us and raised to be more tame. If your loveable housecat was as big as a cheetah, they might not intentionally attack you out of aggression, but their predator instincts would kick in and would probably play with you until you died and possibly eat you like they do insects, lizards, and any other small creature.

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  • [–] 21 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    I read an interview with a zoologist which described cats as evolutionarily perfect. Their dna really only varies primarily for size. All cats all over the world have survived with no need to seriously adapt to their environment.

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  • [–] 19 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    no need to seriously adapt to their environment.

    Yeah, cats make everyone and everything adapt to their environment. You have to completely go outside the environment to avoid their influence.

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  • [–] 13 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 child)

    Or snakes. Like, big snakes.

    I swear, if a housecat sees a noodle, some "I'm born to paw this to death" switch goes off in their heads.

    See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rH5GxeyusM

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIcpg_pFbF8

    Interestingly, big cats aren't like that. They don't like snakes, and I think they're too big to dodge them.

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  • [–] 10 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    Cheetahs are apparently the most chill of the big cats, people do keep them as pets.

    My local zoo will actually let people meet the cheetahs, and I can't imagine that happening with the tigers.

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