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It’s time to talk about a fact of life that no cat, big or small, can ignore: dogs exist.

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Such encounters are unpredictable without humans around to smooth things over.

It seems to depend on the cat’s mood (doesn’t everything?):

• Playful:
  

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• In “don’t mess with me” mode:
  

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Poor coyote.

After watching yesterday’s video on Felidae, I decided to introduce dogs and other caniforms into the blog.

Y’see, cats didn’t evolve in a vacuum. They have been shaped by many encounters with and pressures from other carnivorans.

Too, we share our human world with carnivorans — one particular kind of feliform and one particular species of caniform.

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Someone drops an F-bomb at around 3:16, but please don’t let it stop you from watching the next and final incredible clip!

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Since my approach to the cat evolution book involves tracing things back to the appearance of animals, probably in the late Precambrian — and going even farther back — why not also think about the distaff side of Order Carnivora?

So there is now a Saturday feature that I hope you will also enjoy.

Thank you again and again for your interest and support!

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Featured image: Lightfield Studios/Shutterstock

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