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Hey! About six months ago, NOVA released this complete 2020 special on house cats!

Puuuuurrrrrrr….

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Some lagniappe:

Remember the African wildcats Sid and Louise, from a few years ago?

I can’t help thinking that this is what ALL domestic cats might have looked like early on:

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They eat with the side of their mouth because that’s where the “slicing-blade” teeth — a/k/a carnassials — are. If you’ve got carnassials, you’re in Order Carnivora, even if you’re a panda bear and prefer veggies.

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Easy Street! — compared to life in the wild:

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The sharp canines are used in the killing bite: ideally, slipping through neck vertebrae to cut the spinal cord. This instinctive behavior is why you never turn your back on a cat big enough to harm you, i.e., most of them.

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Featured image: Image by Luis Wilker WilkerNet from Pixabay

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