How Cats Became our Feline Overlords (ft. It's Okay To Be Smart)

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If you want to learn more about this topic, here are some keywords to get your googling started:

Puma: The big cat with the largest home range.
Felix silvestris: The wildcat that is the direct ancestor to all modern house cats.
Bastet: Egyptian cat goddess.
Pseudaelurus: A prehistoric cat that is the common ancestor to all modern felines.

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Script Writer: Sarah Keartes

With Contributions From: Ever Salazar, Henry Reich, Alex Reich, Peter Reich, David Goldenberg

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References:

Hu, Yaowu, et al. ""Earliest evidence for commensal processes of cat domestication."" Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 111.1 (2014): 116-120."

Montague, Michael J., et al. ""Comparative analysis of the domestic cat genome reveals genetic signatures underlying feline biology and domestication."" Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 111.48 (2014): 17230-17235.

O’Brien, Stephen J., and Warren E. Johnson. The evolution of cats. Scientific American 297.1 (2007): 68-75.

Vigne, Jean-Denis, et al. Earliest “Domestic” Cats in China Identified as Leopard Cat (Prionailurus bengalensis). PloS one 11.1 (2016): e0147295.

Human-cat burial image provided courtesy of Pr . Jean Guilaine excavations

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For all the people wondering why their cats bring home dead or even sometimes half dead animals, the answer is that they are trying to teach you to hunt. In the wild mother cats train their cubs using a couple of steps
1. Bring home dead animals to eat
2. Bring home half dead animals for the cubs to get used to killing
3. Bring them along to observe a hunt
4. Have them help her in a hunt
5. Eventually she'll leave them hungry so that they are made to go hunt themselves

The first and second steps are what your cat is trying to do and since we don't get farther than that it's not usually apparent what the cat is trying to do.
So there you have it, next time your cat does that think of it like your cat considers you like its offspring and wants to care for you.

desai

"Felines are murder machines."
My cat killed a moth once.... by sitting on it for too long.

srodgers

I tried counting the cat puns...

I lost count

yup

Me: "But how big is 1000 square kilometers?"
MinuteEarth: "200, 000 football fields."
Me: "Oh OK that definitely helps me visualize it, thanks."

arooobine

"I'll kill you last"
A perfect description of cats.

TokyoTraveller

Cats can detect your heartbeat across the wall when you're in your bedroom. If they hear your heart beating slow, they know you're asleep and they won't disturb you. But once they hear it speeding up, they know you're in the stage of waking up. The more domesticated a cat is, the better they will be at this.

shboi

Thanks for letting me take over MinuteEarth this week! I think I look pretty good as a stick figure 🙂

besmart

The puns in this video hurt me on many levels...

You can say they are catastrophic.

BonjesBongo

2:22 It says "3:00 AM" on the alarm. Coincidence? I tHiNk NoT!

connorconnor

1:20 Can confirm. Our adorable little kitten, just a couple months old, managed to catch a wild rabbit and play with it. It was not playing very nice.

onyxtay

dood: Cats are murder machines.
My cat once killed this mouse by farting while sitting on

halopoison

it's actually possible to train cats. Most people don't actually train their dogs so nevermind them trying with their cats. Most cats can respond to their names, learn to use a litter box and know how to open doors (even if they didn't figure out how to do it themselves). However, people rarely bother to try to train them even if the technique to train them is the same than with dogs. They are also harder to convince to do the tricks because they really want the reward to be worth the effort, unlike dogs who would do it even if no reward is in sight. So like.. if you use a treat or toy they like they might do the trick for you. Oh and according to a recent study, cats respond better to social rewards like being petted so that can be used as a reward as well.

tenedria

Dogs: Humans give me shelter, food health
They must be gods
Cats: Humans give me shelter, food health
I must be a god

beeptherobot

*I have an attack cat named Silvia. She sits in the window all cute. If a stranger walks up to the window she hits the glass and lets out a screeching meow like GET OUT OF HERE CREEPER!! XD*

killersushi

My cats knew how to sit, stay, lie down, fetch, get up, come here etc on command. I trained them to respond to voice and hand signals. They were like children and would challenge authority, but I win since I have the ability to open the kibble bag.

jenniferstine