This is my favorite cat by the way.
>>5163288So they're smaller than housecats, but housecats are domesticated because a judge about 100 years ago said so. Yahdirtyharry.wav
>>5163292?
>>5163303Felis sylvestris catus (housecats) are wild animals, and a judge back in 1910 or something rules that they are domesticated so that he could throw charges at a guy who murdered his neighbor's cat. Based decision, but the basis is not set in biology.
>>5163307No, it's very set in biology. Cats have smaller brains (by about a third), more juvenile proportions, longer socialization windows, and much weaker survival instincts than their wild ancestors.They have been selectively bred by humans for 10,000 years. Your cat is wild like a husky is a wolf.This is actually a problem. All felines can interbreed. Housecats have been ruining the gene pools of wild cats forever. Wolves select out domestic DNA pretty quick. But the survival bar is lower for an asocial animals with a lifestyle based on hiding so domestic contamination persists in cat species until eventually the wild species stops existing and human civilization encroaches enough that it has no predators to purify its brood of weakness.
>>5163308>No, it's very set in biology. Cats have smaller brains (by about a third), more juvenile proportions, longer socialization windows, and much weaker survival instincts than their wild ancestors.Nope. You made all of that up. Thanks for being a poseur. >They have been selectively bred by humans for 10,000 yearsUntrue again. Cats choose their mates, unlike dogs, which helps cats retain their wild traits.-cat expert
>>5163310Nta, but self-selection is exclusive to wild populations and domestic breeding is something documented as far back as the welsh kingdoms. There are like 2 to 3 distinct dometicated cat lines we can trace throughout history because of regional wildcats being domesticated into the modern model of cat we have today. There is a massive measureble difference between wild and domestic.-cat autist
>>5163358>but self-selection is exclusive to wild populationsCats are wild, anon. No one here knows how to read but me I swear.You're even missing the forest for the trees: I have several "domesticated cats" that can easily kill that "wild cat" they just found.>There are like 2 to 3 distinct dometicated cat lines we can trace throughout history because of regional wildcats being domesticated into the modern model of cat we have today.^complete baloney.
>he's being a deliberate retardNevermind
>>5163439You try having a lynx as a house cat and see how that compares to a "domesticated (((wildcat)))" lmao
What is with this reddit ass board and making multiple threads on the exact same thing? There is already an active thread specifically dedicated to this cat species. Faggot
>>5163451Did you know that cheetahs don't attack people in the wild? In captivity they've managed to kill a whopping two or three people.Ahem: Cats=wild. And wild does not equal capability or inclination.
Moreover, kitty cats frequently attack people that cross them.
Who gives a fuck?
>>5163288That is a cool cat, OP. And I give a fuck. :)
rusty spotted cat is betterhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJp2j7BF_ZM
>>5163549That's a cute cat right there.
>>5163288He has badass racing stripes
everybody is brown and gay.
>>5163288margay is the best cat species.>not a monkey yet but working hard to get there.
>>5163494>Did you know that cheetahs don't attack people in the wild?Yeah, because they're tranquilized. Try walking up to one that's fully conscious and see what happens.
