MsJellicle
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Random bit of interest....I was doing some research on some stuff and came across this bit of info I found interesting:
| Quote: | | The African wildcat is generally recognized as the ancestor of the domestic cat (Pocock 1907a). Unlike feral domestic cats, which sometimes live in large groups or “colonies”, African wildcats are solitary. Liberg and Sandell (1988) point out that domestic cats tend to form colonies in the presence of clumped, rich food resources (such as garbage dumps), remaining solitary where prey is more evenly and thinly distributed. It is interesting that in captivity, female African wildcats have assisted mothers in provisioning of young with food (Smithers 1983), a behavior observed in feral domestic cat colonies. However, preliminary results from a radiotelemetry study in Saudi Arabia indicate that wildcats persisted in solitary habits while feral domestic cats formed groups around a garbage dump. This suggests that the domestication process may be the most important factor underlying the sociality of feral cats (Macdonald et al. 1991), perhaps leading to a broadening of the diet to include scraps and carrion. |
Hmm... I wonder if Webber or Nunn had known this bit of info when they set CATS in a junkyard. 
~MsJ
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littlgriz
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hhehehlol thats a good thout
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Bill_Calhoun
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A while back, near the begining of my Uni course (archaeology), we were studying waste deposits, and the most common skeletal find (not affected/put there by humans) were and always are, cats ^_^
And a couple of years ago, in my first of sixth form archaeology, we had to do an anthropological project, and I did mine into that phenomena, and I used Cats as an anthropological comparison 
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Pounce
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The phenomenon of cats forming colonies is also observed on farms.
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Etcetera Kitten
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All I can add is that cats form packs naturally, but they wont be forced into packs easily! I currently own 6 cats at home, and some like each other and some others cant smell each other. Its just the way it works. Plus, they have a hierarchy and they all respect the elder, Luna, even though she is so old and female.
Then there is the strongest tom, that the others wont mess with. I guess its like that in Human society as well. ^^
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Mixu
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| Etcetera Kitten wrote: |
Then there is the strongest tom, that the others wont mess with. I guess its like that in Human society as well. ^^ |
Only in human society strongest doesn't necessarily mean physically strongest..
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