Why Do Vicious Killers Make Good Pets?

This episode has been brought to you by our super generous supporters on Patreon Cats. They are so cute, cuddly and playful that they would absolutely kill you if they had the chance. Beneath that tender, wide-eyed veneer lies the blackened heart of a cold, calculated killer. Every year in the United States cats kill literally billions of birds and small mammals. Sure they just act on instinct, but they have been listed as one of the 100 worst invasive species on the planet and free-ranging cats on the islands have been blamed. the global extinction of 33 different species, although not as prolific as cats, dogs can certainly be

killers

: dogs' close relatives like the gray wolf are among the most successful predators on the planet, but despite their insatiable thirst of blood, cats and dogs are by far the most popular.

Pets in the world, a recent survey by the American Pet Products Association estimates that there are a staggering 94 million cats and 89 million dogs in the U.S. alone, equal to more than half of the human population, which is an incredible amount of

killers

living among us, but they are so cute and adorable, wait a second, could there be a connection here? Is there something about

vicious

killers that

make

s them

good

pets

? I never considered myself very fond of cats until I ended up with this guy, his name. en Rico full name Ricardo flopper Montalbán is named after the late great Mexican actor Corinthian leather, of course, why not the best and his strong tendency to flop.

Yes, I am now officially a cat lover, while I quickly became fascinated by his cuteness and charm. I couldn't. I can't help but get the feeling that the only reason he hasn't tried to kill me yet is because I feed him and because I vastly outweight him, so is it possible that the cat's propensity for violence is somehow related with his ability as a pet? To answer this question, let's take a look at why exactly we love cats so much, other than just their cuteness, after hours of diligent research watching cat videos on the internet. I have divided the human love for cats into several different categories of friendliness, first let's take a look at joy one of the first things I noticed after adopting Rico was that I couldn't just throw a ball and expect him to bring it back, yes.

I wanted him to play he had to simulate the hunting experience as if the toy itself was a living creature that he could patiently stalk waiting for the right moment to strike and there is a

good

reason for this behavior. Cats are obligate carnivores; They need nutrients found in animal meat to survive. Hunting is necessary for cats in nature and instinct. Hunting has not disappeared despite centuries of domestication, it has been theorized that play is a way for adult cats to satisfy their need to hunt and for kittens to develop eye-paw coordination, strengthen their muscles, and practice their hunting skills. jumping, which also happens to be very entertaining for their human counterparts, so the fact that playtime for cats is essentially murder practice seems to support the hypothesis that ferocious animals

make

good

pets

, of course, this It's not the only reason humans love cats.

Turns out, it's actually an important survival. Until a kitten is three weeks old, they cannot regulate their body temperature, so they snuggle up to their mother and siblings for warmth and security. If a kitten is properly socialized and exposed to humans at a young age, he will see us as potential. Of course, snuggle buddies also snuggle, many animals snuggle, not just carnivores like monkeys, penguins and even this pair of turtles and hippos, so cuddling doesn't seem to be directly related to the killer gondola, although it also could be a component of socialization and bonding with other observable snugglers.

Behavior like rubbing against your leg and that headbutt is basically your cat's way of scent marking you. This is called low rubbing. By combining his scent with yours, your cat is basically acknowledging that you are part of his social group and reinforcing the group's identity. An old misconception about cats is that they are distant loners who have been forced to live together, but that is not true. Cats are actually very sociable. Feral cats will naturally form tight colonies and the cats in the colony will often work together to help. raising and nursing each other's young, but going back to the original hypothesis, what is the importance of social groups for predatory animals?

Could it have something to do with hunting? We know that dogs' close relatives, such as wolves and coyotes, are pack hunters and cooperative hunters. in the animal kingdom it is quite rare and only occurs when the benefits of hunting in groups outweigh the benefits of hunting alone wolves lions wild dogs humans and even dolphins are cooperative hunters their success in hunting would not be possible without their advanced social skills and the close bond they share with other members of their group, so here's our answer: Does cooperative hunting require socialization, which makes certain animals good pets? Well, there is a problem with this idea, while lions are cooperative hunters, most cats are not cats, they can hunt and capture mice just fine.

They're fine on their own, also alligators and crocodiles sometimes hunt in groups and aren't exactly great pet material, so certain traits that make dogs and cats desirable pets seem to originate from their predatory nature, but As I'm sure many of you will point out, that's not enough to establish a causal link, so perhaps instead of asking what makes dogs and cats good pets, we should ask, first of all, why that dogs and cats are pets. It's difficult to pinpoint exactly when humans began domesticating dogs, but DNA evidence suggests this may be the case. Wolves that were more comfortable with humans found in Marcus's remains left by hunters over time, some of these wolves may have begun participating in hunts alongside humans, helping them hunt prey and eventually becoming companions. permanent hunting.

In fact, the demise of Neanderthals began around the same time as the domestication of Neanderthals. dogs, it is possible that our early hunting companions gave us an evolutionary advantage that allowed us to surpass Neanderthals and ultimately lead to their extinction. Well, dogs helped human hunters, but what about cats? There is definitely a lot of evidence that humans worshiped cats. From early civilizations such as the ancient Egyptians, but the first humans to domesticate wild cats were possibly the two devils who lived in the eastern Mediterranean about 10,000 years ago, Natufians lived in a largely sedentary society unlike their nomadic peers and are widely considered like inventors. of agriculture as the first agrarian society, it would also have been the first to confront the enemies of agriculture and grain, particularly mice, the wild ancestors of domestic cats probably moved to the first agricultural settlements to take advantage of the large populations of mice and rats, probably ancient humans.

I saw in cats an effective pest control system that also provided hugs on occasion, so dogs and cats are more than just pets: they are a big part of the evolutionary history of our species. They helped us go from being nomadic hunter-gatherers to permanent settlers of agrarian society. and none of this would have been possible without his mastery of murder, his tenderness and tenderness have probably helped too who is a tender murderer, you are a tender murderer, yes, thank you so much to all our Patreon supporters for making this show possible yes want. To help support the good stuff, visit us on Patreon.

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