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I think we should consider selectively breeding cats the same way humans have bred dogs over thousands of years—for traits like loyalty, intelligence, and responsiveness.

Most domestic cats today still retain many wild instincts, often acting independently, ignoring commands, and sometimes causing issues around the home.

With careful, long-term selective breeding, it might be possible to develop more companionable, trainable, and cooperative feline breeds—much like we’ve done with dogs.

What I'm trying to say is cats are basically wild animals that humans have invited into their homes and are pretending they’re pets.

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Thekid.999 7mo ago

The Egyptians did that for us. The house cat is a mixture with some reptile. Why? Why do we say this? The house cat is the only cat that has its eyes slit up-and-down like a snake like a lizard, like a reptile. Lions, jaguars, and Tigers and bobcats and big cats have eyes like us. The Egyptians did the mixing for us already.

mar 7mo ago

I've heard similar theories that cats are hybrids and the Anunnaki were masters of DNA mixing. They mixed tigers, lions with reptile DNA.

If that's true then we need to perfect the DNA mixing because cats are still too wild. Cats are still not trainable.

Thekid.999 7mo ago

The cat chooses you, you don't choose the cat.

Hahahaha i get it though. My love for mine was growing really fast and it ran away. I was sad. It hasn't come back. It chose the streets hahaha

mar 7mo ago

Cats are picky. People says cats are low maintenance but cats get sad or bored in small places. They need lots of space and fun.

I have cats visit me all the time from the neighborhood. They show up everyday and I feed them. I'm sure someone is feeding you cats and it is ok. Maybe it will show up someday.

n0>1 7mo ago

I like my animals a little wild.

mar 7mo ago

You must have one of the homes that smell like cat piss.

n0>1 7mo ago

My animals prefer to piss outside like wild animals do.

mar 7mo ago

You're exactly the type that thinks cats are pets and ends up abandoning them when they piss inside. Wild animals don't know the concept of pissing outside or inside. They piss wherever they want. That's a wild animal and cats often piss around the house if they get spooked by their litter box.

n0>1 7mo ago

You don't actually know much about me at all. Nice theory though. I wasn't attempting to anger anyone. Oops.

mar 7mo ago

Fair enough. I'm not trying to assume too much about you either. But the broader point stands that a lot of people romanticize the “wild” nature of cats without acknowledging the downsides that come with it, like destructive behavior or ignoring basic training.

That’s why I think selective breeding could be worth exploring, not to make cats boring, but to make them better suited for modern living, just like we did with dogs. We’ve normalized traits in dogs that make them thrive around humans so why not do the same with cats?

No one is angry. Maybe you're right. I might of type some negative words that seemed angry.