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Fri Aug 14, 2015, 12:07 AM

The Velveteen Ocelot (108,875 posts)

4. Evolutionary brilliance.

Fewer moving parts to wear out or break down.

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Cats vs dogs: Scientists confirm that felines are better... from an evolutionary perspective [View all]	Liberal_in_LA	Aug 2015	OP
Yup. Cats rule.	The Velveteen Ocelot	Aug 2015	#1
Of course they survived longer. They probably slept through it all.	BlueJazz	Aug 2015	#3
Evolutionary brilliance.	The Velveteen Ocelot	Aug 2015	#4
If those ancient dogs were like my golden retriever, they'd probably give...	BlueJazz	Aug 2015	#8
^^This^^	Gormy Cuss	Aug 2015	#47
"But researchers found no evidence that dogs have..." < Dog's are smarter than to leave evidence.	jtuck004	Aug 2015	#2
And in a need-to-know moment	Le Taz Hot	Aug 2015	#30
if they had just asked the cats to begin with who is better	restorefreedom	Aug 2015	#5
cats can climb- to escape, to catch and stash prey, and burrow into the bushes and hide better nt	msongs	Aug 2015	#6
Not to mention	murielm99	Aug 2015	#11
Yes. Cats are better than dogs in every way.	Arugula Latte	Aug 2015	#7
Now if they could only clean their own litter	packman	Aug 2015	#9
not only that, there are special faucet fixtures that allow them to get their own water!	niyad	Aug 2015	#42
This is confusing two different questions.	drm604	Aug 2015	#10
Love 'em both.	Bigredhunk	Aug 2015	#12
+ 1 !!!	pink-o	Aug 2015	#29
Never heard of a dog with nine lives	passiveporcupine	Aug 2015	#13
Except that, by the same metrics	FarrenH	Aug 2015	#19
And why Wolves became the most important carnivore...	happyslug	Aug 2015	#34
Every thread doesn't need to be serious	passiveporcupine	Aug 2015	#41
Cat's are selfish - they only care about themselves - that's why they survive	Elmer S. E. Dump	Aug 2015	#32
They should've asked me. I knew that:	freshwest	Aug 2015	#14
Outstanding. n/t	Judi Lynn	Aug 2015	#16
Thanks! n/t	freshwest	Aug 2015	#17
Hermione Jean Granger !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!	trueblue2007	Aug 2015	#52
The world would be so much emptier, lonlier without both kinds of these amazing fur friends. n/t	Judi Lynn	Aug 2015	#15
Cats are mostly solitary creatures	FarrenH	Aug 2015	#18
There's less lit on cats.	Igel	Aug 2015	#26
You're right that they're harder to study	FarrenH	Aug 2015	#28
Why we don't have guide cats, drug-sniffing cats, cancer-sniffing cats, rescue cats, guard-cats...	Elmer S. E. Dump	Aug 2015	#33
So, does this mean cats rule and dogs drool? LOL nt	raccoon	Aug 2015	#20
Of course. Here's the evidence...	KansDem	Aug 2015	#27
Beat me to it...that's the right answer.	libdem4life	Aug 2015	#50
Interesting.	blackspade	Aug 2015	#21
Any cat could have told you that.	Vinca	Aug 2015	#22
in other news...	Javaman	Aug 2015	#23
Never trust a man who hates cats.	7962	Aug 2015	#24
I have been doing Protection from Abuse for 25 years, and there is some truth to your statement	happyslug	Aug 2015	#35
Thank you for that EXCELLENT analysis!	7962	Aug 2015	#36
Children are another group that put up with a lot of abuse, just to be a member of their family.	happyslug	Aug 2015	#38
women wear red because it's socially acceptable for women to wear red and other colors	Liberal_in_LA	Aug 2015	#49
Like the time the cat barked when the saber-toothed tiger was going to eat the caveman family.	Octafish	Aug 2015	#25
No barking cats? Just watch this:	Trailrider1951	Aug 2015	#39
My wife just observed that cats know they are smarter than guys.	Octafish	Aug 2015	#40
Cats having commited genocide 40 times makes them better?	Thor_MN	Aug 2015	#31
Pure propaganda...	Blue_Tires	Aug 2015	#37
I showed my boy this article	IDemo	Aug 2015	#43
Not surprising	Snow Leopard	Aug 2015	#44
I suppose I am kind of an odd duck.	smirkymonkey	Aug 2015	#45
That's funny - Says the ...	cannabis_flower	Aug 2015	#46
Old nieghbor of mine...	Xolodno	Aug 2015	#48
I think it's just because they're such tough little buggers	Warpy	Aug 2015	#51
I absolutely love my litte ex-feral cat. I watched him in the woods for 2 years.	bamademo	Aug 2015	#53

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