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(DIR) Post #Al6s8Jx7JRSVDrErg0 by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-08-19T01:46:16Z
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Why is it that every single cat manages to have their own neurotic, strange, little personality that is nothing like any other cat?I've met a lot of dogs, and they can be different and have personalities, but there is much less... diversity.
(DIR) Post #Al6sJO0MaPfGya28ye by fullyabstract@fosstodon.org
2024-08-19T01:48:15Z
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@futurebird At cat finishing school, they emphasize creating a distinct brand.
(DIR) Post #Al6t40Gaf7pexnquVE by lopta@mastodon.social
2024-08-19T01:56:39Z
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@futurebird dogversity.
(DIR) Post #Al6tSPhVkZMenR5H1M by OWOP@mastodon.world
2024-08-19T02:01:05Z
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@futurebird TWW: … There once was a cat who wandered and came to an oasis. … *Ahh canine vs feline, the pack vs tha lone wanderers. It’s always been the source of ideals and myths. Peace. OWOP
(DIR) Post #Al6ttkXAOvEHECHRiq by dotsandlines@c.im
2024-08-19T02:06:02Z
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@futurebird That’s one of the things I most like about cats. They are just creative and inventive enough (and maybe most crucially, independent enough) that they all just end up figuring out “how to be a cat” in their own way.
(DIR) Post #Al6uVVvZ9ijAvmhUGW by Gustodon@mas.to
2024-08-19T02:12:52Z
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@futurebird That's because dogs love us unconditionally whereas cats, on certain days, would kill us and eat us if they could.
(DIR) Post #Al6wuTeYwqzp1dmK2a by JimJoe@mastodon.social
2024-08-19T02:39:47Z
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@futurebird Yeah, we men aren’t that impressive when you take a closer look. 🤫
(DIR) Post #Al74dEQ18VTqUEGKu0 by Marc@fosstodon.org
2024-08-19T04:06:18Z
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@futurebird Cognitive canalization during learning, development, and personality formation, combined with stubbornness
(DIR) Post #Al79b8WoZ5rTPSGJqy by jamatex@mastodon.world
2024-08-19T05:01:52Z
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@futurebird I think it smarts. Dogs regulate themselves to our moods and thus standout less while cats basically be cats and stand out more.
(DIR) Post #Al79vHZ8for3ELxJNg by EverydayMoggie@sfba.social
2024-08-19T05:05:36Z
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I don't know about that. The dogs I've had each had a very distinct personality, and none of them was like any other.@futurebird
(DIR) Post #Al7B7hfjXJghcwWjFA by Paxxi@hachyderm.io
2024-08-19T05:19:03Z
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@futurebird I don't think dogs has less personality but you only really discover it when living with them
(DIR) Post #Al7QlTs3lbMfieiZ2O by llewelly@sauropods.win
2024-08-19T08:14:19Z
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@futurebird cats evolved to have a wide variety of personalities in order to have a wide variety of tactics and strategies available for manipulating humans when humans came to the local cat colony to purchase rodent control services.
(DIR) Post #Al7X1K8oJETZtvUTZI by KanaMauna@sauropods.win
2024-08-19T09:24:23Z
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@futurebird Them fighting words.
(DIR) Post #Al7akRZro79xrHLubY by CStamp@mastodon.social
2024-08-19T05:10:01Z
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@jamatex @futurebird You seem to have had limited cat and dog experience. Dogs may tend to want to please more, but cats are also smart and affectionate. Some of their personalities are likely shaped by the expectations of their humans. "Cats are more aloof," so leave them more often or let them roam outdoors. Dogs are trained more, so learn obedience.
(DIR) Post #Al7akSPGj0HCQhOxiy by jamatex@mastodon.world
2024-08-19T05:16:40Z
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@CStamp @futurebird True. I maybe intelligence = obedience. Maybe dogs were seen as more dangerous or usefully because of their size, especially for hunting and security. This might have lead people to breed them for obedience. Cats were basically pest control and remained more wild.
(DIR) Post #Al7akSsgxboPtxASaO by WAHa_06x36@mastodon.social
2024-08-19T10:03:57Z
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@jamatex @CStamp @futurebird Also, the theory is that humans did not domesticate cats, cats did.
(DIR) Post #Al7akTL3GAUtJuR6n2 by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-08-19T10:06:07Z
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@WAHa_06x36 @jamatex @CStamp Humans are domesticated animals? And it's the cats that did it to us???
(DIR) Post #Al7bbkoh0VnAsKhv3w by dedicto@mastodon.social
2024-08-19T10:15:46Z
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@futurebird @WAHa_06x36 @jamatex @CStamp Not too long ago I saw a toot that said it was typed with the author's left hand. The right hand was not available for use because a cat was lying on it — as the accompanying image illustrated. And the author didn't want to disturb the cat. If that isn't domestication, what would you call it?
(DIR) Post #Al7bgQbxYdv5eoyqTg by viq@social.hackerspace.pl
2024-08-19T10:16:37Z
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@futurebird wait till you see parrots 😂
(DIR) Post #Al7bkwi0A77kMdxclk by NatureMC@mastodon.online
2024-08-19T10:17:26Z
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@futurebird Did you ever spend a day at the dog station of a animal rescue shelter? 😉 As dogs build a pack with their people like wolves do, it's not quite easy to recognise the personality behind the social role. But even wolves have that diversity.But lets talk about ants' personalities. 😁
(DIR) Post #Al7bpX7giUQ0SYA9Ee by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-08-19T10:18:19Z
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@NatureMC Every ant has a different personality.
(DIR) Post #Al7bt7cXTZ0MWWIv8y by floby@mastodon.social
2024-08-19T10:18:54Z
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@futurebird @WAHa_06x36 @jamatex @CStamp there's also the theory that wheat actually domesticated men.
(DIR) Post #Al7c1XufbZfgNunlsO by faassen@fosstodon.org
2024-08-19T10:20:27Z
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@futurebird@WAHa_06x36 @jamatex @CStamp There is this whole hypothesis humans self domesticated but cats make more sensehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-domestication
(DIR) Post #Al7c5P4WPyYs7gFVui by jamatex@mastodon.world
2024-08-19T10:21:09Z
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@futurebird @WAHa_06x36 @CStamp Assuming domesticate means teach to live within a limited space acting as placed habitation, I think it goes both ways. Human could not live in houses without pest control thanks to cats n cats wouldn't have found such inept species on their own.What surprises me is that humans didn't just find more efficient means of breeding rats.It could be that they tried n got hot hit by bubonic plague and hence the need for cats.Or rat pop growth is too high to control.
(DIR) Post #Al7eJh4eU1BbuyFgUC by NatureMC@mastodon.online
2024-08-19T10:46:08Z
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@futurebird That fascinates me. I do want to know more! 🤓
(DIR) Post #Al7eYrUi1UYqZzflbc by futurebird@sauropods.win
2024-08-19T10:48:54Z
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@NatureMC I've posed about a few individual ants and how I keep track of them using this hash tag: #namedants
(DIR) Post #Al7fvGBqz7prUu66Eq by NatureMC@mastodon.online
2024-08-19T11:04:07Z
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@futurebird Great, thank you very much! 😊
(DIR) Post #Al7hzf18osYNZ3JSIy by WAHa_06x36@mastodon.social
2024-08-19T11:27:18Z
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@futurebird @jamatex @CStamp I did mean that cats domesticated themselves, but, you raise some interesting points.