Can anyone tell me the heritage of domestic cats, in that, are they closer to the lion or closer to the tiger?\n\nI have a spayed female "pie face" who looks like a lion.  She behaves as if she is the ruler of the house.\nGrowls, swats the dog as he walks by and tangles with the other cat.\n  \nThe other cat is a neutered male tiger cat.\nHe tries to take over the "pack" but the female will tangle with him and he will cower from her for several days.\n\nI have to take a spray bottle of water to stop her from seriously hurting him.\nThe thing is, he is much stronger than she.  More solid muscles etc.\n\n\n(My dog just leaves them both alone...LOL~!)
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The domestic cat is a member of the genus Felis.  Lions and tigers are members of the genus Panthera.  The house cat is as closely related to the lion as it is to the tiger.  \n\nThis rotten forum won't let me draw a picture, so here's the best way I can explain it in text.\n\nImagine you're an only child, but your uncle (father's brother) has two children.  Which of your uncle's children are you more closely related to?  The answer is neither, you are equally related to both of them.\n\nIt's the same here.  Panthera and Felis share a common ancestor many millions of years ago, while lions and tigers only separated a short time ago.
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With you on that, 100%. I can understand hunting for food, or other essentials. But for sport? Wow. Impressive. You managed to point a gun at an animal and pull the trigger. Kill it with your bare hands, if you want bragging rights. Not saying that's ok, either, mind you. I'm just saying that at least that would take some skill.\n\nPete V – Since you seem to enjoy pushing your views on the other people who’ve answered, I’m sure you won’t mind me doing the same…About cyanne, so what’s the difference? So she kills it, instead of the butcher. It probably goes to better use. Maybe she prefers a more natural approach to some aspects of life. In any case, it’s not your place to ridicule her for it. About melissa…actually, yes. Yes it does. Animals eat other animals. That’s life. Is it ok for a tiger to eat someone? That’s a matter of opinion. But it doesn’t change the fact that it would.
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I have to say that Tigers are my fave too! I especially love the Sumatran tiger. I love all of the cat family; the grace, strength, power and intelligence. I wish I could have my own tiger (well behaved of course) but three gorgeous (and often trying) cats is probably enough for me!
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have several cats.   both will drink out of the faucet, but prefer drinking out of the fish tank which they stand on top of and straddle (the fish have been know to come up and brush against their tongues, they have never tried to catch the fish).   one of mine likes to suck hair,   both want to sit on top of the compt (they both can't fit at same time so turns are taken).   one likes to sit in my lap while i type on comp resting her head on my hands as they go up and down (makes typing hard to say the least and if she decides she doesn't like it she makes me start messing up).   one likes to chew wool (and boxes),  i have a drawer with wool fragments (that she has made) she opens it and takes them out and plays with them.   the other,  i have to be careful since she wants to get in and lay in the refrigerator ( i once shut her in there, but now i know i am more careful),  this one also likes to open drawers and cabinets (i find her resting in them all the time)  needless to say when i come home it looks as if the place has been ransacked.   there is more, but will leave it at these.  i don't believe i have ever had a "normal" pet in my life,  and i like it that way.
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THE CAT THROUGH EVOLUTION \n\nNote for Pet Owners:\nIt should be noted that all cats - including domesticated species - are obligate carnivores and they cannot survive without ingesting nutrients derived from animals. CATS MUST NEVER BE FED AN EXCLUSIVELY VEGETARIAN RATION.\n\nTopics on this Page:\nEvolutionary evidence\nGeneral characteristics of cats\nThe archeological record\nDomestication\nAnatomical characteristics\nDNA sequencing\nFunctional characteristics\nPictorial artifacts and written records\n\nEvidence\nThere are several ways in which the evolution of a species can be traced - but none of the existing records are complete - even for humans. As a result, we have to speculate about the missing "links" in the historical evidence.\n\nIn zoological classification cats belong to the Class : Mammalia (mammals - hair covered animals that suckle their young with breast milk), the Order : Carnivora (they are carnivores - they eat meat) and the Family: Felidae. Within this family there are three further subdivisions called genera (Panthera (cats that roar), Acinonyx (the Cheetah) and Felis (all other "small" cats)), and each genus contains individual species. A species of cats is a group that normally breeds and produces fertile offspring (see section on DNA below)
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I don't know how appropriate the answer was, but why bother with anyone who doesn't like cats anyway?  I'm christian, I love cats, have 3 of them. Have dogs too.  Have no patience for people who don't like animals whether they're christian or not.  We are to be good stewards to the creatures God gave us, I take that to mean to respect and care for them.\n\nCourse, that doesn't really apply to snakes, aligators and bugs for the simple reason they kinda gross me out.
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Even if they did crossbreed and produced offspring that were black, it wouldn't be able to get fixed into the population and produce more black cats since the hybrids would probably be sterile. There would have to be a constant cycle of leopards/jaguars (cougars have so far only been crossed with leopards) escaping, carrying the mutant gene, finding and breeding with a cougar, and then producing black instead of lightly spotted cubs.   I disagree that it is impossible for cougars to be melanistic. Melanism is most common in jungle dwelling cats (it may provide better camouflage and not get weeded out), but individuals of other species such as bobcats have been found melanistic or partially melanistic.  I do agree, though, that if we do find our first melanistic specimen of cougar it won't be in a scenario like this. The Florida panther population is pretty small and probably well studied. If a melanistic panther cub survived to adulthood it would probably be more likely to be found then if it turned up in another cougar population.
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The Amur Tiger isn't really all that powerful in comparison to a Brown Bear:\nhttp://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/3a/Tigerbearpred.jpg\nSpecifically note the part stating:\n"tigers can handle bears, black or brown, of almost their own weight"\n\nThey may predate on fully grown Brown Bears, but still only Brown Bears smaller then themselves (which would only include fully grown females, and subadults), and their ambushing method doens't really appear to give the Bear much of a chance, making it not look much like a fight when the events do occur.\nDue to the fact that male Manchurian Brown Bears (the Bears that live with the Siberian Tigers) average at larger sizes, they would likely be the more dominant and powerful animal, considering that the Tigers don't even really attempt ambushes on them (due to their larger size), despite the tremendous advantage that would give in attempting to kill.\nThe Tiger named Dale, that was reported to predate on "Brown Bears twice it's size", as later mentioned by the Siberian Tiger researcher, Dale Miquelle (who also happens to be the person that Tiger was named after) the mentioning of it predating on Bears twice its size was somewhat of a misquote, due to the fact that despite the fact that he did become a rather succesful predator of Brown Bears, the bears he predated on where not actually twice his size, but rather about the same size as himself, or somewhat smaller, and whoever originally heard about that incident made the assumption that size didn't matter, for some reason, and theirfore mentioned "twice his size", due to the fact that this is how large the Brown Bears can get.\n\nHowever, depending on your definition of predator, the Brown Bear may not quallify for the title, due to the fact that it isn't a strict predator, often feeding on such things as plant roots and berries in the place of killing other animals for food as the Tiger does...making it seem, to me atleast, that the Brown Bear maybe shouldn't really be considered as such.\nIf in your view the Brown Bear isn't a real predator, then it obviously shouldn't be put on the list, though otherwise, they should probably be placed over the Tiger...\nAnd for Brown Bear vs. Polar Bear:\n\n"Four big polar bears -- including three 1,000-pound males with bloody muzzles and yellow-stained fur -- were dining together on whale carcasses at a sand spit about a mile outside the northeastern Alaska village of Kaktovik.\n\nDespite the odor from rotting bowhead and the sound of chomping jaws, the midnight scene at the bone dump along the Arctic Ocean was remarkably peaceful. Recorded as part of a three-year study of polar bear feeding behavior, it showed that these predators were willing to share discarded remains with each other, said federal biologist Susi Miller.\n\nBut then the majestic rulers of Beaufort Sea ice met their match: a scrappy tundra grizzly.\n\nAs Miller and a colleague watched from the cab of a pickup, a small brown bear sow emerged from the darkness and ambled up the spit, trailed by two yearling cubs.\n\nWithout hesitation, the grizzly lunged at the first polar bear, huffing and snarling, driving it into the lagoon. Soon the second, third and fourth polar bears had joined it, leaving the food to a gnarly little bruin about one-third their size."\n\n\n"But the biggest surprise may be the growing number of brown bears crashing the party on Barter Island. And guess who is dominating?\n\n"Out of the interactions that we saw, the brown bears tended to be a lot more aggressive," Miller said. "These brown bears ruled the roost."\n\nAll from:\nhttp://www.adn.com/front/story/6415667p-6294323c.html\n\nIn these wild conflicts, the Brown Bears seem to be dominating despite their smaller size...\n\nThe Bengal Tiger probably deserves mention, and the Jaguar quite possibly does as well.\n\nEDIT: the Killer Whale, despite being i
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I have 4 cats and more on the way, so I guess I love the little stinkers. My "big boy'" name is Blue. He is a manx. My older female is Pilsner, she is a tortishell. Her and Blue had a litter together and we got Bacardi, a tuxedo manx. And then my runaway boy, whose name is Mark is just a "mutt cut" he left home when we got a dog, which we no longer have. He DOES come home on occasion and stays 2 or 3 days then runs off aain.
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Your sister's cat. I'll explain.\n\nSister: Mum, may I take the dog for a walk around the block?\n  Mum: No, because the dog is in heat.\nSister: What's that mean?\nMum: Go ask your Father. I think he's in the garage.\n\nSister: Dad, can I take the dog for a walk around the block? I asked Mum but she said the dog was in heat and that I should ask you.\n\nDad: Bring the dog over here. (He takes a rag, soaks it with gasoline, and scrubs the dog's rear with it)\nDad: OK, you can go now but keep the dog on the leash and only go one time around the block.\n\n(A few minutes later with no dog on the leash)\n\nDad: Where's the dog?"  \nSister: The dog ran out of gas about halfway down the block, my cat is trying to pushing her home.
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A double header!  You're in luck, I know a lady who owns one and it just gave birth to a litter last week!  I will buy you one, since you so kindly offered to get me a hairless Sphynx cat!
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I never could understand why it was ok for a guy to have a dog, but a cat ..... well that would make you a wimp or weird.Not in my opinion though.I look at the bigger felines in  both a masculine and feminine way.They are  aggressive and deadly yet graceful and stealth.I guess a house cat could be perceived in the same manner.I hate how cats get treated. My boyfriend use to hate them until we moved in together, now he likes them more than dogs.In fact its gotten so bad that whenever a stray shows up around our house he feeds them and now its starting to look like an animal shelter.I don't find it strange for you or him to like cats. I think its sweet.
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Um, nope, not me. And good thing you're a vegetarian wolf. Wait a minute...where are the cats??? Alright!!! (giving Wolf Heimlich maneuver) Cough em up...Come on, do it!!!!......oh...wait...never mind. There they are. No harm done.
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Yes!  I think they can mate all they want, but will never create offspring.  They have different gnomes or something and they are from different major families.  We discussed this when i was in high school in my biology class.  But I believe a dog CAN get freaky and busy with a cat, just no outcome except maybe one sore pu$$y.  lol.\nMaybe someday they will genetically engineer the pet some of us are looking for but until science gets involved i dont think it will ever happen.  Sorry to disappoint.  But then again i have been wrong once before.  lol.
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Have you ever thought to leave the cat to your mother or another relevant, friend? Do you have this possibility?\nFor the rest, I have the same opinion as the first answerer.\nI wish you the best.\n\nKaterina
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Hey why not?\nLove isn't just between man and woman or girl and boy...As you know there are diferent kinds of love.Love between you and your mother/child/nature/thing.I can say that you love your cat as it was your own child.\nThere is nothing wrong to dedicate yourself on your cat.Sometimes animals can be much more worth and much more honest nice and cute than a human beeing.I am not saying that you love your cat as a wife , no dear...I am only saying that many people choose their pets and want to keep them more then they want a child or a human in their house.\nAnd i repeat there is nothing wrong at all \np.s: But remember cats haven't got sensitive health like the human so don't be uppsesed when you think she is feeling bad\nOnly be careful of one infection that many cats are exposed, be careful with her eyes and look after where she gets with her head\nGOOD LUCK!!!!
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Dont hurt anyones feelings. Instead declaw the cats and get alot of catnip so there high while you nail them. Otherwise buy a hustler and look. Feel your reactions to the girl pics, then the guy pics and go with the stronger one. If there equal feelings split them up during the week and enjoy both. Regardless declaw the cats before you get desperate.