Why Cats Have Faminine Charecteristics & Dog Mosculine Characteristics &Why Cat Is Claver & Dogs Behave Simple
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Well that is in the eye of the beholder, I have seen and own a cat that is more like a man then a woman, and cats only seem clever there really just going on instinct, just like a dog.  Example, a golden retriever even as a puppy will retrieve any thing you throw it's bread in to them, just like a cat will use a litter box with out even thinking about it.  But I can say with full confidence that dogs are kinda like men we eat, drink, sleep and play, we are always trying to be dominant and like a dog we just cant resist the opposite sex.  As for cats i don't think that there feminine though they do walk with a little sway and are very neat and clean but again this is do to thousands of years of breeding and it comes to them with out a second thought.  Oh one more thing a cat may be a reference to the female do to the Egyptians, they had a cat goddess named BAST, She represented fertility, sex, earth and home.  This maybe why people relate the cat to a woman.  As for men and dogs maybe that's do to most dogs are working dogs, they spent countless hours around men for thousands of years, Heinz the term mans best friend.
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I don't believe this is possible. If I remember correctly from my undergraduate education, the big cats (Lions, Tigers, Leapards, etc.) are actually more closly related to domistaced dogs than domesticated cats. Of course we know that cats and dogs can't mate, so I'm sure the big cats couldnt' mate with their smaller cousins.
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G'day Chloerochelle,\n\nThank you for your question.\n\nHyenas have their own family. They are'n't either dogs or cats. They are most closely related to Herpestidae which conains mongooses and meerkats.\n\nI have attached sources for your reference.\n\nRegards
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It is sure that animals are able to produce sounds.\nAlso they have a "vocabulary" (dogs for example make\n5-6 diferent sounds meaning different things.\n\nThis is not speach!!!!\nTalking means thousands of diferent "sounds" meaning\nthousands of different things. Talking is complex and\nneeds a complex brain. Thats why they dont talk.
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it's rabid.  I don't think cats, rabid or otherwise, can type.  and I like that statement about anyone can make almost any statement appear scientific and factual if they're stated out of context or spoken in syllogisms: ID, anyone?
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I truely believe they do. Like my cats all loooove to be told how good they are and dogs do too. Horses are very smart animals and they also have a sense of pride. Quite definitly they know when they've won the race!!!
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Because they're just like dogs, they act on reflex, no thought necessary
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Humans are animals, biologically. \n\n1. We reproduce.\n2. We must eat.\n3. We must drink.\n4. We must breathe.\n5. We think.\n6. We die.\n7. Subject to animal instincts.\n\nWe are mammals.\n\n1. Females of our species lactate.\n2. We have hair/fur.\n3. We are warm-blooded.\n4. We give birth to live young (exception: monotremes)\n5. Four limbs (exception: whales and dolphins)\n\nWe are primates.\n\n1. Opposable thumbs.\n2. Eyes in front of head.\n3. Binocular vision.\n4. Large brains.\n\nWe are hominids.\n\n1. Bipedal movement.\n2. Upright movement.\n3. Color-vision.\n4. Different arrangement of limbs.\n5. Larger brain.\n\nWe are human.\n1. Emotion\n2. Civilization\n3. Conscience\n4. Choose between Right and Wrong\n5. Urge to know about our world\n6. Intelligence\n7. Ability to reason\n\n....and we where clothes LOL\n\n\nDespite all religious claims, Humans are animals (mammals specifically). We are not inherently superior--that is arrogant. And we are still subject to animal emotions, animal subjects, and animal instincts. However, we are more advanced than other animals, emotionally and mentally.
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Dogs are faithful. Cats are a no no. And if it is the opposite sex u want, make sure u dont fall only for their beauty. get to know his/her character and if it suits u.... u r in.
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They are distantly related.\n\nThey share the same taxonomic clade:\nKingdom (Animalia), phylum (chordata), subphylum (vertabrata), class (mammalia), order (Carnivora) but it ends there, cats go on to have the family Felidae and bears the family Ursidae\n\nAfter family there is still the clades genus and species.\n\nHumans spilt from bears and cats at the order level.\n\nA cat is just as related to a bear as it is a dog, a seal or a raccoon.
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A. Cats are less docile than dogs\nB. Cats wouldnt be strong enough to pull a person\nC. The handle and harness would be impractical due to the size and height\nD. People would point and laugh
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We once had a male Siamese cat that allowed kittens to nurse on him, and he nurtured them like his own, even though of course he could not produce milk.\n\n  So, I believe cats can be gay and inbreeding does produce behaviour similiar to bi-polar.
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Cats have long been held sacred and linked to images of power. In ancient Egypt the Goddess Bast was not only the divine mother of cats, She was also protectress of the Pharoah and of women, Goddess of joy, dance, fertility & motherhood. The Egyptian term for cat was Mau, an imitation of a cats cry and a mother-syllable\n\nFeline reverence is not peculiar to Ancient Egyptian civilisation. Muslim theology maintains that the prophet Muhammad once found a cat sleeping on his robe; instead of waking it, he cut a hole through his robe so as not to disturb the animal. This reverence can be found in ancient Indian texts, where records of cats involved with human society can be found in two ancient Indian great epics, the Ramayana and Mahabharata, circa 500 BCE. As the Hindu and Parsee religions respected all forms of life and were especially sympathetic towards cats, all good Hindus were expected to take care of at least one cat during their lives. By contrast, the Islamic culture generally regards dogs as somewhat unhygienic animals.\n\nThe exaltation of cats in Ancient Egypt most likely began with their contribution to agriculture. Feral cats, or "reed cats", naturally preyed upon the rats and other vermin that would otherwise eat from the royal granaries. They earned their place in towns and cities by killing mice, poisonous snakes and other pests.\n\nThe Egyptians viewed their gods not as simple spirits but as intelligences that could be personified in a body. The earliest evidence of cats as deities comes from a 3100 BCE crystal cup decorated with an image of the lion-headed goddess Mafdet. The goddess Bast was originally depicted as a fiercely protective and warlike lion, but as her image "softened" over time she became more strongly associated with domestic cats.\n\nAs cats were sacred to Bast, the practice of mummification was extended to them, and the respect that cats received after death mirrored the respect they were treated with in everyday life. The Greek historian Herodotus wrote that in the event of a fire men would guard the fire to make certain that no cats ran into the flame. Herodotus also wrote that when a cat died, the household would go into mourning as if for a human relative, and would often shave their eyebrows to signify their loss.\n\nSuch was the strength of feeling towards cats that killing one, even accidentally, incurred the death penalty. Another Greek historian, Diodorus Siculus, describes an interesting example of swift justice imposed upon the killer of a cat: about 60 BCE, he witnessed the chariot of a Roman soldier accidentally run over an Egyptian cat. An outraged mob gathered and, despite pleas from pharaoh Ptolemy XII, killed the soldier.\n\nThe belief that a black cat brings bad luck started in the Middle Ages, with the Germanic peoples and the Normans. To some, they were an omen of impending death. On roads, a black cat crossing one's path was considered a signal of danger ahead.\n\nSince the 1880s, the color black has been associated with anarchism. The black cat, in an alert, fighting stance was later adopted as an anarchist symbol. More specifically, the black cat is associated with anarcho-syndicalism, a branch of anarchism that focuses on workers' rights. Anarchists, Situationists and Revolutionary Industrial Unionists (such as the IWW) believe that wildcat strikes could be the spark for revolution.\n\nIn the 1930s, the Wiccan religious tradition emerged. Since much of Wicca is reconstructed from supposed witchcraft practices, the black cat was adopted as a Wiccan symbol.\n\nThe archaic associations of black cats with bad luck or evil once appeared frequently in North American popular culture, but are no longer widely held. In the early years of television, several stations located on "unlucky" channel 13 made sport of the association by using black cats as mascots. \n\nContrarily, in the UK, black cats are the most well-known sign of good luck and
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I think servals and caracals are beautiful animals; if I ever live out in a remote area, I hope I can own a kitten.  Try this site for some info on the life cycle.
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Humans like to think we are special and unique and different than our animal brethern, but are we?\n\n1. We share many characteristics, instincts, genetics, phenotypes etc with animals\n\n2. We use tools, but so do many animals, contrary to what was believed previously.\n\n3. We have languages, but the animals appear to as well, and appear to be able to understand some of language (dogs, horses, chimps). Some animals, like chimps, have been taught to use sign language and even type on computers, and some claim appear to use language creatively. \n\n4. Some animals have similar ratios of brain mass to body mass as humans, or even have better ratios. Many cetaceans might be as intelligent as humans, but not have the ability to manipulate the environment in the same way since they do not have hands. \n\nSo the entire premise of this question is a bit suspect, frankly.
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Cats are independent and appear to be less loyal as they are not "pack" animals like dogs. Dogs think you are part of their pack (think wolves) and except for my dog they think you're the leader of the pack, hence their loyalty.  Cats are not pack animals and typically rely on their own wits for survival (think lion) but treated well will always love you as much as your dog
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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.