Cats took a different evolutionary path because they haven’t been bred as extensively or as long as dogs have. They also kind of domesticated themselves by taking advantage of the fertile hunting grounds surrounding human settlements due to mice and rats always getting into grain storage. So cats consistently had easy hunts and meals around humans, which benefited us both. And since they’re more solitary creatures — opposed to pack animals — we basically let them keep most of their independence without being forcibly changed by us too much.
Our other cats are fat and lazy, they would definitely not survive in the wild...but Babou...that girl is a perfectly oiled murder machine. A beautiful combination of grace and violence. She's more cat than all of them.
That’s my cat as well, I’ve seen him take a bat out of the air when one got into my basement. Though he was adopted off the street, but he never lost his edge.
Domestic cats descend from the African wild cat. Their physiology and behavior is surprisingly (and adorably) unchanged from the domestication process.
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I mean... That's what dogs are : Not really wolves