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Wish the video touched on how cats have decimated bird populations in recent years.
@@PolkLC y .
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@@PolkLC oooooooooo
"Here kitty kitty" --Your ancestors 10,000 years ago
Pspspspsps
no, its like this: Caveman: *throws bone at cat thinking its dog* Wild cat: more
@@7_y1ar No, its like this: Wild cat: prrrrrrrr Caveman: falls asleep
No, no its Kskskskksksks
Lmfao you fool 😂😂
Meanwhile in the Cat Universe: ‘How we enslaved humans’
I imagine there's a cat KZhead and I'm dying lol
People are slaves to dogs and cats because they evolved to look cute 🤦♂️
@@NickNakelski and fish they’re so cute too
Kayano you know it's TRUE
There’s no separate cat universe, this is the cat universe
I cried when he said there was evidence the cat was taken care of by its human due to the healing in their bones 😭
i was just abt to comment this im dead over it
❤️
I’m pretty sure back then an animal with a wound was pretty much dead unless a human took care of it demonstrating early bonding 🤷♂️
Probably wanted to fatten it up a bit more before eating it.
retualistic bone break
When talking about domestication of cats (or dogs), people always forget the companionship/affection factor. Most people know what its like to feel hungry. They see a skinny stray one day and their empathy kicks in, they throw it some scraps. Cat learns to come around for food, familiarity breeds some mild affection... then one day mr ancient man is having a bad day sitting there feeling down, maybe got in a fight with the cavewoman bc he didnt throw the elk carcass away after dinner which turned into an argument about how he never takes out the carcasses AND leaves his bloody spears everywhere, doesnt even wipe them down... So hes sitting there feeling down, and this cute fluffy thing rubs against his legs and meows, and for the first time, instead of just throwing it food, he reaches down and touches it... it likes being pet, he feels his mood lift a little, and a friendship is born :)
Lovely 👍🏻
its pretty rude to make ur cavewoman take out the carcasses and wipe down the spears all the time... smh
@@do.re.mi.2713 Shut up, I hired her to do exactly that....wipe my spear!
@@do.re.mi.2713 typical hunters, never think of us who clean the cave all day
dogs are trash bro. they even kill humans. stop with the dog nutterism.
Cats show us a ton of respect: they don't kill us while we sleep. And they even wake us up several times per night to demonstrate how they aren't killing us.
Lol yeah, signs showing cats are cute little devils 😂
😆😆
Dude I've woken up with my little guy staring at me.....like he's been doing it for hours......contemplating how many bites it will take to eat me.
Tell that to my cat. She sat on my face like two weeks ago and couldn’t breathe my mother had to get her off
That’s because if they tried to kill us they would just get bodied. Not really a sign of respect but a sign that they understand we are above them in the food chain
The cat died so its human companion was buried with it
Lol good one
Lmao top comment please 😂
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Someone has to serve it in the afterlife.
moshe dimawala-adormeo I’m pretty sure the dude died and they killed his cat so it can be buried with him lol
On the beginning of pandemic me and my partner moved out to countryside. And there was a feral cat, hunting rats, mouses etc. We started to feed him and slowly build trust. I took him over a year to allow us to stroke him. 3 years later he will still go to hunt, but. He wants to be cuddle so much by us. He feels 100% safe with us. His first humans :)
Stroke?? Pause bro
Our two newest kittens, as soon as my wife opened the carrier to let them out in the kitchen, immediately found me in my room and climbed onto my shoulder. Every other cat we've ever had wanted to explore first. The one who found me first spends hours curled up on my left arm, so I'm getting exercise without trying. I'll be watching YT, and out of nowhere, I find a kitten has leaped onto my chest, and is sitting there staring me in the face. He so clearly decided I belong to him it sometimes makes me feel like crying...and before we brought them home, he ran away from me when I tried to hold him. He was the runt of the litter, and more than ten months old, his tail is still short and stiff, unlike his brother...but both have virtually no hair on their ears.
@@WestHaddnin💀
@@WestHaddninWhat do you think they meant by stroke?
@@Weirdisjustabrownandyellowword it's what we British people say instead of pet. Well we do say pet but we don't pet our pets.
my 2 cats were strays from the same litter, 15 happy years with them, i lost one of them a few days ago but i’m grateful for 10,000 years of domestication to have had the ability to meet her
I’m so sorry. I have a 15 year old cat and his sister died last year, it’s always so awful to lose such a precious member of a family.
I feel you
Meanwhile, cats are debating whether they have fully domesticated humans.
Exactly 😂
i also feel sometimes my cat domesticated me.
Sometimes when i see a bunch of cats in one area I always think that they having a meeting to when to take over the world
Yeah cats havent really been domesticated when you think of it, any cat could be thrown outside and never let in its house again and it would survive easily. Compared to a dog which would be confused and sad and probably not really know how to catch food as dogs only seem to play for fun when they chase birds or squirrels very few dogs can actually catch food. Cats live alone also where as dogs are supposed to be in big groups so they can hunt down animals to eat so a lone dog wouldn't really catch food.
😅😅😅😅😅
“In ancient times, cats were worshipped as gods; they have not forgotten this.” - Terry Pratchett
Sure... the cats wrote about it in a big book that every cat must read before having a human master... What an stupid quote.
@@Ulexcool Dude, it relates to cats' personality and behaviour. It's a humorous quote by one of the most intelligent British authors. Here's another one that fits you perfectly in my opinion: "Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time." The fact that you have taken it literally proves to me that you are not very bright.
Vladimir Stanescu burnnnn!!! Best clapback on KZhead
@@vladimirstanescu6616 You can do all the gymnastics you want, still a dumb quote, boomer.
@@Ulexcool "It's better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than open it and remove all doubt." Try reading a book for a change, it might help you in life, but with that attitude I doubt it.
In our folktales, cats are believed to be the tiger's aunt (father's sister), she was asked to fetch fire from the humans. But when she reaches the human house, she tasted burnt rice (that sticks to the bottom of a pan) and sweet potato baked in ash ( under the fire). She wanted more and more of it and never went back to the forest. And hence settled with humans.
Which country?
@@Sigma_Male_Anti_Female India ( folktale is from a small tribe called Adi in Arunachal Pradesh of India)
@@aisuratan2904 Cool. India is a cool country.
2 ways to survive in this world. 1. Be the smartest creature 2. Be the creature that enslaves the smartest creature.
“To this day we still don’t know how we domesticated cat’s” Caveman: Ayo, pspspspsps....
LMAO
😭
This funny
LMAO
Hahahahahhaa
We’ve never domesticated cats, they hired us as unpaid valets.
NHMO OYTIS so slaves we are slaves
Food provider
Purrs are a valid form of payment
Blake McCrary true as are snuggles :D
NHMO OYTIS bold of you to assume I’m a cat person
It’s amazing how cats are the most popular pet on earth and they don’t do anything for us like other animals . They’re just soo insanely cute and smart and pleasant that we love them so much
Don't do anything? They make us laugh! They make us warm! They make us relax! They make us feel loved. They accept our love. They bring friendship and companionship. They are living works of art and bring beauty into our lives. Unless you consider love, beauty, laughter, warmth, comfort, friendship and ease nothing--and think how rare they are in the world!--then perhaps you'll reconsider.
Most popular? according to this source, dogs are the most popular pets in the world, being 33% owned compared to cats (23%). Where do cat people get their stats?
@@leow5632It should be cats imo. They are so underrated
They were incredibly important for protecting grain stores and still help prevent rodents from settling in the house
Last year there was construction in a park across the street that drove mice out and suddenly into our house. My lazy, chunky lapcat TANK immediately turned into a mouse murdering machine and a few days and about a dozen dead mice later we didn’t have mice anymore. I’d say he definitely earned his keep! It was really incredible to see him sitting in the doorway to the kitchen listening intently, then suddenly creep forward, dive into this tiny gap behind the oven, and pop back out with a mouse in his teeth. I would never have known we even had any mice if he hadn’t woken me up to show me every time he killed one
We had an apartment complex cat. She just showed up. Everyone petted her and fed her.
Cat: mew Humans: so anyway I adopted it.
i stole this, just want to clarify before i get hit with the "stolen" but i just want to share the fact that the first cat that was named in egypt was named "mau" the first person who met the cat probably went human: hey there buddy, whats your name? kitten: mau human: ok your name is mau
cats: mew human Neanderthal child: daddy can we keep it PLEASE? I promise to take care of it. Neanderthal dad: ugh
Neanderthal dad and the cat two months later: homies.
Cats started meowing to make us pay attention to them by mimicking a baby's cry
Scram
How cat domestication happened Caveman: i found this weird small sabertooth its mine now ive named him bringles
One of Hagrid's ancestors.
Lol
They’d name it “ouh”
XD
@@literalcatpee9390 Bob says hello😭
3:43 - _"For thousands of years they stayed close to human dwellings for food but weren't necessarily close to the people themselves..."_ Some things don't change
i just adopted two amazing kittens, i have a boy and a girl, and they’re siblings. they’re the most entertaining, obnoxious, fearless, and loving creatures alive. i cannot help but be fascinated by them, they’re truly individuals.
The greatest scam cats ever pulled on us was domestication and we fell for it *TWICE.*
And they're STILL not domesticated
@@Skysthelimit212 EXACTLY.
@@Skysthelimit212 But we are :)
I, for one, am very happy with this particular scam!
Alfatazer _ love the play on words from the usual suspects!!!
10,000 years ago: Cats took over an island of humans 3,000 years ago: Cats took over human civilization 10 years ago: Cats took over the internet
Its gonna be the entire galaxy in the near future😄
Lol
They rule the world lol
Man, cats were on the internet the same time as the three little pigs mr greenjelly...lol
@@estoesmeena and won’t that be great
I love that house cats are great companions who still maintain some of their wild ancestry. There are times when my cat shows his wild side, especially at dawn and dusk, and it's always so fascinating to watch.
Yeah I still miss the stray cats in my college campus. Some of the dorm buildings are infested with mice and after the stray cats settled down near the door step, mice just puff, disappeared. And it’s funny how some of these stray mama cats know the way to get free nannies. They just put every single kitten on the doorstep and see to it that some students sit down to look after and play with them. And then they were like: “Imma gonna go hunting mice. Take care of my babies, human.” It works every single time.
The kitty died so his slave was buried with him, so that his slave could clean his litterbox and feed him, and tend to the kitty in the afterlife.
Cute
Lol so true hehahe.☺️👌 I will do that for my cat do anything for my pets even my dogs ong .protect them clean them feed them hahehe.🤣💦
I plan to be buried with my cat when he dies
Did they kill the man or waited until he died?
I think he was mexicam
But did we actually domesticate them? Seems more like a mutual agreement to me.
Regulus Mine they more or less domesticated themselves
Yup, it is a Quid Pro Quo. And no Russians were involved. The dog made that up to blame the cats.
@@themanicman8458 Incidentally, the exact same can be said about humans. These close relations of the Chimpanzee actually domesticated themselves. I seem to recall hearing once that domestication tends to cause certain phenotypical markers, and it seems humans also have some of those - now if I could just remember the details ...
Domesticated doesn't necessarily mean dominated into submission as in the example given in the video, which I'm suspecting you didn't watch completely.
I coop his poop, buy him food I get to smush my face into his soff fur belly, hear his few cute meows when i come home Sounds like bargain 🤔😆
I work at catcafe, and I can confirm all cats have a personality of their own. Cats never changed!
I just came looking for something that combines KZhead documentaries and cat videos. I was not disappointed. I honestly feel we intentionally stopped domestication to the level of dogs intentionally. A cats love is conditional. And that’s why we love them.
Kitties domesticated themselves. They saw a large warm cave with lots of food and a creature that would help it take care of it's babies, and was like "I'm moving in, and I'll tolerate you, I guess" and humans were like "you're fluffy and cute, okay!"
more like im meowing in
So accurate
no
Nope, that's not the way feline domestication went down. Agricultural production of grain attracts rodents which in turn attract cats. The predatory instincts of cats proved useful to humans in controlling rodent populations, and humans engaged in activities that lured in easy prey for the cats, so humans and cats developed a symbiotic relationship through a chain reaction that started with the agricultural revolution.
@@willdwyer6782 no, cat wanted warm home, human said "cute!" and let it. That's what happened.
Cats were considered part of the family in ancient Egypt. When the family cat died, the family went into mourning just as if a human member had died. Wealthy families even mummified their cats. Several sizable cat cemetaries even existed. Killing a cat was a capital offense.
medieval europe could do with learning a few things from the egyptians…
should still be a capital offense of killing a cat. No mercy to those who kills cats.
It still should be a capital offense for ending the life of a cat 🐈!
As it should've been.
This is not the full truth, tho. Most animals were worshiped in Egypt, but being worshiped ment that they were being given as offerings to the gods. Selling offerings (mummified corpses) was a huge business and they were basically breeding cats and killing them at very young age just to bury them. This is why those "cemeteries" exists. Ancient Egypt was not a great place to be if you were a cat... or an ibis, crocodile, lion, ect.
I am part Cypriot and a cat lover
Greece casually loving cats so much, one of their islands got more felines than it got people ☕🗿
Since when is Cyprus a Greek island again?
"Dude these things feed us,and treat us like kings!I don't know about you,but I'm hanging with them!" -cat
@Joanne Madden Not to mention they are great companions
@TheLogicJunkie don't u have a manager to complain to Karen?
@Joanne Madden - He's talking to the OP, not to you.
@@randallflagg3700 they are talking to the Junkie, Not You! Lmfao
@@RealisticWorld Go check what the local wildlife is doing to the water and food I give my sheep. Thank you kitty.
KZhead: you wanna see how cats were domesticated? Me: yeah sure
KZhead recommendations is the new clickbait
TheCONZ I am felt the same
Lol same
I just watched a DnD vodcast, and this was the follow-up
Your welcome, I’m the 690th like
I've watched lots of these videos and I think this is the first time the presenter seemed to have an actual personal connection to the topic. I'm not much a pet guy myself but I still appreciated the little eye rolls and inflections that made it clear you had a pet cat and you cared about it, despite the litter box changing and the laundry peeing.
I imagine the "domestication" of cats more or less boils down to them being rewarded when hunting rats and other rodents near farms and food storages and sort of just agreed to hang around humans. To early cats it probably felt like an absolute win, they get a hunting ground, a steady supply of food when needed and a safe place to sleep.
A stray cat adopted me yesterday so I'm gonna do some research now
I hope you and your new companion are getting on well. It will take time but if you're patient a bond will form.
@@mikoto7693 yes I named her brisket😭❤
Are you and Brisket doing fine?
How is he now
@@shreyosibanerjee4906 awww💖✨🥺
In my eyes we feed them and in turn they let us look at them
synchromorph hmhmhm. Your cat uses you as a pillow when it wants to sleep, siphons your body heat and practices it’s moves on you before hitting up the lady cats
SaintSanitytrue😂
My cat doesn't just let me look at him, he also allows me to be smacked by him
My kitty, Little Princess, allows me to scratch her and blesses me with purs in return. (seriously, tho one time she stood between me and a random dog that appeared and hissed at him in what looked like an attempt to protect me. The doggo was shy and actually got scared by her, poor thing. But whenever anyone says cats don't love their humans I remember her trying to protect me from a big scary dog! lol)
Statement holds true for celebrities and athletes as well.
Thanks for this video. I’m making a google slide presentation about cats and their significance throughout history and how we got modern house cats etc. this was really helpful.
Hope your presentation went well☺️
Cats are not considered fully domesticated. Cats are considered only semidomesticated.
I could well imagine a cat lecturing on how humans were domesticated.
You know I don't think the cats would consider us domesticated to them I think they would consider us enslaved. So it cat folklore probably tell stories about how they Enslaved the human species and conquered the Earth😂 because you know that your cat thanks your bed is there bed and your house is their house right? So in a cat's mind they all live in big warm comfy mansions and don't even have to work earn their keep😂
@@MollyKuehl4790 Or they might just think of humans as equals. Refusing to obey is, after all, not the same as ordering others around.
@@RubberyCat but we do comply with what are cats want if our cat wants out we let them out if they want food we feed them if they want to cuddle we hold them we do whatever they want
@@MollyKuehl4790 As said, humans domesticated themselves, and the cats may think this is standard routine for that human ... which they really don't mind or perhaps even encourages. ^_^
China: Are you sure about that
“Owners of dogs will have noticed that, if you provide them with food and water and shelter and affection, they will think you are god. Whereas owners of cats are compelled to realize that, if you provide them with food and water and shelter and affection, they draw the conclusion that they are gods.” - Hitchens
wmarclocher hahahahaaaa. We should be honored to be able to grace the presence of our fluffers😂
Yea dogs be that dumb.
🤣🤣
wmarclocher That wasn’t Hitchens. He was paraphrasing someone else.
Aksam Rafiz I call it loyalty although when a creature has enough intelligence it will realize that it is being praised
My cat is chewing on my phone screen while watching this. I’m now hidden under my blankets as she continuously pounces on my face
I think cats *chose* to live alongside & with people, they just let us *think* we "domesticated" them. After all, we do things for them, especially when they're all cutesy & snuggly with us.😂 Seriously though, I do believe they chose to be human companions as a survival move. It's worked well for us both when people aren't being stupid, imo.❤
I'm a simple man. I see cats, I press like.
Everyone in this comment section is so toxic 🤢🤮 and men that love cats are the best 💛
Y’all need to chill out and leave him alone.
Lucy & Cinty no they dident😚😍
careful guys hes edgy
Aah, I see you're a man of culture is well...... So do I.....
I love the term "ancient kitties."
Well with Veterinary Care improving catvalesence is a growing issue !
I LITERALLY CANT STOP SAYING IT TO MY CATS AFTER I HEARD IT. "Ya hear that... you ah ancient kitty"
Ya hear about those ancient kitties
I love the phrase novelty size
@@RoyalRoses 3
Wow it’s unbelievable that cats were companions so long ago. What a story that would be, the oldest humans to tame cats. It must’ve been a real deep relationship with the first few.
Appreciating and collectively looking after stray cats is an amazing part of Turkish and Cypriot culture imo. I'm glad this whole thing is becoming more widely known and I hope the rest of the world can learn a thing or two from it.
... Cats are an invasive species. The stray ones should not be looked after, they should either be found actual homes or culled.
Honestly, having lived with cats all my life, I don't believe they were ever domesticated, rather, we just locked them inside and gave them food so they figured "Sure, this is acceptable" 😆
Tell that to my cat. That dude hates the outside with a passion. He throw a fit every time we try to bring him outside, and would zoom into the house the moment I put him on the grass.
@@ongkhuongduy3498 same with my persian mix. 🤣 meanwhile our domestic shorthair zooms out any chance she gets
Very True. I grew up with cats everywhere also, and our cats where badasses and extremely independent, They lived inside and outside the house and usually brought us some small animals mice or little birds and made them watch as they tortured them...
@@OudPlayerHBY So they did the job they were hired for? Cats were kept around to keep the vermin down and on farms in my area they are still kept in large populations to do exactly that. These aren't there to pet them but to work. We feed them so they got the energy for it and they keep hunting even when not hungry. They are more independant because that's what we wanted of them... Why are so many people here thinking we tried to make a dog 2.0 with cats even the the video itself explains it.
@@ongkhuongduy3498 Damn bro, your cat is a league of legends player?
I think cats would disagree and claim that they domesticated humans.
You are correct
@L1 in return for the elimination of pests, which destroy human's livelihoods.
Meow
damn right cats aint that stupid to admit human's credit
I hate the cats that always c one to my house I hit them with long stick
I miss my friend Smokey so much! She was 22
I once had the amazing opportunity to tour parts of Italy, Greece, and Turkey. The part I loved the most was all the cats there were, some of them were very friendly.
I’d say they’ve successfully domesticated us. They don’t hunt anymore, just demand food and pets. They’ve got us wrapped around their furry cute paws.
WGC300 hey my cat has many jobs! Such as bathroom attendant, leg warmer, and apartment supervisor 😂
WGC300 @lexi same my cat guards me when i workout. Guards outside my room when im sleeping. and does his daily patrols around the property keeping it free of rats. Hes worth more than his weight in gold to me so id say nobody domesticated nobody. Were equals. Were family
OGkush69 yep it’s a symbiotic relationship for sure. We cuddle together for warmth all winter ♥️
stop
My calico even demands me to go to bed at night too. I'm totally fine with this though.
Cats are one of the few animals who domesticated themselves.
Kinda. Many of them still can survive on their own. That's what I find fascinating about them. They're still natural with the exemption of some breeds (like this cruel short foots).
@Idotic Moron no, they wouldn't.
Dogs did too
@@siyacer Not really. Humans selectively bred dogs for a millennia in order to make them express physical and personality traits that were desirable to humans. They were forcibly domesticated. lol
@@chrislowery4971 Wolves came up to humans, humans just tolerated the friendlier ones.
At least I know our cat loves and and misses us. Last November we went for a trip for over a week. Once we returned, you should have seen how he ran away across the yard and jumped straight into my gf hands. He was very happy to see us return.
When you switch pictures I hear a tiny squaky meow of a cat, I don't know if it was intended or not, but I love it. You made me smile)
"A mongoose is kept for catching mice, a cat is kept for being a cat" - Sumerian Proverb
and there is, in my opinion, no greater raison d'etre
I'd love to know the age and precise source of that proverb, if you are able to provide it. Thanks!
Nikolay Ivankov thanks, that’s incredible. cats must have always been that cute and cuddly. too bad there isn’t such a thing as time travel just to observe. no interaction t’all. i really wonder what we’d find out. so fascinating . :) 🐈🐾 🐕 🌻
Our cats have always preferred catching, and eating rodents outside. The ones they bring into the house they consider toys rather than food. We had a cat that carried a large (bigger than the cat) very much alive jackrabbit into our second floor bedroom in the middle of the night . The cat let it go, and the cat and jackrabbit went running all around the bedroom. The sliding door to a second story balcony right outside the bedroom was open. The jackrabbit ran out and jumped off the balcony to the ground below. The cat followed and did the same.
@@acninee From a tablet inscription, ~2600 B.C., kept in the Hilprecht Collection in Jena, Germany; as translated by Edmund Gordon outlined in the book 'The Sumerians: Their History, Their Culture, and Character' by Samual Noah Kramer, 2010, page 226. A cat - for its thoughts! A mongoose - for its deeds!
I love that in an older video he made a point to say “I’m not 100% a cat person” and made a face. But now he has one. Character development.
You're really cute
@@shoaibakther1453 he’s one of us now. Its much happier here
You dont have to be a complete cat person to like them.
Proof that cat's world domination plans are coming along nicely
@@shoaibakther1453 simp
I feed them, take care of them and pet them and yet they have the AUDACITY to punch me randomly. Like bro I'm trying to unconditionally love you .
Cats looked at us and thought we were a mess but we had potential.
0:40 Too cute the cat died and they sacrificed his human to keep him company in the afterlife
Lmaoo this 🙌
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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That’s what I was thinking!! 🤣🤣
He said, not without my kitty 😭😭
Cats let themselves be domesticated, they are different from dogs. the reason why a lot of people think cats are "mean" is bc cats,unlike dogs, have boundries and will only open up to you if they like you even if you take care of them really well, while dogs are friendly in general.
Cats didn’t need to be socialized, they were there for pest control for when people weren’t around, dogs were used to guard and protect humans and property. Cats don’t have the social hierarchies that dogs have and cats are mostly solitary with small or short-lived social encounters. Likewise, a cat isn’t very dangerous: hissing, clawing, biting, knocking things over, giving the death stare when you touch the tummy, etc. it’s funny or adorable for a cat but not it would not be so cute if said cat was the size of a wolf. Cats weren’t fully socialized or domesticated because they didn’t need to be to do their job, dogs had to be both for safety and because they were around people so long (and with humans coopting their pack tendencies). If cats needed to be around humans more or for a separate job, they would have been selectively bred to do so (in just 10 generations a team of Russian scientists were able to fully domesticate and socialize a species of fox just by selective breeding. Cats would have been little different).
@@gideonmele1556 You definitely need to socialise a cat and they tend to form groups. Cats are more social than people thinks.
@@gideonmele1556 modern cats actually form large colonies when their populations aren't controlled by humans, the social hierarchy is definitely different from dogs and humans but it's not inherently lesser. they are very social creatures but they depend on it less.
They have standards, I respect it.
@@elliotmydude well, my personal theory is that cats operate a lot more like early humans than dogs, forming very light hierarchies based on profesionalism rather than more rigid hierarchies. Like an "anarchist" assocation of individuals that freely associate together for mutual benefit, instead of the tight nitted heirarchy of a wolf pack.
I've just come back from a trip in Cyprus a few weeks ago and I can say that cats definitely took over
I think we should never forget how many lives these beautiful creatures helped nurture by protecting our crops back in the days when a ruined crop would result in starvation
0:19 told my cat "look! its you!" and she meowed. what a civilized conversation
is your cat named Tomar?
Tomar
Tomar!
@@Rain-mw9du tf
T o m a r
Generally, those who dislike cats have never had them as pets.
I dislike the stench of a household with feline pets, I also dislike the entitlement of cat owners that think they should be allowed to let their cat roam outside.
Camper if the animal still wants to be free then it should be allowed. Having it stuck inside forever would be a horrible life to live for any animal.
Charlie cats allowed outside are more dangerous to the ecosystem than humans are. They regularly put small animals into extinction.
Trenton Palmer Here’s the problem with that argument, these cats aren’t part of the local ecosystem. If we didn’t bring cats to us, they wouldn’t be here. So it’s completely unnatural for cats to be there. For example, if you bring a pike to a small pond, it will eat most of the fish, and many of the species in that pond will be eliminated. So bad for the ecosystem. But that’s not natural, because it shouldn’t be here in the first place. And yeah things die, but it’s to feed other animals and feed back into the ecosystem. When animals are eaten by cats that already get enough food to survive, nothing gains from it (unless you count satisfying a cats pallet). So no, it’s not just part of natural life. It’s harming the environment.
I grew up with a cat, which I liked. But in general, I really dislike cats.
Title : How we domesticated cats. Truth : They didnt... They chose us
There was a cat in ancient Rome who got an entire tomb with his name engraved on it, so we know Romans viewed cats as pets and many felt affection towards them 🥲(they were popular pets for farmers and children I think)
I don't get it. We domesticated them twice, and they're still not domesticated.
Michael Lubin and this is all you need to know about a cat.
It doesn't take long for a house cat to become feral when left in the wild.
Jerry Bean my babies would be terrified.
@@michaellind1281 Even if they became feral they will still live near human presence and often fed by us, they don't live in the wilderness.
That's what they want you to think, it's all a conspiracy, trust no one, the cats are watching
Currently me, living in Cyprus, with a cat that I found on the streets and took home. I also feed 10+ cats in my neighborhood. Welcome to Cyprus :)
Sounds like a great place to live
You! Ahh I wanna go thereee 😭!
I befriended a feral cat as well and based on photo evidence we estimate she is more than 8 years old
I adopted 3 cats from the street, they are both so dumb and sweet
does it smell super bad there?
This channel should be broadcasting into space for "Eons" :)
4:55 My understanding is that dogs have a certain gene which is much more malleable allowing for a wide variety. Cats lack this mutation regardless of breeding practices
Should be called “how cats domesticated humans”
Ikr
You ain't seen my cats. Get them young and you can train them to be really friendly and chill.
seymourglass26 You can do that with any young animal who you orphaned from their mother 🤷🏻♀️
we became their servants hahaha
ctually true all cat lovers infected with harmless worms that release pleasure chemicals into our blood when we hear a cat purr fact
Humans: Spends centuries domesticating Cats. Cats: *ight imma head out*
@adrianna Lmao my cat went to get milk and never came back, little fatass left like 2 years ago My best bet is that she's dead. RIP Ashely
@@GutPoacher probably alive in some other peoples house or yard or something cats do that a cat of mine was gone for months and then found in another part of the village chillin some months later
Facts! Charleston did not want to come in the house ! I tried to get him and he was like “ Bro what’s wrong with you?! I said it’s over!...”
Imma leave it on 666 likes
😂😂
2273 : How we domesticated Tigers 2644 : How we domesticated Aliens
Decided while watching this that my current kitty will be buried alongside me. Rosco is about my 10th kitty but never had a pal like this. He sleeps by my side most every night, so it only makes sense to my twisted mind. Hopefully it is many years distant and the cat dies first!
PBS Eons Man: "and one cat skelleton even showed healed fractures" me: *tears*
Saaaammmeee
Humans will pack bond with and take care of anything 😭😭
@@KanadianKaiser tell that to my ex boyfriends uwu gg big sad 😭😭😭😭
@@KanadianKaiser well we are social creatures! so yeah we will pretty much try to pack bond with anything. it's one thing that's just so pure about humanity
@@jabby6709 its amazing to be a species that loves to pet animals in a world full of animals that love to be pet
I have always considered that millenia ago, in some village somewhere, some lost kitten was crying mournfully, a toddler girl picked it up, it purred, and that was it, we were lost.
that's actually was very heartwarming
Should be in a movie
Yeah, that happened to me at age five. Little black kitten followed me home. Love at first sight on both our parts.
@@rosabscura I'd stand in line to watch that.
@@pawzforthought same …I just got a ragdoll kitten he’s the best
Title correction “How cats trained Humans to be their servants”.
6:30 This is one of the cutest images I've seen.
Ancient Person: hey you want to come live with me Ancient cat: yeah I guess
Ancient human: Hey! You want to come live with me? Ancient cat: That seems unfair. What will you do for me in return? Ancient human: Um... Everything? Ancient cat: Well... I was hoping for more, but I guess I'll settle for that.
Generał WP nobody: General WP: nobody: Meeea: ‘ancient person: hey you want to come live with me Ancient cat: yeah I guess
Don't you mean ancient kitties
Ancient cat: "only if you share your food with me"
Also cat: if you feed me, clean my liter box AND let me sleep most of the day.
every time i look at my tiny sweet friend, it is so incredible realizing that i am living with a miniature lion with so much habbits, insticts and behaviours still in common.
Tigers, actually. Lions aren't solitary. House cats are more similar to tigers. Tigers are bigger and badder than lions anyway
Yeesh. No and no. There are two branches of cats surviving (third was Smilodon). The first has the lions, tigers, leopards. The second has the wild cats, puma, serval. Domesticated cats are from the second branch. So your pet may be like a puma, but never like a lion or tiger. Lions don't even purr.
"Cats are the God's gift for humans to feel how is petting a Lion" I am sure I destroy that quote and I can't remember who said it
@@enigma9971 both can be badder,lion and tigers have their own behaviour but since lions are smart enough to form a group they dont need to be aggressive all the time. BESIDES yes cats are somehow 40% tiger
"My tiny sweet friend" adding that to my encyclopedia of affectionate terms for my fur gremlins
For my whole life I was a dog guy, and even joked that my favorite name for a cat would be "Dogfood." Well, that's not funny anymore--because I've fallen totally in love with a cat. Truly, madly in love! I buy her treats, I plead with her to sleep with me, and we play her favorite game, "string," whenever she gives the "meow." I'm hoping we can move in together, but she's still committed to another guy. He'll never love her as much as I do, and I think they both know it. So I'll wait, because I'm patient. And she, as you know, is curious.
So wanting to pet something is an ancestral trait
"their estimate population is 600.000.000" me: damn thats a lot of cats my cat sitting in my lap: sure is
i love this comment so much i am unable to put my finger on why
xamus Maybe because it sounds like it would happen in a cartoon? :)
They're going to enslave us
Catpocalypse is coming
The human estimate pop is 7,753,342,002
Cats were domesticated by showing up. Happens to this day. Strangely enough, I met people who are even in denial about this. "It's not my cat. It's a feral cat that shows up for food and snuggles almost every day. Last winter I sheltered the cat. There is enough room in my bed so why not?" Or "I temporarily adopted the cat five years ago when the owner died. I don't even know the name. The other cats in my apartment are offspring. The babies got temporary names because I don't want a cat. Temporary is important word here. May I borrow your cat treadmill? I'm just curious if those cats like it." Or "I'm not a cat person. Mittens is not really a pet. I keep Mittens around because taking care for him is a remedy to my depression. It's very heart-warming how much Mittens loves snuggles, especially at night. It's well worth the food and vet expenses." I'm not making this up.
TIL that I have severels cats as pets lmao. I am living in a village and when the covid started I saw an adult female cat one day on the street that liked snuggling and hella fluffy. I was like "ok i like you i guess" then everyday I gave him leftovers. After a while I bought more food than needed just to give her more food. 2 and a half years passed and now I feed Flufie's grandchildren everyday. I LOVE FLUFIE and her kids and her kids kids. So yeah I DO have several cats a pets but I just found out today.
Me, feeding 5 feral cats everyday and building them a winter shelter and occasionally letting them nap in my bedroom but still trying not to get too attached: 👁👄👁
i can attest that this is 100% how i became a cat lady😂 i saw my sweet salt and pepper baby and that was all it took, “she’s not my cat i just don’t want her to be hungry or cold so i let her chill in my house when she comes” she’s been here for almost 6 years now😂😂 her names gordita now “little fatty” lol
It's like they were asking to be domesticated lol
@@eneskaraytug514 You should consider having all of your pets spayed/neutered. The cost to care them will eventually rise to unsustainable levels if they keep reproducing. No ill intent meant as I love cats and just don't want to see abandoned ones any more.
I believe all started in the moment when a cave man dropped a spherical object on the floor while being cornered by a sabertooth
Felis Sylvestris? So thaaat’s why he was named Sylvester!
So this guy was buried wearing beige Chinos and a sweater?
Ahead of his time
That dude obviously wanted to be comfortable when he died
Thats what i thought as soon as i seen it😂
All male single beige chinos and a good sweater wearing adults want to be buried with their cat that way.
I know right? It's so last millenium
i just love the concept that humans have always just been looking at these little dudes and going "yeah i think i want one" and cats are like "if you feed me i will tolerate you" i love cats so much T_T
@TECH-SPIDER 1 aw hey bud, its okay for people to have different opinions. if someone does not like cats, it's fair and okay, even if we love cats. =]
actually cats view us as really weird big fellow cats!
@@cray2362 not really, they know we're different. But a cat that's well taken care of will see us as part of it's clowder.
@@pelipoika88 I like to think that they see us as their clowder's servants. 😂😂
@@tootsie3612 propably more accurate. But mine at least does care about me.
Very well done! Informative and fun!
My cat was so domesticated that I had to chase the mouse myself in the pantry.😑😅
Correct title: How we THINK we domesticated cats.
Funny
I mean, he cited peer reviewed literature and did say "we think" and "this is probably because" and "thought to be" many times throughout the video.
@@emilysaysmeowx3 Relax.
We own cats.
@@skinnykoisonly6foot2inches48 no, they own us, have you ever lived with a cat ?
Dogs: He feeds me, pets me, and loves me. He must be God. Cats: He feeds me, pets me, and loves me, I must be God.
Wonderful! 😂
Perfect representation of the differences between the two
Such a truth.
Facts
People are like that too. One or the other
Cats be like: meow, meow, meow.
"who are you" "mmmneow" "Welcome to the clan"
Love the discrepancy between how cats and dogs came to be. Humans saw wolves and meticulously sculpted them in hundreds of ways to fit dozens of niches for all the different jobs they wanted them to do. But humans saw cats and were like "you're absolutely perfect as is, keep it up and hang around" and they only really got smaller as their prey was in cramped barns corners and storehouses more and open fields less.
Cat people are too much. Some of these comments are so over the top 😂
@@isitoveryet9525 You don't have the parasite it seems
I think it's more like, Wolves raised by humans were chill with being bred for different jobs. And cats refused. Edit the First: Turns out, that's wrong. Humans bred caution out of cats. That's why you can't let your pet cat wander outside, because they're too dumb to know when to run away. Unless you _want_ them to die, of course. Edit the Second: but I didn't do research, so take that with a grain of salt, maybe.
Ya no, people definitely didn’t say “cats are perfect”
this comment is so underrated!! it surprises me when i think dogs were actually wolves, actual wild animals.
Me: *feeds cats, grooms cats, cleans up after cats. Cats: “After 10,000 years they still think they domesticated us.”
But they depend on us for food and protection
@@evilpimp2475 They are still independent though.
@@evilpimp2475 if they really depended on us strays would not be nearly as prevelant as they are.
@@evilpimp2475 cats don't need us, they can find everything they want without us, you can even test this, just stop feeding your cat, he won't starve but he might just leave you.
Cats "I dont know how the human want to serve us"
Honestly cats and dogs both kinda looked at working with us as a mutually beneficial partnership. We some what forcefully domesticated dogs on our own and cats came in and said “that’s nice I want that”