Here’s some video from four years ago https://youtu.be/rAdNJ1jczVI?si=HhB-P5lcAz3zhuMI
FWIW I'm in favor of dropping a few billion AUD into cat control programs and deploying technologies like felixer everywhere. Up until now it's just been an underfunded borderline volunteer affair.
I know they can catch pests but are they effective at controlling them? Maybe they will limit the growth of pests, so better than nothing. Most cats catch for fun rather than food I think
Maybe we had much more cats around for this purpose, if so I'd imagine there is some archeological proof.
The hunting trigger is only loosely connected to hunger — they don't get hungry then go out to hunt, they'll often see a hunting opportunity and go for it, eating the result partially/totally/not as needed. In a situation with abundant prey this will look like they are mostly hunting for “sport”.
I assume this comes from hunt availability/success being intermittent: it is better to slightly over-hunt (and slightly overeat) to keep reserves up for a lax period that might be coming.
They say that a fed cat is a better mouser, and this might be why. A truly hungry cat will prowl less to conserve energy so have less opportunistic encounters with prey.
Yes. Have you never heard of a barn cat? Until recently pretty much ever commercial or industrial facility large enough to have its own maintenance department typically had one or more.
>How would cats operate in these societies?
Just like a barn cat. Leave out starvation rations for it and it'll hunt for the rest.
Domestic cats do. Stray cat's hunt for a living.
... this thread needs pictures.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pallas%27s_cat
with an apostrophe. shrug
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Maybe toxoplasmosis makes you a better person? It is my experience that cat owners are overwhelmingly nice, empathetic human beings. There does not seem to be such correlation among dog owners.
Unless you tease about toxoplasmosis.
The UK governments approach to using normal, simple language across all its web assets is fantastic.
I feel that medical language in the UK is dumbed down for your average (and let me reiterate again, average) person
Which is good for the majority but slightly unnerving if you don't like being talked down or wants to know what is really happening and have anything above very basic medical knowledge
But in general healthcare communication in the UK (and Ireland) do feel like they're dumbing down stuff for you
Llama said its in CM. Gemini said "aiming for Crystal Mark". OpenAI called its output "plain, clear" without mentioning CM. Claude didnt comment its output. Deepseek returned "Here is your passage rewritten in clear, polished English with a refined and elegant tone—what you might call "Crystal Mark English"".
And cause it.
You figure out fermentation, you change from hunter+gatherer to settled agricultural, you store grain, you need cats.
The Cat has caused extensive damage in my house. I'm still working on repairing it.