Mr. Whiskers shares 95 percent of it's DNA with tigers
By AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
United States
March 15, 2021 4:33pm CST
Your faithful feline friend Mr. Kitty Whiskers shares a good chunk of it's DNA with everyone's favorite Tiger - Tony!
Well, not just Tony (Tony The Tiger from Kellogg's Corn flakes BTW), but every tiger.
Including this guy (or girl?) who looks like they are tired of your sh-tuff..
Anyhoosles, scientists also learned what makes tigers carnivores, what makes them big and so on and so forth. The most important reason for their studies is to make sure the aren't in-breeding which can cause extinction.
I found all this out on : https://science.time.com/2013/09/19/your-cat-is-95-tiger/
Image free to use with attribution. "Tiger" by Koshyk is licensed under CC BY 2.0
Do you like Tigers, Lions or Bears?
Or none of those things?
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@moffittjc (121739)
• Gainesville, Florida
15 Mar 21
I like all carnivores....from a distance of course.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
15 Mar 21
I think its the cannibals you really have to watch out for.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
15 Mar 21
@moffittjc Right, especially with all that protein. I shiver to think...
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@moffittjc (121739)
• Gainesville, Florida
15 Mar 21
@ScribbledAdNauseum Oh no, not the cannibals. Now I have to watch out for two meat-eating groups!
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
16 Mar 21
They are! I love how they sort of just roll over.
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@stephcjh (38473)
• United States
16 Mar 21
@ScribbledAdNauseum Yes. We bought a mounted one from the neck up last year to hang on the wall.
I could never kill one but I have never seen one up close until we bought one. My house is done in cabin style things is why we bought one.
My husband deer hunts also so we have deer too and some other animals.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
16 Mar 21
@stephcjh Ah. I've seen that kind of decor before and it's just not my thing. Maybe a bear skin rug, but I don't think I'd want it hanging on my walls.
I've had deer meat before. A friend of mine hunts.
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@lovinangelsinstead21 (36850)
• Pamplona, Spain
17 Mar 21
I love tigers, lions, and Bears and the Bengali Tiger is one of my favourites to date.
I love cats but its not a very good idea to have one in such a small flat with no balcony on it even.
Beautiful tiger you have there.
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@lovinangelsinstead21 (36850)
• Pamplona, Spain
18 Mar 21
@ScribbledAdNauseum
I think the same see a cat needs some freedom of some kind not couped up in here.
The Bengali tiger is quite striking in the way it is and lives and its colours.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
17 Mar 21
The Bengal tiger is quite beautiful. I understand about not wanting a cat in such a small space. Any cat I had would have to be confined to my room, so I do not have one.
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@LindaOHio (182031)
• United States
16 Mar 21
I love all animals. I hope in Heaven I can pet a giraffe. I have hand fed a giraffe before; and it was so cool!
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
16 Mar 21
I'm not sure if I've ever fed a giraffe, but I think I saw one at our zoo. There are lots of animals considered wild that I'd love to pet.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
17 Mar 21
@LindaOHio I do not blame you. Best case he sneezes on you, worst case he tries to bite.
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@LindaOHio (182031)
• United States
17 Mar 21
@ScribbledAdNauseum Me too! When the giraffe had his head in our car I wanted to reach out and touch it; but I was afraid of startling him.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
15 Mar 21
I love bears from a distance too. I've been to Grandfather Mountain twice to look at the bears there. They're beautiful.
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@CarolDM (203422)
• Nashville, Tennessee
15 Mar 21
@ScribbledAdNauseum I have only seen them with a fence between us.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
15 Mar 21
@CarolDM Oh, it's the same at Grandfather Mountain Park. There was one close to our neighborhood once, but I didn't see it.
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@kaylachan (71933)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
15 Mar 21
I love the domestic cat, thank you. I love my three kitties, but I don't think they love me right now. They just recieved their flea meds.
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@kaylachan (71933)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
15 Mar 21
@ScribbledAdNauseum They'll pout for a while, then get over it. Chilly doesn't know what to make of our floor fan at the moment.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
15 Mar 21
Oh yeah, that would be enough to make any kitty upset. I'm sure they'll come around.
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