TIL: domesticated asocial animal

[timelets]

The African wildcat we domesticated our housecats from, Felis lybica, tends to lead a solitary life, mostly meeting when it is time to mate. “Cats are the only asocial animal that’s been domesticated. Every other animal we’ve domesticated has a social bond with other members of its species.”

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20191024-why-do-we-think-cats-are-unfriendly

Interesting. Since cats hunt alone, they go feral much easier than dogs.

Comments

[juan_gandhi]

And they go feral alone. Like skunks and raccoons.

[timelets]

It's a minor miracle that they got domesticated at all. Maybe it's a self–selection process, but also generations of people worked really hard to make it happen.