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[–] Ibaudia@lemmy.world 16 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Really they just evolved to be friendlier and more tolerant of humans, they don't even have to live inside per se.

[–] a_wild_mimic_appears@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

If i compare my 7 pure-indoor-cats and my 2 "found outdoors abandoned by mom cat at about 8 weeks age"-cats over my lifetime(not all at the same time ofc! i'm neither masochistic nor a cat hoarder), they had completely different stances towards humans; the 8 weeks without humans didn't make the "foundlings" unfriendly per se, but far less "human bullshit"-tolerant.

i suspect there's more nurture than nature going on here, but i have not enough resources for a double-blind study with n=500, especially regarding bed space and hands.

[–] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 2 points 4 months ago

Both of my cats came from my inlaws farm where they're fed but largely not socialized. They both needed to learn that humans are worth keeping around and give good pets and rubs.

Best part is, the cats that came from the farm are great at killing the couple of mice that make it into the house in the fall when it starts getting cold, so we don't have the mouse problem we might otherwise find ourselves with

[–] visc@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

Well their brains also shrunk because they got us to do some of the thinking necessary to keep them alive.