04/09/2026
🐾 FRIDAY FELINE FACT! 🐾
Did you know that cats may have domesticated themselves? 😹
Around 10,000 years ago, when humans began farming and storing grain, something rather clever happened…
Where there was grain, there were mice. 🐭
And where there were mice… there were cats! 🐈
Wild cats started hanging around human settlements because they had an easy supply of prey. Humans, in turn, were pretty happy to have these furry little pest controllers around.
And rather than humans deliberately domesticating cats in the way we did with dogs, scientists believe cats may have essentially thought:
“Hmm… free food, plenty of mice and somewhere warm to sleep. I’ll stay.” 😂
Fast-forward thousands of years and apparently their descendants are still making themselves at home… only now they expect premium food, multiple beds, a heated radiator and someone to open the door approximately 47 times a day. 🤣
Honestly, the cat may have been playing the long game all along. ❤️🐾
Happy Friday from Tabby & Co! 🐱