• IninewCrow@lemmy.ca
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    1 day ago

    Pest control … we let cats in because they eat the small little living things … but cats aren’t big enough to eat the big living things -> like us.

    • doctorskull@lemmy.world
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      22 hours ago

      Cats let us domesticate them because we’re big enough to hunt (grocery shop) for tbem and provide shelter (house, cat bed, human bed) but aren’t interested in eating them - the sweet spot 👌

      • Apathy Tree@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        16 hours ago

        My cats ran a mouse up the door for me this morning. I woke up to both of them just going bananas at my patio door and when I collected myself I went “oh, a mouse, that’s a weird place… how did it even get to the second hinge…? whatever man…” and scooped it into a big jar and took it outside.

        I wish they were slightly better at their end of the bargain…