Jerry Moore

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223 appearances 2 recordings 1 series first heard Jan 2026 last heard 2 Feb

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Something You Should Know · The Human Need to Matter & The Enduring Appeal of Cats · 2 Feb 2026 podcast

That in and of itself is kind of a fascinating mystery, isn't it?

I wouldn't say that about a goldfish, for example.

I don't think there's a little, you know, complex mind that's paddling around in that fishbowl.

And this is not something that I'm Jerry Moore just making up.

I mean, we see this in different cultures, in different traditional cultures.

And we see it throughout the Western tradition.

I mean, there is a reason why in Alice in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll did not write about the Cheshire dog.

Right.

Now, they have remarkable spatial memories.

And I think one of the things about that that's important is that it's not just remembering a place.

They're also remembering an interaction that that cat had with you and your family in that particular place.

And that's really remarkable, isn't it?

Right.

Something You Should Know · The Human Need to Matter & The Enduring Appeal of Cats · 5 Jan 2026 podcast

I think that cats fall into this category of what we think of as charismatic species.

And this is a term that comes out of wildlife biology for animals, and in some cases plants, that seem to really attract human attention.

Yeah, that's one of the most interesting and improbable events that I know of in my studies of archeology.

I mean, it's one of the least likely events because on the one hand, what happens is that every continent with the exception of Australia and Antarctica has a small wild cat that you would think would be suitable for domestication.

But in fact, all of our domesticated cats are derived from one species of cat that was found in North Africa and in the Near East.

And then not only domesticated, but then spread around the world and in many places with terrible consequences.

But the process by which that transformation from absolutely wild animal to one that's curled up at your feet,

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