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Jonathan B. Losos

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Something You Should Know
The Surprising History of the 7-Day Week & How and Why Cats Evolved into Pets - SYSK Choice

And as a result, you can see where it's wandering to, how far away from home it goes, and so on. The other thing is researchers have developed little cameras that you put around the cat's neck on its collar, and you can get the cat's eye view of where it's going and what it's doing. And you can actually buy both of these now as commercial products, although researchers use higher quality ones.

Something You Should Know
The Surprising History of the 7-Day Week & How and Why Cats Evolved into Pets - SYSK Choice

And as a result, you can see where it's wandering to, how far away from home it goes, and so on. The other thing is researchers have developed little cameras that you put around the cat's neck on its collar, and you can get the cat's eye view of where it's going and what it's doing. And you can actually buy both of these now as commercial products, although researchers use higher quality ones.

Something You Should Know
The Surprising History of the 7-Day Week & How and Why Cats Evolved into Pets - SYSK Choice

And as a result, you can see where it's wandering to, how far away from home it goes, and so on. The other thing is researchers have developed little cameras that you put around the cat's neck on its collar, and you can get the cat's eye view of where it's going and what it's doing. And you can actually buy both of these now as commercial products, although researchers use higher quality ones.

Something You Should Know
The Surprising History of the 7-Day Week & How and Why Cats Evolved into Pets - SYSK Choice

And anyway, there are all kinds of fascinating things about the behavior of these cats outside. But the one that I think is kind of funny is there are a number of cases. It's quite common that when Bill Smith tracks his cat, it turns out that it visits the neighbor's houses. And it goes in through the cat flap, or maybe the owner lets them in. And they have multiple homes.

Something You Should Know
The Surprising History of the 7-Day Week & How and Why Cats Evolved into Pets - SYSK Choice

And anyway, there are all kinds of fascinating things about the behavior of these cats outside. But the one that I think is kind of funny is there are a number of cases. It's quite common that when Bill Smith tracks his cat, it turns out that it visits the neighbor's houses. And it goes in through the cat flap, or maybe the owner lets them in. And they have multiple homes.

Something You Should Know
The Surprising History of the 7-Day Week & How and Why Cats Evolved into Pets - SYSK Choice

And anyway, there are all kinds of fascinating things about the behavior of these cats outside. But the one that I think is kind of funny is there are a number of cases. It's quite common that when Bill Smith tracks his cat, it turns out that it visits the neighbor's houses. And it goes in through the cat flap, or maybe the owner lets them in. And they have multiple homes.

Something You Should Know
The Surprising History of the 7-Day Week & How and Why Cats Evolved into Pets - SYSK Choice

Well, in more wild settings or certainly in feral cats, cats that live outside all the time that are unowned, dogs are a real threat because dogs are predatory animals and they are much bigger. And if a dog and a cat get into a fight, And many times the cat will lose. Sometimes it can fight the dog off, but dogs can be a real threat in nature.

Something You Should Know
The Surprising History of the 7-Day Week & How and Why Cats Evolved into Pets - SYSK Choice

Well, in more wild settings or certainly in feral cats, cats that live outside all the time that are unowned, dogs are a real threat because dogs are predatory animals and they are much bigger. And if a dog and a cat get into a fight, And many times the cat will lose. Sometimes it can fight the dog off, but dogs can be a real threat in nature.

Something You Should Know
The Surprising History of the 7-Day Week & How and Why Cats Evolved into Pets - SYSK Choice

Well, in more wild settings or certainly in feral cats, cats that live outside all the time that are unowned, dogs are a real threat because dogs are predatory animals and they are much bigger. And if a dog and a cat get into a fight, And many times the cat will lose. Sometimes it can fight the dog off, but dogs can be a real threat in nature.

Something You Should Know
The Surprising History of the 7-Day Week & How and Why Cats Evolved into Pets - SYSK Choice

And so it's understandable in a way that there is this instinct of cats to be wary of dogs. And some dogs, some more aggressive dogs can be very, very aggressive towards cats. So there is that. On the other hand, in many households, dogs and cats get along very well. And often a trick to that is when they're introduced when they're young.

Something You Should Know
The Surprising History of the 7-Day Week & How and Why Cats Evolved into Pets - SYSK Choice

And so it's understandable in a way that there is this instinct of cats to be wary of dogs. And some dogs, some more aggressive dogs can be very, very aggressive towards cats. So there is that. On the other hand, in many households, dogs and cats get along very well. And often a trick to that is when they're introduced when they're young.

Something You Should Know
The Surprising History of the 7-Day Week & How and Why Cats Evolved into Pets - SYSK Choice

And so it's understandable in a way that there is this instinct of cats to be wary of dogs. And some dogs, some more aggressive dogs can be very, very aggressive towards cats. So there is that. On the other hand, in many households, dogs and cats get along very well. And often a trick to that is when they're introduced when they're young.

Something You Should Know
The Surprising History of the 7-Day Week & How and Why Cats Evolved into Pets - SYSK Choice

And so it's quite common that people can have dogs and cats and they do quite fine together. One interesting thing is that dogs and cats are able to understand each other's signals that like many animals, dogs and cats communicate with body postures and so on, but they sometimes have signals that differ between species.

Something You Should Know
The Surprising History of the 7-Day Week & How and Why Cats Evolved into Pets - SYSK Choice

And so it's quite common that people can have dogs and cats and they do quite fine together. One interesting thing is that dogs and cats are able to understand each other's signals that like many animals, dogs and cats communicate with body postures and so on, but they sometimes have signals that differ between species.

Something You Should Know
The Surprising History of the 7-Day Week & How and Why Cats Evolved into Pets - SYSK Choice

And so it's quite common that people can have dogs and cats and they do quite fine together. One interesting thing is that dogs and cats are able to understand each other's signals that like many animals, dogs and cats communicate with body postures and so on, but they sometimes have signals that differ between species.

Something You Should Know
The Surprising History of the 7-Day Week & How and Why Cats Evolved into Pets - SYSK Choice

The most obvious one is what they do with their tail, that a dog whose tail is moving back and forth wagging its tail, that's a friendly gesture. A cat that's wiggling its tail back and forth, that's a gesture. I'm nervous. I'm upset. Something not good is happening here. And nonetheless, the dogs and cats are able to figure out what each other mean.

Something You Should Know
The Surprising History of the 7-Day Week & How and Why Cats Evolved into Pets - SYSK Choice

The most obvious one is what they do with their tail, that a dog whose tail is moving back and forth wagging its tail, that's a friendly gesture. A cat that's wiggling its tail back and forth, that's a gesture. I'm nervous. I'm upset. Something not good is happening here. And nonetheless, the dogs and cats are able to figure out what each other mean.

Something You Should Know
The Surprising History of the 7-Day Week & How and Why Cats Evolved into Pets - SYSK Choice

The most obvious one is what they do with their tail, that a dog whose tail is moving back and forth wagging its tail, that's a friendly gesture. A cat that's wiggling its tail back and forth, that's a gesture. I'm nervous. I'm upset. Something not good is happening here. And nonetheless, the dogs and cats are able to figure out what each other mean.

Something You Should Know
The Surprising History of the 7-Day Week & How and Why Cats Evolved into Pets - SYSK Choice

Another example is that a common behavior, a friendly behavior of cats is to touch noses. Anyone who's had multiple cats in their house has seen that. Dogs don't do that, but when dogs and cats live together, sometimes the dog will figure it out and will engage in nose touching with cats as a friendly gesture.

Something You Should Know
The Surprising History of the 7-Day Week & How and Why Cats Evolved into Pets - SYSK Choice

Another example is that a common behavior, a friendly behavior of cats is to touch noses. Anyone who's had multiple cats in their house has seen that. Dogs don't do that, but when dogs and cats live together, sometimes the dog will figure it out and will engage in nose touching with cats as a friendly gesture.