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hermetic

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4. Enjoying their day

Reply to Ocelot II (Original post)

Wed Oct 29, 2025, 01:02 PM

Wednesday

Today’s domestic cats descended from a North African wildcat species known as Felis silvestris lybica. These forebears first started popping up around human settlements in the Fertile Crescent 10,000 to 12,000 years ago.

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