 Editor in Chief Bill   | 27 Sep 2016 11:42 a.m. PST |
The early origins of domesticated cats are shrouded in mystery, but a new genetic analysis suggests that felines traveled the world with farmers and Vikings… link |
| 14Bore | 27 Sep 2016 12:05 p.m. PST |
Read this, even the Viking marauders had furry monsters |
| uglyfatbloke | 27 Sep 2016 12:12 p.m. PST |
Cats…easy to catch and not too hard to skin but tricky to cook and when you've done so you wonder why you bothered. Make up into nice gloves though. |
| steamingdave47 | 27 Sep 2016 12:12 p.m. PST |
Not sure about the tabby mutation only dating back to the Middle Ages. Wildcats show this pattern. I wonder if they actually meant the " calico" or "tortoiseshell" mutation, which does have patches of different colour.
Good to hear that cats travelled with the Vikings! |
| David Manley | 27 Sep 2016 1:37 p.m. PST |
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| Coyotepunc and Hatshepsuut | 27 Sep 2016 3:00 p.m. PST |
I love cays. I can never finish a whole one, though. |
| Double W | 27 Sep 2016 3:07 p.m. PST |
I did a google search and found this historical illustration:
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| Double W | 27 Sep 2016 3:18 p.m. PST |
Also, one question: Were Thor's cats Thundercats? |
| Dan 055 | 27 Sep 2016 4:12 p.m. PST |
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| David Manley | 27 Sep 2016 5:05 p.m. PST |
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| David Manley | 27 Sep 2016 5:06 p.m. PST |
That must be Katnar Lothbrok from Katekat |
Patrick Sexton  | 28 Sep 2016 8:08 a.m. PST |
In case you live in the U.S. and can't watch the YouTube video. link |
| Andrew Walters | 28 Sep 2016 9:44 a.m. PST |
Cats require very little attention. Startlingly little attention. They eat a lot of pestiferous critters besides mice and rats, and they're very pleasant little friends. I bet we're going to find them more and more throughout history. |
| gunnerphil | 28 Sep 2016 9:55 a.m. PST |
Or could it be that Vikings accompanied the cats on their quest to take over the world? |
 Herkybird | 28 Sep 2016 11:00 a.m. PST |
Cats came to Britain probably even before the Romans, and they certainly used them to control non-human pests! |
| Zargon | 28 Sep 2016 1:19 p.m. PST |
Gunner knows, Kickass Vikings and Cats got the to take them along, the Cats are our complete and total masters we just don't know it, all of mans development is to make our overlords more comfortable and happy, those people who are immune to their control vibe and are disdainful and jocular about them should sleep with one eye open, Cats don't forget. |
| jwebster | 28 Sep 2016 8:13 p.m. PST |
I didn't realise the Vikings were that civilised You learn something new every day John |
 piper909 | 28 Sep 2016 10:50 p.m. PST |
Zargon and Gunner have the rights of it. Cats dominate the world and we monkey butlers are just along for the ride. I must now away to tend to one of my tiny lords and masters, he hungers. |
