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Tango01 Supporting Member of TMP10 Jul 2020 2:57 p.m. PST

…Cared for Ailing Pet.

"Archaeologists in Kazakhstan have discovered the well-preserved remains of a cat that died over 1,000 years ago along the Silk Road. The feline lived a tough life but was apparently cared for by pastoralists, in an unheard of practice given their nomadic lifestyles.

The nearly complete cat skeleton was found at an archaeological site within the medieval city of Dzhankent in southern Kazakhstan. An international research team, which included scientists from Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU), Korkyt-Ata Kyzylorda State University in Kazakhstan, and other institutions, recovered the cat's entire skull, lower jaw, parts of its upper body, legs, and four vertebrae…"
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Personal logo x42brown Supporting Member of TMP11 Jul 2020 6:48 a.m. PST

When you first put this up I was expecting some one to put up a cat hearding video as that was what the thread title imediatly sugested to me. As no one else has heer it is. youtu.be/Pk7yqlTMvp8

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Tango01 Supporting Member of TMP23 Jul 2020 7:50 p.m. PST

Thanks!.

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