Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet?

[Richards]

When my wife was going to grad school in Montana, her hiking buddy carried a large pistol in case he encountered a bear. Not because he expected to shoot the bear--even a .357 magnum isn't a great choice for that--but because bears don't like the compression wave.

And here I thought it was so he could shoot his hiking buddy in the leg and get away from the bear faster than she could.

Johnathan

 

[Autumnal]

We domesticated them? My personal experience suggests it's the other way round...

Current scientific consensus is that they domesticated themselves. They moved into our space from surrounding wilderness, accepting the constraints in exchange for the goodies. Modern feral cats living in places like barns and shops keep reinventing the first steps of the process, accepting a few constraints and getting a few goodies.

Once they were used to living with us and vice versa, further co-evolution took place (and continues).

 

[Scribe]

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[RealAlHazred]