• DaCrazyJamez@sh.itjust.works
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    10 months ago

    Ok, so now I’m curious, will wild big cats and domestics cats get along? I mean like if a tabby got into a tiger enclosure, would it immediately be dinner, or might they see each other as cousins?

    • Ephera@lemmy.ml
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      10 months ago

      I mean, they might even see the tabby as a newborn tiger.

      I really don’t know, if that’s the case, though. We humans are pretty sensitive to other humans looking ‘off’, too (cf. Uncanney Valley, racism).

    • Icalasari@kbin.social
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      10 months ago

      Apparently house cats are just too small to bother with unless they are REALLY hungry. So more likely to adopt the cat than anything

    • festus@lemmy.caEnglish
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      10 months ago

      There was that story of a stray cat that lived with a big cat at the Moscow zoo so they can get along, but I have no idea how common it is in nature.

    • meliaesc@lemmy.world
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      10 months ago

      Cheetahs are usually paired with an emotional support dog in zoos. And of course, KoKo wept for her little kitten.