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This article is genuinely interesting (cats are BIG on umami, apparently).
But I love that for all the science, the reason WHY a desert animal love fish still seems to come back to them just deciding they did one day. And then demanding it off our ancestors, who duly obliged. #cats https://www.science.org/content/article/why-do-cats-love-tuna-so-much-scientists-may-finally-know?utm_campaign=SciMag&utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=ownedSocial&fbclid=IwAR3dgpvT7dJfn_hEcBI-vQpemCRFv3IgSnzX6TuCkULmYzviwgGPtMrKXmg
EARLY CAT: What that?
HUMAN: A fish. You can eat them.
EARLY CAT: Mine now. I need it. I need the fish. Without fish I die.
HUMAN: But you're from the desert. How can you possibly-
EARLY CAT: WOE. WOE FOR KITTY. HUMAN INFLICTS A THOUSAND WOES ON-
HUMAN: God. Fine. Have it. #cats
@garius Everyones heard the proverb, “Give a man a fish, they eat for the day; Teach a man to fish, they eat for a lifetime.” less know the second verse, “Give a cat a fish become slave forevermore”
@garius all cats are Legolas when it comes to the sea and its contents.
@garius I mean, Jerry Seinfeld used to deal with hecklers, after they've started, by treating them as a customer service issue. "I see you're unhappy with what's happening here, how can we make things better for you?"
You, on the other hand, have addressed hecklers preemptively, by entirely denigrating them as a class.
It's a bold move, I will say.
@garius Cats will die if they only eat fish.
@garius @cstross This conjured up memories of giving a raw garfish to a childhood cat. I recall the cat in question was a placid little beastie, and she had obviously never seen fish before.
“…the fuck is that?”
*cautious sniff*
“Am I supposed to…?”
*eyes glaze over*
The moment she realized it was food, she grabbed the fish and ran, full tilt, growling ferociously the whole time. She ran the full length of the house with it and hid under my parents’ bed to eat it, still growling around every mouthful, continuously.
We moved the bed afterwards. There was No Detectable Residue.
@Jeanniewarner @thorne @garius @cstross
Reminds me of the Dover sole incident.
Expensive, delectable Dover sole left out on kitchen table. Put toddler to bed.
Came down to cook dinner: perfectly cleaned skeleton on the plate.
@Jeanniewarner @thorne @garius @cstross
And, when I was a child my Dad had an asparagus bed. The cat liked chewing / sucking on the discarded stems after the family had eaten the tender bits.
@garius The first thing cats learned is that humans are easy suckers.
Millennia later, we are still the easiest of suckers.
:EA DATA. SF: @garius
Early Cat thought Human called it God in the last bit and liked the sound of that.
@garius While funny, African wildcats existed in the early Middle East… where humans lived… near water.
@demi which is exactly why the article talks about how they likely picked up their fishy habit from hanging around with us.
@garius Get Fuzzy, the very best comic about cats and tuna https://www.gocomics.com/getfuzzy/2000/10/03