I've never really been fond of cats, but yours are really adorable! I mean, look at that face awww :D There are cats that hang around the perimeter of our house mainly because of food, but they aren't really considered as pets. They're great at killing rodents though, I'll give them that.
The legend is that cats and dogs were blamed for the Black Death in London and were all killed off, leaving an opening for the black rat to come in, unopposed. That meant the plague spread faster than it would have had the cats and dogs been there to exterminate the black rats and therefore, the fleas on the rats - which are the real culprits for spreading plague, not the other fleas.
Oh wow that's.. I don't want to say amazing, but, hmm.. fascinating. I can't say I've heard that before, and I think I'm well read in history, though admittedly not in the middle to dark ages. Guess I was wrong haha! It's so great when you think about the fact that everything having its own purpose. It would be interesting to see how much the bubonic plague would have been lessened if the rats were exterminated ahead of the dogs and cats. Would a survivor's descendant go on to become a huge positive or negative change to the world? So many interesting questions! Thanks for the #til @michelle.gent. I appreciate it!
You're welcome! I adore history, especially this country (England/UK) because of the darkness of human nature, I think.
Maybe that's why I write horror? ;)
Haha! Could be.. Could be.. And, the world thanks you for it :)