While it is commonly thought that the ancient Egyptians were the first to domesticate cats, the oldest known pet cat was recently found in a 9,500-year-old grave on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus. This grave predates early Egyptian art depicting cats by 4,000 years or more.
I'm pretty sure you have that backwards. It should read: "The ancient Cyprus-ians were the first people to be picked by ancient cats to be allowed to live with a cat.
IE: The first people chosen to be allowed to feed and litter box and (much later) drive the cat around in a wheeled vehicle, and pile up laundry for the cat to sleep on and buy thousands of nice flat stones' (I do not know what the ancient Cyprus currency was called) worth of cat toys from large, boxy stores.
If a human that is left handed is called a South Paw", what is a CAT that is left 'pawed' called?
While it is commonly thought that the ancient Egyptians were the first to domesticate cats, the oldest known pet cat was recently found in a 9,500-year-old grave on the Mediterranean island of Cyprus. This grave predates early Egyptian art depicting cats by 4,000 years or more.
I'm pretty sure you have that backwards. It should read: "The ancient Cyprus-ians were the first people to be picked by ancient cats to be allowed to live with a cat.
IE: The first people chosen to be allowed to feed and litter box and (much later) drive the cat around in a wheeled vehicle, and pile up laundry for the cat to sleep on and buy thousands of nice flat stones' (I do not know what the ancient Cyprus currency was called) worth of cat toys from large, boxy stores.
Cats are extremely sensitive to vibrations. Cats are said to detect earthquake tremors 10 or 15 minutes before humans can.