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When did dogs become our best friends?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farm_cat
We domesticated cats so they would keep rats away from our winter grain storage.
Jensson
on March 25, 2024
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I assume it was more like humans found cats in their winter grain storage, saw the cat ate rats and left the grain alone, so humans left the cat alone. Ten thousand years later and we are now in a closer relationship.
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We domesticated cats so they would keep rats away from our winter grain storage.