Re: Cats

As I recall Kipling's tale, Auralie, I would say he did get it right. But not so much that Kipling got it right as that the cat really was a self-domesticator. 


On Jun 30, 2007, at 6:44 PM, Aplfgcnys@aol.com wrote:


So Kipling really had it right, with his "Cat that Walked By Himself."
Now somebody has to study the evolution of the elephant's trunk.

In a message dated 06/30/2007 5:07:12 PM Eastern Standard Time,
islandjim1@verizon.net writes:

Anyone else see this? I especially liked the notion that cats civilized
themselves--that humans only provided the venue.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/29/science/29cat.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
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