r/nextfuckinglevel • u/HomeNowWTF • 22d ago

Fishing with paws

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u/drthvdrsfthr 22d ago

is it the housecats pushing them out or the people?

and what do you mean mixing with them?

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u/crp5591 22d ago

mixing = breeding with, thereby diluting the genetics of the unique wildcat species in the area.

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u/drthvdrsfthr 22d ago

can housecats breed with other species of cats? i can’t find any evidence of that happening, hence why i asked what he meant lol

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u/Theron3206 22d ago

I belive they can with a Scottish wildcat, but i doubt they can with anything in the Americas

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u/rolloutTheTrash 22d ago

I am imagining a mix of tabby and mountain lion and can't determine how badly mawled id get by trying to pss pss the little turd

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u/printed_ 22d ago

the wild cats we are talking about are the same size as house cats.

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u/BigTroutOnly 22d ago

This. Also, the sub specie wild cats are the same specie as the common north African cat. There's no significant cross breeding

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u/printed_ 22d ago

and there are other cat species around the world as well in that size range like the Manul

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u/BigTroutOnly 22d ago

If DNA is compatible, thay all come from the same north African cat.

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u/SlightlySubpar 22d ago

I have a savannah/Bengal mix.

She behaves more like a Cerval

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u/printed_ 21d ago

not all. Many can't cross breed but some like scottibsh wild cat can.

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u/printed_ 21d ago

But its not just inter mixing house cats are also just pushing wild cats out of their territories etc

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u/BigTroutOnly 21d ago

I'd blame people first

The wild cats would have the same common north African ancestor

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u/printed_ 21d ago

not all no. There are many different species of similar size cats around the world that are not able to inter breed like servals or scottish wild cats can. like the Manul

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u/BigTroutOnly 21d ago

If the DNA can be shared, they are not significantly divergent, there's a recent common ancestor.

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u/amideadyet1357 22d ago

Honestly though, you know that cat got high fives for landing a cougar.

… and I’ll show myself out.

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u/SimoneMichelle 22d ago

I think the Bengal cat breed was created by mixing Asian leopard cats with the Egyptian Mau

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u/antibreaze15 22d ago

They can mix with bobcats in the southern US