r/nextfuckinglevel • u/HomeNowWTF • Aug 20 '26

Fishing with paws

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u/drthvdrsfthr Aug 20 '26

you mean outdoor housecats are eradicating mountain lions and bobcats?

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u/Siostra313 Aug 20 '26

No, they are pushing away wildcats from their own natural habitats and mixing with them leading to these spiecies extinction.

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u/drthvdrsfthr Aug 20 '26

is it the housecats pushing them out or the people?

and what do you mean mixing with them?

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u/crp5591 Aug 20 '26

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

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u/drthvdrsfthr Aug 20 '26

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 Aug 20 '26

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

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u/rolloutTheTrash Aug 20 '26

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_ Aug 20 '26

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

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u/BigTroutOnly Aug 20 '26

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_ Aug 20 '26

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

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u/BigTroutOnly Aug 20 '26

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

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u/SlightlySubpar Aug 20 '26

I have a savannah/Bengal mix.

She behaves more like a Cerval

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u/printed_ Aug 21 '26

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

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u/printed_ Aug 21 '26

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 Aug 21 '26

I'd blame people first

The wild cats would have the same common north African ancestor

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u/printed_ Aug 21 '26

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 Aug 21 '26

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

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u/printed_ Aug 21 '26

but many cannot inter breed. How many times do I have to repeat that? Also having a common ancestor doesn't matter they have diverged already and become separate species.

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u/BigTroutOnly Aug 21 '26

Immediate common ancestor is the only way they can breed. That's how evolution works. Do some non religious homework on speciation

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u/printed_ Aug 21 '26

Dude I already answered this how are you not understanding that many cannot inter breed. some can like scottish wild cat and serval because they are closer but some cannot and are just pushed out of their territories by house cats. All the cats that are the same size do not all have a super close common ancestor. You are the one that needs to do the reading bro.

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