[SunkenCiv]

Credit: Maike Glöckner / MLU

[Varsity Flight]

Blue bag diet?

[TChad]

this tomcat's diet was very high in protein.

Um, yes. Cats are obligate carnivores.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnivore#Obligate_carnivores

[Redcitizen]

[smvoice]

Giant arid litter boxes makes for happy cats Miles and miles of blowing kitty litter

[ClearCase_guy]

Bubonic plague spread by fleas.
Plague is endemic to Central Asia, primarily in Marmot populations.
Plague spread along Silk Road, in part after Silk Road was diverted into Marmot territory as a result of Mongol conquests disrupting normal trade routes.
Eventually Fleas spread plague to rats which carried disease easily into human cities and ships.

More cats might have helped.

[GreyFriar]

I thought it said “cure for cats” when I first glanced at it.

[Flick Lives]

DNA analyses also proved that the animal was indeed likely to be a domestic cat of the Felis catus L. species and not a closely related wild steppe cat.

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Yes, he’s the chief, he’s a king,
But above everything,
He’s the most tip top,
Steppe Cat!

source: http://www.lyricsondemand.com/tvthemes/topcatlyrics.html

[Spacetrucker]

I’m surprised this wasn’t a FieldMarshalJ post. Animals have always been mankind’s companions.