Miaow! Well we are just purrfect!

[Mock Turtle]

For @SavedByTheLord, all YECS, and all cat lovers.

Cats Are Perfect. An Evolutionary Biologist Explains Why

Cats have attained evolutionary perfection

www.scientificamerican.com

Cat - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

The domestic cat is a member of the Felidae, a family that had a common ancestor about 10–15 million years ago. The genus Felis diverged from other Felidae around 6–7 million years ago. Results of phylogenetic research confirm that the wild Felis species evolved through sympatric or parapatric speciation, whereas the domestic cat evolved through artificial selection.

Even dogs love them really:

 

[Secret Chief]

For @SavedByTheLord, all YECS, and all cat lovers.

Cats Are Perfect. An Evolutionary Biologist Explains Why

Cats have attained evolutionary perfection

www.scientificamerican.com

Cat - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

The domestic cat is a member of the Felidae, a family that had a common ancestor about 10–15 million years ago. The genus Felis diverged from other Felidae around 6–7 million years ago. Results of phylogenetic research confirm that the wild Felis species evolved through sympatric or parapatric speciation, whereas the domestic cat evolved through artificial selection.

Obviously I already knew this

I do recall reading that sharks have basically stopped evolving because they have reached perfection for the environment they are in. (Before humans started acidifying the oceans....)

 

[Brickjectivity]

The article leaves out the many opposite examples that show some cats have new features, such as reversible back ankles which allow only one or two species to climb down trees. Others are specialized runners, listeners, swimmers, hiders, loners and pack animals with physical anatomical differences that no other species shares. There is not one kind of cat.

 

[Mock Turtle]

The article leaves out the many opposite examples that show some cats have new features, such as reversible back ankles which allow only one or two species to climb down trees. Others are specialized runners, listeners, swimmers, hiders, loners and pack animals with physical anatomical differences that no other species shares. There is not one kind of cat.

True, and perhaps they are no more the results of evolution than any others, but they seem to have evolved, like so many other species, to be perfect at what they do - being predatory hunters. Bu why would evolution not have produced so many more varieties other than the general form that cats being the answer? Why did God provide so many varieties in other species but not so much in cats?

But I suspect the article was a bit tongue-in-cheek - as was this thread.

 

[Brickjectivity]

True, and perhaps they are no more the results of evolution than any others, but they seem to have evolved, like so many other species, to be perfect at what they do - being predatory hunters. Bu why would evolution not have produced so many more varieties other than the general form that cats being the answer? Why did God provide so many varieties in other species but not so much in cats?

But I suspect the article was a bit tongue-in-cheek - as was this thread.

Ooohhhh. Tongue in cheek.... Am I the last to catch on? Yes got it now. Ok, lets get on with it.

 

[Mock Turtle]

Ooohhhh. Tongue in cheek.... Am I the last to catch on? Yes got it now. Ok, lets get on with it.

I was hoping that @SavedByTheLord would pop in to explain why we have such variation in some species but apparently not in this one, if this was indeed true. Besides all the cat lovers being so smug.

 

[Secret Chief]

They are of course perfect. My boy is currently on a drip at the vets because of his pancreatitis. Hopefully he'll be back home tomorrow. I wish I could have his pain for him.

 

[VoidCat]

I worship cats...they amazing

 

[Secret Chief]

I worship cats...they amazing

Quite right too.

 

[sun rise]

I will admit they are purrfect but above and in front of them are the leaders - the truly woofect.