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Re: -Gene pool?
2004-02-17 19:03:13
kaeli tiny_one@NOSPAM.comcast.net wrote:
>Our urban ferals do, because they live in colonies, but if you look at >real wild cats (bobcats, servals, even lions), there is almost never any >inbreeding. True, but these are not the same species as the domestic cat. I think the question was about what would happen if domestic cats only bred by accident. True wild cats also are not nearly as reproductively prolific as domestic cats. Nature doesn't like inbreeding and wild species tend to have >evolved things that prevent it. Lions, who live in groups, kick out the >adult males. AFAIK, no other cat lives in groups. Other cats have other >ways about them (migration, territory, etc) that tend to discourage >inbreeding. > >In my other post, I mentioned a special I saw on TV that showed real >wild cats, who lived in another country, far from any urban areas. Their >ancestors were domestic cats, but they had gone totally wild. Those cats >did NOT live in groups. >It makes me wonder if our ferals live in groups because the food tends >to be in the same area, or for some other reason. The cats in the >special HAD to hunt. They ranged for food. So, they had no social >groups. > Availability of food determines cats' territories. If the OP's question is what would happen if there were no purposely-bred domestic cats, however, I'm not sure what happens among feral cat populations living in wilderness areas can be used as a model.
2004-02-17 14:59:29
In article <20040217140313.22937.00002337@mb-m04.aol.com>,
yngver@aol.comnospam enlightened us with... > kaeli tiny_one@NOSPAM.comcast.net wrote: > > >Our urban ferals do, because they live in colonies, but if you look at > >real wild cats (bobcats, servals, even lions), there is almost never any > >inbreeding. > > True, but these are not the same species as the domestic cat. I think the > question was about what would happen if domestic cats only bred by accident. > True wild cats also are not nearly as reproductively prolific as domestic cats. > So true. Although I wonder why... Food supply? > > If the OP's question is what would happen if there were no purposely-bred > domestic cats, however, I'm not sure what happens among feral cat populations > living in wilderness areas can be used as a model. > I don't know, either. I just thought it was interesting. -- -- ~kaeli~ Contrary to popular opinion, the plural of 'anecdote' is not 'fact'. http://www.ipwebdesign.net/wildAtHeart http://www.ipwebdesign.net/kaelisSpace |
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