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Re:HIV vaccine trial starts at Oxford by _Microft on Wednesday July 07, 2021 @06:07PM (#27766274)
Proper care for animals increases their life expectancy a lot as well. The difference in life expectancy between (domestic) cats being cared for by humans and living in the wild is huge: 15-20 years vs. 1.5-4.2 years.

German source, because English WP lacks this information - just use a translation tool of your choice: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hauskatze#Lebenserwartung

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Re:HIV vaccine trial starts at Oxford by nomel on Wednesday July 07, 2021 @09:57PM (#27767758)
Yet cats are self cleaning in both cases, with the SPCA saying that cats should not usually be bathed [1]. This longevity is most likely related to diet, and not being eaten by predators.

[1] https://www.ccspca.com/blog-spca/education/bathing-a-cat/

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Re:HIV vaccine trial starts at Oxford by _Microft on Thursday July 08, 2021 @12:20PM (#27774122)
This was not meant to be a direct reply to the cleaning method.

I meant to give an example that showed that the life span of animals can easily be extended to multiple times of it just by not doing things as nature does them.

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