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Re:Domestic cat larynges can produce purring frequencies wit... by sidewndr46 on Thursday October 05, 2023 @09:25AM (#37778306)
This has to be one of the wackiest takes on cat domestication I have ever read. Cats were domesticated long before Europeans showed up in North America.
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Re:Domestic cat larynges can produce purring frequencies wit... by defrost on Thursday October 05, 2023 @07:31PM (#37785551)
That's exactly what the admittedly clumsy quote says if you reparse it.

> Originally bred from wild cats

Once wild, now domesticated ..

> introduced to North America by European colonists

what was introduced to North America?

> domesticated cats are now listed as ...

oh, yeah, domesticated cats were introduced to North America.

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