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The great European house cat migration bigthink.com/strange-maps/cat-migration-europe/

317 sats \ 6 comments \ @StillStackinAfterAllTheseYears 8 Aug Dogs_And_Cats

Apparently house cats were in Poland and Serbia thousands of years before people originally thought they'd migrated there from Rome.

Also enjoyed the embedded (and likely outdated) migration map:

https://static.cambridge.org/binary/version/id/urn:cambridge.org:id:binary:20221201181421541-0856:S0003598X22001284:S0003598X22001284_fig1.png

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21 sats \ 4 replies \ @Satosora 8 Aug

I heard the Maine Coon came from England initially?

20 sats \ 3 replies \ @StillStackinAfterAllTheseYears OP 8 Aug

They evolved from cats that came over from England, as I understand it (but that's hundreds of years after the migrations around Europe itself).

21 sats \ 2 replies \ @Satosora 8 Aug

Right. But they are very beautiful animals.

20 sats \ 1 reply \ @StillStackinAfterAllTheseYears OP 8 Aug

Absolutely! We had one a while back, and he was magnificent.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Satosora 8 Aug

Hairy and large. But so gentle!

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Msd0457890 8 Aug

Your research on cats is very interesting. Cats have become a reference for companionship, affection and loyalty in various cultures in Europe and around the world.