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BABIES!!!

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so the best thing about this is that bobcats, like just about every feline besides lions and domestic cats, are pretty solitary. they don\u2019t really have friends. they aren\u2019t really equipped to make friends.\u00a0

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domestic cats, on the other hand, do know how to make friends. they are friendly to the point that lots of feral cats live in colonies\u2014 the females hang out together, even raise kids together, and the males like to spend nonsexual time with their baby mommas. they groom each other, play around, and have a particular tail position to signal to one another\u2014 straight up with the tip curled\u2014 that they\u2019re friendly and happy to see each other. cats learned how to be chill with each other in order to take full advantage of human food sources: an ancient granary supplies enough rats for a lot of cats, as does a modern lady with a big bag of frisky bits, so it would be a waste of time and energy for any one cat to try and stake the entire foodsource out for exclusive use. less fighting means more eating and resting which means a longer, nicer life and a lot more kittens.\u00a0

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so this stray cat, she obviously has no colony if she\u2019s wandering around and sneaking into zoo enclosures, so she\u2019s like\u00a0\u2018hey! there\u2019s food here! what up, other cat, let\u2019s be friends, let\u2019s be friends and share that food\u2019. and the bobcat is like\u00a0\u2018??????\u2019 because actually wild cats are pretty cautious about initiating hostilities and anything new and aggressive makes them very worried. and the domestic cat is like\u00a0\u2018haha cool, ok, we\u2019re friends now, big guy. no problems.\u2019 and the bobcat is like\u00a0\u2018????? well\u2026?? ok?\u2019 and then they are friends.\u00a0

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the super interesting thing\u00a0about most wild cat species is they don\u2019t really have the capacity to make friends on their own, especially outside of sibling bonds, but,\u00a0if someone comes along and does all the friend-making themselves, they\u2019ll totally roll with it. zoo cats can get really attached to their caregivers\u2014 or, in this case, a very confident little calico demonstrating exactly why her species has been so darn successful over the last nine thousand years .\u00a0

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so anyway that is the best thing: bobcats are not equipped to make friends, but luckily for this bobcat this homeless lady did not give any shits and made friends anyway. and now they are both happy.\u00a0

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#THE FACT THAT THE KEY TO DOMESTIC CAT\u2019S SUCCESS IS THAT THEY LEARNED\u00a0 #THE MEANING OF FRIENDSHIP #IS A FUCKING HOOT

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I will never be over the floofpaws of the bobcat attempting loafstance in that first picture

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OH MY GOOOOOOOD

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LOOK

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A VIDEO OF THEM GROOMING AND HEADBUTTING EACH OTHER!!!

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They\u2019re both loafing because they are mirroring each other!!! It means they like each other!!

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The skill set of the domestic cat is based around forming bonds with other species

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