Comments on: How cats migrated to Europe? https://vividmaps.com/how-cats-migrated-to-europe/ Maps that explain the World Wed, 11 Oct 2023 16:33:51 +0000 hourly 1 By: Pam https://vividmaps.com/how-cats-migrated-to-europe/#comment-15631 Wed, 11 Oct 2023 16:33:51 +0000 https://vividmaps.com/?p=33784#comment-15631 In reply to Seetha.

I have a pair of Burmese cats, and the breed is descended from a female who was imported to the US from Burma (now Myanmar) in the 1930s. Oriental cats are distinctive in colour and temperament, I wonder if DNA has ascertained how and when they spread eastwards.

]]> By: Seetha https://vividmaps.com/how-cats-migrated-to-europe/#comment-15569 Tue, 10 Oct 2023 09:04:31 +0000 https://vividmaps.com/?p=33784#comment-15569 Interesting!

Been longing to see a similar research wrt cats in the Indian subcontinent

Hindu mythology has almost every animal / bird as a demigod or god-ride of some sort … except – you guessed it – CATS!!

Lions / tigers are frequent. But no domestic cats!!! Later day folklores have some cats, but none at the god-hood level

Cats are conspicuously absent from the Hindu pantheon

This has bothered me for a LONG time… since pre-twitter / pre-reddit days

Have not got a half-serious answer till date!!

]]> By: Ann-Marie Foster https://vividmaps.com/how-cats-migrated-to-europe/#comment-15493 Sun, 08 Oct 2023 19:53:45 +0000 https://vividmaps.com/?p=33784#comment-15493 Loved the line “they chose us”. As a cat lover I know this to be true. Thank you!

]]> By: Alex https://vividmaps.com/how-cats-migrated-to-europe/#comment-9819 Fri, 12 May 2023 18:42:09 +0000 https://vividmaps.com/?p=33784#comment-9819 Where cats go, advanced civilizations soon follow. Coincidence?

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