Timeline for Do cats notice breeds?
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| Mar 29, 2016 at 9:22 | vote | accept | anemone | ||
| Jan 17, 2016 at 5:49 | answer | added | Chatoyancy | timeline score: 4 | |
| Jan 10, 2016 at 10:49 | comment | added | keshlam | As far as dogs go, I have seen a Chihuahua attempting to mate with an apparently willing Old English Sheepdog. Whatever criteria the female was judging him by were obviously not at all related to those i would have expected. | |
| Jan 10, 2016 at 10:39 | comment | added | anemone | @keshlam That's a good point. Still, this question is not solely about mating or even about appearance. It is about "noticing". Other factors that we (humans) notice less (voice, smell) may still be perceived as differentiating. | |
| Jan 10, 2016 at 10:25 | comment | added | keshlam | Given that "breeds" simply do not exist in the wild without physical separation or speciation to divide the breeding populations, and given that breed distinctions rapidly vanish among feral populations and indeed among housecats unless they are unable to select their own mate, I would say there's pretty darned strong empirical evidence that appearance is not considered especially significant by most species unless it implies something directly about breeding potential. | |
| Jan 10, 2016 at 10:17 | comment | added | anemone | @keshlam Thanks then, I do not feel "accused" but I'm glad that comment is gone, because it leads people on wrong track, I think. You may have a point (and I would be interested in its substantiation), however, I think we know pitifully little about how cats (dogs, rabbits) perceive the variety of species, breeds, lifestyles, and conditions of their peers. Hence the question. I think we should differentiate between what we know and what we think we know. Feel free to edit the question where you think I failed to make this point. | |
| Jan 10, 2016 at 10:10 | comment | added | keshlam | Apologies; no accusation was intended, just an observation that cats are more rational than humans in this regard. (And I actually decided against posting the comment and didn't realize it had gone out; apologies again.) | |
| Jan 8, 2016 at 20:30 | history | asked | anemone | CC BY-SA 3.0 |