The story of how cats caught the attention of hoomans is rather interesting. As opposed to dogs, cats quickly realized that there were two things that they did that attracted us hoomans to them and not the other way around. They are meowing like a kitten and hunting in-house vermin to avoid being smitten by disease. However, what we had no idea that they would do, is quickly forget about their hunting duties and start to focus their feline fury upon being cute enough to crack our iron will and convince us to hand them over tasty treats. And while we do not necessarily need them for their mouse management capabilities anymore, there will always come a time in a cat child's life when his or her family will call upon them to pawtect the family from a furry intruder.
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