National Geographic's Cats

Cats. Cats, cats, cats.

I used to despise the self-centered monsters. Then, a stray we allowed into our house turned me into someone who respects cats. That, and SF author Robert Heinlein's always making them into heroes. Petronius the Arbiter, from my all-time favorite book The Door Into Summer, was not an animal to be taken lightly.

Anyhow, today's FamilyFirst site deals with the finicky felines. And I'm not just talking about house cats, either. It's National Geographic's Cats.

This will anger activist atheists out there who despise any implication that life is anything except the product of random natural selection, but I like the opening comments of the site: “The story of cats is ultimately a story about design.” Oh well.

The amazing thing about cats is that there's not a whole lot of difference between a sabretooth and a Persian. Size of body and fangs, sure, but there is evidence that the ancient mammals lived day-to-day life pretty much the same as domesticated cats: Eat, sleep a lot, rub against objects to mark territories, stalking.

The fact is that cats are pretty darned efficient predators. Maybe many of them are short on personality (a cat running to greet you is a rarity, but I'm fortunate to have one), but they all do well in taking care of themselves.

Enjoy the presentation by always-classy National Geographic. And you hacked off atheists? Why not accept the obvious?

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/cats/

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