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Cats: The Enemy of My Enemy Is My Friend Frenemy

"The human-cat relationship was probably forged over a shared interest in rats more than 10,000 years ago, investigators say."

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Say, you're interested in rats? I'm interested in them, too! And I'm interested in the same outcome for them as you are.

Source: UPI / HealthDay News (Cara Munez). Of course, the notion of cats having been domesticated as ratters and mousers isn't anything new; I just liked the "shared interest in rats" formulation.