• Flames5123@sh.itjust.works
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    3 days ago

    Meanwhile, useful cats are just cats doing cat things, like chasing mice and rodents in the house or in a barn for barn cats, as they require much less training since it’s their natural instinct and much less maintenance since some don’t crave human attention constantly (for barn cats).

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      3 days ago

      We actually train dogs to catch mice, because cats are, as concluded in the study, dicks that will only do what they please.

      • Eric@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        2 days ago

        There was a documentary about rats on Netflix I think and there was a segment about rat hunting terriers. There was a pack of them on a farm and they were just ripping those rats apart. Completely vicious like fighting over rats.

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          And then we have mink trained to exterminate rats together with dogs. That might be the most entertaining way of rat extermination to watch.