Episode 93 - Cats

The Common Descent Podcast

Common Descent

Science, Education, Natural Sciences, Earth Sciences, Science:natural Sciences

4.8 • 896 Ratings

🗓️ 9 August 2020

⏱️ 115 minutes

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Summary

Cats are among the most diverse and successful mammalian predators on the planet, from lions on the savanna to ocelots in the jungle to domestic cats in homes and homepages worldwide. This episode, we look at what makes cats unique, where they got their start, what their fossil history has looked like, and finally how one species ended up being among the most widespread species on Earth. In the news: African and American crocs, ancient owls, Fiji pigeons, and prey-breaking snakes. Time markers: Intro & Announcements: 00:00:00News: 00:04:00Main discussion, Part 1: 00:32:00Main discussion, Part 2: 01:03:30Patron question: 01:46:30 Check out our blog for bonus info and pictures:http://commondescentpodcast.wordpress.com/ New merch at the Common Descent Store! http://zazzle.com/common_descentFeaturing art by Rob Soto! https://www.rob-soto.com/ Follow and Support us on: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/commondescentpodcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/CommonDescentPCFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/commondescentpodcastInstagram: @commondescentpodcast PodBean: https://commondescentpodcast.podbean.com/ iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-common-descent-podcast/id1207586509?mt=2YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCePRXHEnZmTGum2r1l2mduw The Intro and Outro music is “On the Origin of Species” by Protodome. More music like this at http://ocremix.org. Musical Interludes are "Professor Umlaut" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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0:00.0	You're listening to the Common Descent Podcast.
0:18.4	Hello, Will. Hello, David.
0:26.1	Hello, listeners, and welcome to episode 93 of the Common Descent podcast.
0:27.8	It's August.
0:28.7	It is August. Of 2020, and this month we have a theme for our episodes.
0:32.2	Yeah, we don't do this, really, so this is new.
0:35.1	This is going to be a pair of episodes about cats and dogs.
0:40.2	Cats and dogs. This is the first one we are going to be talking about cats,
0:44.0	Filids, the family feeladay, including everything from the big cats down to the small cats,
0:49.9	house cats. They're all cats. Little things, all cats. We're going to talk about what cats are like, where cats came from, what the fossil record
0:58.0	of cats is what we have now, what we used to have in the past.
1:03.0	And to kind of tie this into the next one, well, there'll just be little bits of sort
1:06.6	of comparison.
1:07.7	Yeah.
1:08.6	With their cousins on the other side of the mammal carnivore tree.
1:13.0	Yeah.
1:13.3	Because comparing cats to dogs is one of my favorite ways to discuss cats and dogs.
1:17.8	Well, they're both super popular pets, like the pets.
1:22.5	Yep.
1:22.7	But also both really successful predators that are both carnivorants.
1:29.4	And very interesting to compare and contrast.
1:32.8	Yeah, they are good foils to one another.
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