Thread: Found Cat

Originally Posted by Ben

That cat gets around! (American possums sure look nastier)

Ahh so the Americans cant recognise an Oppossum either.!!
Well its a hoax, but after reading some of the stuff in the "snakes" thread I wouldnt be suprised to see that poster on some of our telegraph poles even if the picture was an emu.

Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies

... Correct - dasyurids are carnivores so Wiskas or Snappy Tom would be O.K. ...

Originally Posted by Lucy

Since when?

Originally Posted by Tango51

Since when are they carnivores?
That is hard to answer, creationists will claim about 6,000 years but empirical scientific evidence indicates much much longer.
I reckon the best answer is since they were about 3 months old

Have to agree with Tango51 on this one - the dasyurids were well established as a distinct family within the protherians well before the paleolithic era when the earliest humans were "created" so that would about the time of the "Garden of Eden". (well within 7 days of it in any case)

Just looking at their dentition will tell you they are carnivores! So yes they do become carnivorous about the time of weaning. (Although in some of the smaller species of dasyurids you could define them as insectivorous - which is a sub-category of carnivorous.)

Diana