Well from Raptors to Warriors times change animals change. It would be un-settling to think that humans could de-evolve like the Raptor to a turkey thing but I once read in a science article that said it could happen if the conditions were right. There are a lot of animals around today that a long time ago use to be a lot bigger. Cats are one of them. Look at the house cat and look at the lion. Bugs too are a good example of this some of them things were once much bigger than they are today.
Change is the only constant.
In a conversation this morning the subject of de-evolution came up, and both of us felt that we are witnessing a de-evolution of sorts taking place. I don't know who else has noticed that language seems to be in a state of decline.
There is quite a bit of laziness in many written materials. This is evident around the internet, with even so-called professional writers publishing material that contains obvious errors...some are the mis-spelling of simple words and simple grammatical errors.
IF one is to read books written in the past, the use of the language is far more precise. I.E., I have a book that was written in the 1860's. The author desribed how birds achieved flight. He was wrong, but the manner in which he wrote his theory was hard to ignore, and even in knowing otherwise today...was very convincing.
I can't think of one book today that equals the written materials as those of the past.
I am not a professional writer, and know I will make mistakes. However, where I am seeing errors, those errors should NOT be where they are.
To me this is a sign of a much deeper problem, and highlights the quote of your signature line, Reactor.
Interesting you mention cats. I was watching a U-Tube video of a Mountain Lion going rounds with a bear, and then another with a Cougar going at it with a Wolf. House cats were mentioned as being less-than a house dog.
A point was brought up in the comments section, that pound for pound, a house cat would take down any dog. I have two cats, and either one of them, if the same weight and size as our Boxer, would shred the Boxer in no time flat. As a matter of fact, one of the cats accidently got locked in the same room with the Boxer, and they seem to have worked-out "an arrangement", and now they both pretend the other one doesn't exist when they are within proximity of each other.
I believe the fact that the cat used to live in the wilds on its own might have helped a bit. When we first met the cat, she about ripped our ankle's apart until we brought out the bowl of tunafish. Since then the cat has never left and has limited its attacks "on us" to only once in awhile.
I still chuckle about the time when those folks messed with a tiger at a Zoo, and "assumed" the tiger would do nothing. But then, the tiger was able to jump the fence, and hunted each one of them down. I would hope that the event would be a lesson for others to learn from, but probably won't.