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Well thank you for reading my little post. Start my Aspie ramble... now!
My name is Lily, I'm 26, female, engaged to an NT guy, have a 2 year old NT daughter and hold 2 part time jobs. *whew*
Other than that I like to pretend I'm a cat (there is more to that but.... for adults only) Ummm my recent intrest in video games keeps my fiance very happy lol.

hiya Lilykitty welcome to the club

Hi Cat.
I sometimes think I am part dog. Grrrrr.... Bark! Bark, Bark Bark!

But do you know cats and dogs both desended from the same ancestor a few million years ago? That surprised me.

Meow, welcome to, meow, Wrong Planet. Meow, meow!

Welcome Lilykitty!

Sounds intriguing... in an adult only kinda way!

Toy Soldier.... 'But do you know cats and dogs both desended from the same ancestor a few million years ago? That surprised me.'

I once had a pet mink. Some well-meaning souls raided a mink farm near to where I lived in England, and liberated them all. Good for the mink maybe... not so good for the local wildlife.

Anyway, I spotted one in my garden one day and lured it with a hot, half baked meat pie I took from the oven. Wearing my thick leather gardening gloves I caught the lil fellah. It tamed easily and I was soon able to let it run free in my garden when I was at home and it would come into the house. All kinds of antics ensued. One day it was curious about the bath I'd just filled and walking along the edge by the wall, it lost it's balance and fell in. It hated it and was frantic to get out. Mink usually catch fish in the water but this lil felah had never seen a large area of water before and didn't like being in there one bit. Eventually I managed to get it accustomed then I was able to bath it (apparently even baby otters don't like the water the first time they encounter it... their parents have to encourage them for a while before they'll enter it).
It was very playful and affectionate and it displayed some of the characteristics of both dogs and cats. For example, in play it was just like a cat. When it was hungry and I had food, it would make little yelping noises just like a puppy. That's when I realised that the main carnivores are not that different after all and are actually quite closely related. Cats dogs, badgers, mink, bears... they're closer than I thought.

Well, that's it. I never quite know how to finish... lol

Hello there; returning from inactivity, and, well, I know nobody ?-? It's a pleasure to make your aquaintance!

What games do you play?

Hello Lilykitty! Welcome aboard!

I wouldn't be surprised if it's more like 50 million years ago. I'll do some research.

According to "mainstream" sources, dogs and cats shared a common ancestor who was in the family Miacidae of the Order Carnivora.

Approximately 42 millions years ago, in the Eocene epoch, according to these sources, dogs and cats split off from this common ancestor; at that point, they were within the Caniformia and Felibformia familes respectively. It is stated that blatantly dog-like animals emerged around 40 millions ago, and cat-like animals 37 million years ago.

Apparently, a mammal known as "maelestes gobiensis," who lived late in the Triassic Period of the Mesozoic Era approximately 77 million years ago, is the common ancestor of dogs, cats, and humans.