food, territory and other moggies to bonk.Researchers have also developed a scale that pet owners can use to analyse the level of mania in their kitty.Lead researcher Rebecca Evans, from the University of Liverpool’s school of psychology, said: “We believe that like any other personality trait, psychopathy is on a continuum, where some cats will score more highly than others.“It is likely that all cats have an element of psychopathy as it would have once been helpful for their ancestors in terms of acquiring resources – e.g.
food, territory, mating opportunities.”All domestic cats are thought to be descended from the Middle Eastern wildcat, Felis Sylvestris – “cat of the woods”.The University of Liverpool and Liverpool John Moores.
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