[Space] Social Pouncing Carnivores?

[Agemegos]

Originally Posted by Lord Carnifex

They don't hunt in groups, but felis domesticus is pretty social.

That's Felis catus, for those of you following this at home.

[Anders]

Originally Posted by ClayDowling

Domestic cats definitely hunt in pairs, including dividing the prey.

Originally Posted by Anthony

So remember, if your cat leaves a mouse carcass on your pillow, that's just sharing.

No Anthony. It's a sign your cat is trying to kill you.

[Zorian]

I can't add anything to RL examples but check out the Kzin from Larry Nivan's Known Space. He has been writing in that setting since the early 60s.

[Akicita]

Originally Posted by Asta Kask

No Anthony. It's a sign your cat is trying to kill you.

Then the joke will be on my cat. I'll taste like broiled chicken (What would you taste like to a cannibal, same page), and my cat doesn't like broiled chicken.

[sir_pudding]

Originally Posted by Brett

That's Felis catus, for those of you following this at home.

I gave up on that a long time ago. Same thing with Canis lupus, really. Nobody who isn't a vertebrate biologist actually cares or will believe you.

[Lord Carnifex]

Originally Posted by Brett

That's Felis catus, for those of you following this at home.

Felis domesticus is what I learned in 9th grade, and I haven't had a biology class since. Wikipedia suggests there's some momentum behind Felis silvestris catus as well.

[Agemegos]

Originally Posted by sir_pudding

I gave up on that a long time ago. Same thing with Canus lupus, really. Nobody who isn't a vertebrate biologist actually cares or will believe you.

Canis lupus.

Originally Posted by Lord Carnifex

Felis domesticus is what I learned in 9th grade

I'm afraid that that reflects poorly on your ninth grade teacher, though perhaps this is not the time and place for a digression on the rules of nomenclature.

[Lord Carnifex]

Originally Posted by Brett

though perhaps this is not the time and place for a digression on the rules of nomenclature.

Yes. I'm still vainly waiting for evolutionary taxonomists to make up their minds and all agree, and then explain what they have finally decided upon to the rest of us :-)

[Agemegos]

Originally Posted by Lord Carnifex

Yes. I'm still vainly waiting for evolutionary taxonomists to make up their minds and all agree, and then explain what they have finally decided upon to the rest of us :-)

What? And put themselves out of a job?

[davidtmoore]

My housecat used to leave the carcasses of deadly snakes on the front doorstep, but I couldn't decide if it was a tasteless joke or just boasting.