Cat Talk - A Little history of Cats

No one know exactly when cat become domesticated, but there is a believe that it was in the 1600 B.C. Ancient Egyptians were the first to domesticate cats. They regarded cats as embodiments of the goddess. On the pyramid walls and other findings of the Egyptians artwork, we see the cat. The cats were buried in tombs with their masters.
Sailors, despite the Egyptian prohibition, smuggled cats to other countries. The people found the cats useful as hunters, especially against rats. Good solution to prevent disease like the Black- Plague in Europe at 11th century.
During the years, people moved from one place to another, accompanied with their cats and contributed to the expansion all over the world.
Even though the cats are domesticated for so long, they did not lost their hunting instincts and independence. Ask any cat owner and he'll tell you, that when his cat is awake he is very sensitive to any unusual noise, that he is chasing flies, mice, birds etc. When the owner call his cat name, sometime he'll come and sometime he becomes totally deaf...