2000-Year-Old Paw Print Proves Cats Never Cared About Your Stuff
Finally, hard proof that cats have been acting like jerks since at least Roman times! Recently, an archaeologist at the Gloucester City Museum was examining a Roman roof tile from 100 C.E. when he noticed it had a cat’s paw print on it. This “tegula” tile was dug up in Berkeley Street in 1969.
“When Romans made roof tiles they left the wet clay out to dry in the sun,” said a museum spokesman. “Animals, and people, sometimes walked across the drying tiles and left their footprints behind. The cat is thought to have snuck across the wet tiles in Gloucester in about AD 100, probably at the annoyance of the tile makers…”
David Rice, curator at Gloucester City Museum, told Discovery News that he believes that there are more cat paw prints found on ancient Roman tiles in Britain than anywhere else in the Roman Empire. Another example of cat’s just being jerks? Or did they have something against the British?
More info: venues.gloucester.gov.uk (h/t: twistedsifter, telegraph)
This Roman roof tile with a cat’s paw imprint is from around 100 C.E.
Image credits: Gloucester City Museum
It is one of the oldest examples of cat “Vandalism” in the U.K.
Image credits: Gloucester City Museum
This one was discovered in Washington State, and must have come to the New World by ship long ago
Image credits: Fort Vancouver Historical National Historic Site
Even this document, from March 11th, 1445, fell prey to the inky paws of a cat!
Image credits: Emir O. Filipovic
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clearly, cats rule and always have. we do what we want and you're not the boss of us!
Quick grammar lesson : Past would be WERE . . . as in "you were sucking my middle paw". Future would be WILL BE . . . as in "you will be sucking my middle paw". Sincerely, Basil BuddhaCat.
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Why are cats getting a bad rap for this? The cat didn't know, and it would then be forced to wash its paws for the umpteenth time. Probably the cat was thinking, what jerk left a wet brick here? I wonder about the prints in the book, though. They look like the cat had help with where to put his prints. Cats don't walk with their feet side by side like that image on the left page. But a fun group of pics even so. Cats rule!
Maybe the cat jumped down on the book, that could explain both 'paw-prints' side by side.
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Or were they just leaving their mark . Humans left their marks even in the great pyramids so why not cats .
My daughter's cat would sit and watch her do homework, for a while. Then she would reach over and knock the pencil out of her hand, as in "what about me?!" Same thing if she was sewing something by hand - after watching for a bit, the cat would take a mouthful of pins from the pin cushion, pointed ends out. Again, what about me?!!
Common Era. "Politically Correct" version of AD. :)
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clearly, cats rule and always have. we do what we want and you're not the boss of us!
Quick grammar lesson : Past would be WERE . . . as in "you were sucking my middle paw". Future would be WILL BE . . . as in "you will be sucking my middle paw". Sincerely, Basil BuddhaCat.
Load More Replies... Why are cats getting a bad rap for this? The cat didn't know, and it would then be forced to wash its paws for the umpteenth time. Probably the cat was thinking, what jerk left a wet brick here? I wonder about the prints in the book, though. They look like the cat had help with where to put his prints. Cats don't walk with their feet side by side like that image on the left page. But a fun group of pics even so. Cats rule!
Maybe the cat jumped down on the book, that could explain both 'paw-prints' side by side.
Load More Replies... Or were they just leaving their mark . Humans left their marks even in the great pyramids so why not cats .
My daughter's cat would sit and watch her do homework, for a while. Then she would reach over and knock the pencil out of her hand, as in "what about me?!" Same thing if she was sewing something by hand - after watching for a bit, the cat would take a mouthful of pins from the pin cushion, pointed ends out. Again, what about me?!!
Common Era. "Politically Correct" version of AD. :)
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