Timeline for How could cats evolve toxic claws?
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| Dec 25, 2020 at 22:53 | comment | added | Leviathan | Of course they could! The platypus has venomous claws, so why not your cat? | |
| Apr 2, 2017 at 20:22 | vote | accept | Secespitus | ||
| Apr 1, 2017 at 15:12 | comment | added | fectin | I'll leave the link to the wiki page of venomous mammals here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venomous_mammal | |
| Apr 1, 2017 at 7:10 | comment | added | Drunken Code Monkey | The escaped from a lab scenario is actually pretty believable, imagine letting loose a few hundred toxic cats against an enemy state... Devastating weapon! | |
| Apr 1, 2017 at 7:04 | comment | added | Drunken Code Monkey | This is the kind of evolutionary trait that puts an animal at the top of the food chain, it enables it to kill prey much larger than it is, and if it did arise from a mutation, by now every cat on the planet would have them with various adaptations. If it was somehow the first cat to have that mutation, the toxin would be very weak and would evolve to become more efficient against its preferred prey. You pretty much need something like a cat that escaped from a biological warfare lab somehow if it's the only one. | |
| Mar 31, 2017 at 21:51 | answer | added | user35440 | timeline score: 2 | |
| Mar 31, 2017 at 20:39 | answer | added | jfa | timeline score: 1 | |
| Mar 31, 2017 at 20:02 | answer | added | HopelessN00b | timeline score: 4 | |
| Mar 31, 2017 at 19:18 | answer | added | AsheKetchum | timeline score: 1 | |
| Mar 31, 2017 at 14:07 | answer | added | user10945 | timeline score: 3 | |
| Mar 31, 2017 at 13:49 | comment | added | Shufflepants | They already did, it's called a platypus. | |
| Mar 31, 2017 at 13:15 | comment | added | Secespitus | @GrimmTheOpiner If you only said that one sentence, yes. But if you have an idea for a Medusa-Esque cat with snakes that serve a similar purpose as claws while being somewhat symbiotic in nature that could well be a valid answer. There is a Sandbox for answers on Meta. It's not so often used (nearly never) but theoretically you could test an answer there if you are not sure and then ask in the chat. Anyway, funny comment ;) | |
| Mar 31, 2017 at 13:09 | comment | added | Grimm The Opiner | @Secespitus, there might be a few thousand downvotes from other people though. :-) | |
| Mar 31, 2017 at 13:05 | comment | added | Secespitus | @GrimmTheOpiner I'd love to see that as an actual answer! (With a sketch of a cat with snake-legs you would definitely get an upvote from me!) | |
| Mar 31, 2017 at 13:02 | comment | added | Grimm The Opiner | Snakes for legs! Awesome! | |
| Mar 31, 2017 at 7:09 | comment | added | Mario Garcia | Cats already have something like that, though not really toxic. They lick themselves a lot, and move all the bacteria in their mouths to their claws, making a scratch somewhat 'toxic'. You could go with sth like, bateria in their mouths evolving, being more deadly to other beings. | |
| Mar 31, 2017 at 2:44 | answer | added | LiveMynd | timeline score: 13 | |
| Mar 31, 2017 at 0:19 | answer | added | Dave | timeline score: 18 | |
| Mar 30, 2017 at 23:47 | answer | added | Willk | timeline score: 14 | |
| Mar 30, 2017 at 19:49 | comment | added | Seraph Myrmidon | Well for cats to evolve poison claws they need a good reason for it,Like hunting big prey like deer,Maybe your cats eat poisonous insects and get the toxins from the bugs. | |
| Mar 30, 2017 at 19:07 | answer | added | James | timeline score: 26 | |
| Mar 30, 2017 at 19:05 | answer | added | Youstay Igo | timeline score: 6 | |
| Mar 30, 2017 at 18:53 | answer | added | L.Dutch♦ | timeline score: 6 | |
| Mar 30, 2017 at 18:33 | comment | added | Mormacil | In the severe cases it works within 24 hours. That's faster then the poison of a Comodo Dragon. I argee it's not a neurotoxin hence a comment and not an answer. But it would work if it's more potent. | |
| Mar 30, 2017 at 18:32 | comment | added | Secespitus | @Mormacil That is an infection that takes multiple weeks to take effect if I read it correctly. That would not be a good weapon for hunting prey and is no neurotoxin. | |
| Mar 30, 2017 at 18:28 | comment | added | Mormacil | It's already a thing in a way en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat-scratch_disease Might go with something like this. Bacteria is bad for its victims but the cat would be immune. Much like how we thought Commodo Dragons worked. | |
| Mar 30, 2017 at 18:24 | history | asked | Secespitus | CC BY-SA 3.0 |