Sentences with phrase «chasing house mice»

More than 9,000 years ago, African wildcats took up chasing house mice — and started their own domestication.

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I was a geek when a mouse was a furry thing that you chased out of your house not made a home on your desk.
I hate to think of Fidget never getting to chase a butterfly or a bug (though there is the occasional fly in the house that gives him lots of joy) or to catch a «real» mouse rather than the toy mice he practices hunting with.
The current behavior of today's house cats with respect to chasing mice, grabbing ankles, playing with toys, tearing into arms with back claws, and litter box behavior have their origins in those ancient felines.
Kitty will take a break from clawing the Christmas tree to chase Petmate's Go - Go Mouse around the house.
My second thought is why do we chase the mouse around the house when there is an elephant in the room.
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