The cats I've known have been 100% tiger. They only pretend to be domesticated because they like the easy life. But secretly they're still wild. And they often show it.
LIVE SCIENCE - One of the findings from the newly sequenced genomes of tigers, snow leopards and lions show that they share 95.6% of their DNA with our domestic feline companions.
The new research showed that big cats have genetic mutations that enabled them to be carnivores. The team also identified mutations that allow snow leopards to thrive at high altitudes
Read more - http://www.livescience.com/39695-tiger-lion-leopard-genome-sequenced.html
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