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Feral cats roam the streets of Baltimore
October 17, 2022

Pet Me

Feral cats, believed to be the only animals to have domesticated themselves, roam the streets of Baltimore, Maryland. The image was taken for a story in the March 2011 issue about animal domestication.
Photograph by Vincent J. Musi, Nat Geo Image Collection

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