Domestic cats found in wreckage of Spanish conquistador ship were likely first in US

Cats have lived alongside humans for thousands of years, and perhaps the remains of two local clip in the wreckage of the Spanish ship, 500, are the first examples of the animal in what is now known as the United States, according to a new study.

The researchers wrote in a study published in the American ancient times last month.

Emanuel Point II, a Spanish invader ship, was destroyed in Pensacola in Florida in 1559 during a hurricane.

The wreckage of the ship was discovered in 2006, and the researchers said that the remains of an adult cat were found and occurred in the debris.

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The researchers said: “Cats have received limited archaeological attention because their independence limits a direct look at human societies,” the researchers said.

The study said that cats and other historical train analyzes show that pets ranged significantly in the size of normal home cats to much smaller.

The researchers wrote that based on a chemical analysis of the remains, the adult cat does not seem to have relied on mice on food and mainly ate a diet of fish and possibly home meat.

The study on the mice said: “These pests were unintentionally presented to the new world, and the cats followed, and they hunted the original pests and the invaders.”

The cats have long accompanied the sailors on the ships. (Asity Standard/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Inside the United States, the early cat remains were also found in colonial settlements in Saint Augustine, Florida, and the British colony in Jamestown in Virginia and may have been on Mayflower.

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Cats are not home to the United States and are believed to have originated in the Middle East before bringing them to the Americas by Europeans. Scientists said they could have recognized Europe to combat pests.

The researchers said that they were not sure whether the cats in Emmanuel Point II were intentionally brought, but the study author John Bratin, an anthropologist at West Florida University, told living science that cats seemed apparently ate a similar diet for sailors, which showed that they were feed either because there was no sufficient amount of mice or kindness.

Cats were first brought to the Americas by the Europeans. (Getty Images)

“It was interesting to think about the idea that the cat would be a pet or one that the Spanish sailors take care of,” Bratin told direct sciences.

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The study said, “The cats were on board [the Emanuel Point II] It indicates that their primary role may be, as is the case with the contestants and the perpetrators that kept the rodent population on the plane. However, this does not prevent the possibility of these cats being liked and caring for sailors. ”

The researchers added that cats are fortunate by sailors.

Today, one in three American families has a pet cat.