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Human preference for smooshed, baby-like faces has produced pedigreed cats and dogs that are more similar to each other than to their wild relatives, and have such distorted skulls that they could not survive in nature. www.scientificamerican.com/article/bree...

May 13, 2025, 1:55 PM

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