â¦on Tashirojima, or âCat Islandâ, in Japan (natch). It all started way back when mice ate the silkworms being raised to make silk, so the farmers brought in a few cats. Then, fishermen noticed they were able to make weather forecasts based on the catâs behavior and considered cats good luck. The cat population is now larger than the human population (around 100 peeps, number of kittehs unknown) on
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