"Cat worship began in Egypt, where the first domesticated cats descended from a wild ancestor, felis libyca": from The Women's Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets
"The Egyptian word for Cat was Mau, both an imitation of the cat's cry and a mother-symbol":
from The Women's Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets
"Cats were so sacred in Egypt that any man who killed one was condemned to death": from The Women's Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets
Saber Tooth Cat from way back! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saber-toothed_cat
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smilodon
