SAN ANTONIO, TX (Meow Inc.) — Due to surprising new evidence, scientists are now discovering that approximately 300,000 years ago, cats may have suffered from an acute shortage of Laxatone.
Today, if we cats experience trouble with a hairball, we can send our human to the store to pick up a hairball remedy. In recent years there has been an explosion in feline hairball treatments, including hairball gel, hairball diet foods, hairball treats, special “cat grass,” hairball shampoos, nutritional supplements, hairball lickstick, and more. The most commonly used and widely known feline hairball remedy is Laxatone, which is made from petroleum jelly and some other ingredients. Some lucky cats even report that their Laxatone comes in a tasty tuna flavor.
300,000 years ago, what did cats do if they had a hairball? Scientists agree that our ancestors most likely shed back then about as much as we do now, so it must have been a pretty tricky problem to deal with. According to new evidence, we now know that those ancient cats used old fashioned “greens” to take care of their hairballs, which means the hairballs had to come out the same place they went in.
That’s right, guys. It’s the old “I walked uphill in the snow to get a bowl of milk” story. These guys really did have it hard. Thank goodness there are alternatives now!
An archaeological dig in West Texas yielded a very exciting treasure this week: a 300,000 year old hairball that most likely came from a cat. Initial testing shows that there was not any Laxatone on the outer layers of the hairball, therefore the cats of that era must have been suffering from an accute Laxatone shortage. Tragic situation indeed!
Scientists will be conducting further tests to determine whether anything else is contained within the hairball.