🧵 Paw Prints in Medieval Manuscripts

When cats left their mark on history - literally.

Looking through old medieval books, researchers found something pretty cool - actual paw prints 🐾 from cats that lived hundreds of years ago. Back then, monks kept cats around their libraries to hunt mice (who loved munching on the books). Sometimes these cats would step in the wet ink and walk right across the pages the monks were writing on. While sc…