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Cat
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The mother's purr acts as a homing device, announcing to her
babies that nursing time has arrived. Kittens begin to purr
in return at about one week of age - perhaps as a gesture of
gratitude, or maybe as a request for milk - and continue to
purr for the rest of their lives. |
After cats eat, they always immediately bathe themselves. This
is because their instinct tells them to get the food scent
off them so that predators will not smell the food and come
after them. |
When cats are happy or pleased, they sqeeze their eyes shut. |
How a cat 'speaks' is quiet remarkable. They don't speak phrases
to express affection, outrage, hunger, loneliness, boredom,
confusion, happiness and fear in their natural frequency range,
which would be inaudible to humans, but at a much lower frequency
that humans can hear. Some researchers believe they may have
learned we can't hear them in their natural range and have
adapted so they can relate to us on our terms. |
The ancient Egyptians worshipped cats as Gods. Any cat owner
can tell you that cats have never gotten over it! |
The reason for the lack of mouse-flavored cat food is due to
the fact that the test subjects (cats, naturally!) turned up
their noses at the formula! |
The cat uses it's tail like a tight-rope walker uses a long
pole - as a counterweight to aid balance. Even though the tail
is useful for this, it is also used for communication purposes.
Cats born without tails do manage, though. There are other
methods of balancing |
Did you know that cats can listen for prey by rotating their
ears independently? Or that their whiskers can detect movements
2,000 times smaller than the width of a human hair? Or that
house cats, unlike other domesticated animals, have changed
very little over the past 4,000 years? |
The infamous Black Plague in Europe was due in part to the
fact that people believed those with cats were witches. So
all the cats were rounded up, caged and burned, leaving the
rats (with their disease causing parasites) to run free and
multiply. Those harbouring cats were often those who survived. |
Cats see so well in the dark because their eyes actually REFLECT
light. Light goes in their eyes, and is reflected back out;
their eyes actually work as built-in flashlights.
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