The Cat Facts

Anyone who has cats? Apparently, the animals are cute and spoiled it has mingled with human life since approximately 3,500 years ago, ever since the Egyptians used them to repel mice or other rodents that often destroy their crops. Well, although often seen a cat, there are still many things we do not know about these animals. let, we learn more about them!

• Perfect Carnivores

Cats have teeth that work like scissors and effective special digestive tract. This makes it perfect as a carnivore. Not like a bear or a dog who sometimes devour fruits, roots, or honey, the cat would only eat meat.

Did! if the cat is the world's greatest predators? Even tigers and lions were lost. Cats may prey on several thousand species of animals than other types of big cats can only prey on less than a hundred. However, because of their small size, these predators become harmless at all.

• Animal Loner

Many who want to keep the cat because they are cute and adorable. Even so not a few who think cats are not able to have a strong bond with their owners as dogs. Actually, cats can be very close to their owners, especially if they are kept from a young age and often gets attention.

Cats are often seen not doing anything, just sleep all day. Actually sleep is how they save energy. Cats can sleep for 12 to 16 hours a day. They are solitary animals. Each cat has its own territory. They mark territory by urinating on a way to leave the smell. When there are cats who enter the territory of another cat, usually there will be a fight. But there is always a neutral ground for them, where they can run into each other without having to fight.

• Born Blind

Cats are born blind and deaf. Their eyes will be opened at the age of 8 to 10 days. Cats weighing between 2.5 to 7 kg. For pet cats, some have reached 23 kg. But it is not healthy and should be avoided.

Cats can see a very bright light. But if there is too little light, the cat will use to help determine the direction of his mustache. Cats can detect the slightest change in the wind, making them able to locate objects around it without having to look.

Are companions Bravo! often seen a cat licking its own fur? Well, that is how they clean and taking care of themselves. Their saliva is a great cleanser, although it may cause allergies in humans.

The incarnation of the god-Myth
In the 1800s discovered a tomb containing the mummified cat 300,000. For the ancient Egyptians, cats were sacred animals. They regard the cat as an incarnation of the Goddess Bast. If anyone dared to kill a cat, then he would be given the death penalty. In that year, a dead cat will also be mummified like humans.

• In the Middle Ages in Europe, cats are loathed and often associated with witches. They believe the cat is the cause of outbreaks of the Black Death (bubonic plague) invaded Europe. Cats were hunted and killed. This causes the number of mice that causes bubonic plague is actually increasing.