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If you’ve been around cats, it’s evident they’re closer to their wild roots than dogs. While humans welcomed canines into their lives up to 40,000 years ago,1it took us longer to warm up to felines, with domestication going back an estimated 12,000 years ago.2Thus, your cat may...
You'll also find the answers to questions that tend to tickle your curiosity: Why do cats' eyes glow in the dark? What's in catnip that makes kitties so silly? Can curiosity really kill a cat? You've got questions? This book's got answers. Do cats always land on their feet? Find...
PhysicsFriction50-1519 Q173 2011-45728 CIP Levi, Mark. Why cats land on their feet, and 76 other paradoxes and puzzles in physics. Princeton, 2012. 190p bibl index afp ISBN 0691148546 pbk, $19.95; ISBN 9780691148540 pbk, $19.95Potter, F...
Why Do Cats Play With Their Prey? Cat behaviors like playing with their prey aren’t meant to be cruel. This behavior serves a greater purpose. By playing with their prey, it causes confusion and fatigue, which makes it easier to kill the prey, if the cat decides to do so, without th...
You may be playing with your cat when he rolls over, grasps your hand or wrist with the front paws and then rakes the back legs down your arm. This is seen more often when cat parents use their hands to wrestle with their cats in play. The cat may kick out of enthusiastic playtime...
Black lips in cats are likely a holdover from the distant past when wild felineshunted the grasslandsand steppes of their native land. They may have given them a competitive edge to improve their success and survival. After all, it’s not easy making a living, even if you are an apex ...
When kangaroos use their hind legs in a boxing match they really do mean business. They have immense strength in those legs and they use them to kick their opponent hundreds of times in a fight. Just like on their forepaws, kangaroos have really sharp claws on their back feet and these ...
she is not aggressive in real life. She may bite you as well, even if she has never exhibited that behavior while awake. This is not a cause for alarm, because it's common among dogs. They don't know what's going on when they arewoken up suddenlyand their primal instincts kick in...
so it's going to happen. we're ready for it. we'll look back to these three points that, you know we flown, we got the data down and it's not a fluke. we did it 5 plus however many we're lucky enough to do in the operational demo. so, you know, as happy as can be it...