Felines are animals that have a great need to explore their territory, but humans also want to know everything or almost everything about them. In fact, to this day we are still learning things about their behavior and instincts, but surely there are several curiosities of cats that you do not know.
If so, don't worry, because next I'm going to tell you some of the most curious and interesting 😉.
They were worshiped in Ancient Egypt
What's more, these furry ones came to the category of God (well, Goddess 🙂) that they called Bastet. They were so loved that if someone happened to kidnap or sell them, they were sentenced to death. What's more, when one of them died, the whole family plucked their eyebrows in mourning.
They only usually meow to communicate with people
They have learned that we respond to sound and not so much to body language, so over time they have developed a special type of meow to communicate with humans. What's more, if you look at a feline colony, or if you yourself live with several, you will see that they barely meow at each other.
They have a much more developed sense of smell than humans
But much, much more. They have 19 million nerve endings; we just a "sad" 5 million. Now you know why your furry is waiting for you in front of the door, especially the days that you have spent at the store to buy him his favorite can 😉.
The whiskers help them to orient themselves
Moreover, the distance from the end of the whiskers on the right to the other of the left, coincides with the width of the body. A) Yes, in addition to knowing how far or close they are to an object, they know whether or not they fit in different places, like tunnels for example.
They are more like people than we think
Your brain is 90% similar to what we have. Hence, many of us have the feeling (actually, certain) that they are very intelligent animals, that they look a lot like us.
When they rub against something or someone they are leaving their pheromones
It is a way they have to say "this is mine", or "I trust you", or "please give me X (food, caresses, etc.)". The subject of pheromones is very interesting. I recommend you do click here in case you want to know more information about it.
They drink very elegantly
They stick out their tongues, curve the edges, take a little water and… go inside. And all in a matter of the blink of an eye! The most curious thing is that they don't leave a trace.
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