Friday, November 1, 2019

Big cat little cat

Anyone who has a cat knows how they are like their big cat cousins. 

Some of their similarities are:

Sleep –Both wild and domestic cats spend between 16 to 20 hours a day sleeping.

Smell – Wild and domesticated cats have great senses of smell and both will use their open mouths to smell better.

Food – Both wild and domestic cats are obligatory carnivores, which means they rely, primarily, on a meat diet, being much better able to digest meat proteins over plant material.

Self-grooming – Wild and domesticated cats both groom themselves a lot, anywhere from 30 to 50 percent of their waking hours.

Stalking – All cats, big and small, will stalk their prey and generally confine their hunting to dusk, nighttime, and dawn.

Playing – Cats of all shapes and sizes enjoy a good session of laser pointer chase, unraveling a role of string or toilet paper, and even playing in boxes.

Catnip –  Although mostly due to the genetics of certain family lines, half of both wild and domesticated cat populations will react strongly to and enjoy catnip.


Vocalizing – Much like the meowing and chirping you hear from your cat, big cats have their own ways of “talking” to one another that can sound similar. From https://www.lonetreevet.com/blog/wild-and-domestic-cats/

More info at: https://www.nationalgeographic.com.au/animals/5-ways-your-tabby-is-just-like-big-cats-in-the-wild.aspx

All cats like boxes

Cole and Marmalade demonstrate how they are like big cats.