Big cats like lions and tigers are apex predators, which mean they are the top of the food chain and no animals prey on them. According to RangerPlanet.com, Lions can prey on large animals, like Antelopes, Giraffes, Wildebeast and Zebras. Even Crocodiles can be a meal for a hungry lion! And, although your fluffy best friend at home is probably a little too small to be taking on a Wildebeast, domestic cats are predators and share a lot of the characteristics that make the big cats such successful hunters! Lets look at some of the adaptations that make cats such powerful predators. Cats have a strong sense of hearing, which allows them to triangulate on their prey, plus strong vision,...
Last week I was looking into cat bleps - when a cat sticks their tongue out a little - and it made me think of the saying "Cat got your tongue", so I wanted to look more into the cat got your tongue meaning and origin. What does the cat got your tongue mean? I checked out the Merriam-Webster dictionary and they said it is used when asking someone why they aren't saying anything. In my experience it has an accusatory tone, like if someone asks who did something and you don't answer, they might ask, what's the matter? Cat got your tongue? HistoryofEnglish.com agrees, saying it's often used when one person is wrong and the other person is waiting for...
What is a blep? Do you ever see your cat with their tongue sticking out a little bit? The internet seems to have named this behavior the blep, and it is undeniably cute! You all know I can't resist a cute cat, so this week I wanted to look a little more into the cat blep! Why do cats blep? Cats.com lists several reasons for the blep cat. The first one is that they may be investigating an interesting scent. As I mentioned in my article on cats sense of smell, cats have an extra organ on the roof of their mouth called the Jacobson's organ. This extra organ gives them the superpower of being able to be able to...
Our article on "why are cats so cute" is one of our top pages here at catswhereitsat.com, but in some people all that cuteness can trigger feelings of wanting to crush or bite the cute thing. It's called cuteness aggression and of course something as cute as a kitty can trigger it, so lets find out more about what causes cute aggression! What is cute aggression? To recap the reasons why cats are so cute, it's due to their baby-like characteristics, like large eyes, soft bodies and big heads compared to their body size. They also have the cutest little kitty chirp and love to play, which all add up to make us feel that cats are adorable. Cute aggression comes...
I've been seeing a lot of talk around cats and toxoplasmosis lately - especially when it comes to pregancy, so I wanted to do some research on the issue to learn more about pregnancy and cats with toxoplasmosis. What is toxoplasmosis? The Mayo Clinic says toxoplasmosis is an infection by a parasite called Toxoplasma gondii that can infect animals, including humans and most birds. It often doesn't cause any symptoms in humans, but that infants and people with weakened immune systems can get serious disease. Serious effects in immunocomprimised people could include eye disease that may cause blindness if untreated, or lung or brain disease. It also says that the parasite can be passed to an unborn baby during pregnancy, and...
