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Whiskers are sensitive and help cats understand their environment, but they do not match the cat’s body size, and cats don’t use them to determine whether they can fit through narrow spaces ...
Videos starring cats afraid of cucumbers are popping up all over the Internet. In the videos, the felines face away and their owners secretly place a cucumber behind them.
It's a hobby for those lacking social lives everywhere: using cucumbers to horrify the hairballs out of cats. Normally, scaring a human requires a lot more work than just setting a piece of food ...
An illustration of two people being frightened by a cat, c. 1808 Ailurophobia (/ aɪ ˌ l ʊər ə ˈ f oʊ b i ə /) [1] is the persistent and excessive fear of cats. [2] Like other specific phobias, the exact cause of ailurophobia is unknown, and potential treatment generally involves therapy.
The cat righting reflex is a cat's innate ability to orient itself as it falls in order to land on its feet. The righting reflex begins to appear at 3–4 weeks of age, and is perfected at 6–9 weeks. [1] Cats are able to do this because they have an unusually flexible backbone and no functional clavicle (collarbone). The tail seems to help ...
Evisceration is a method of autotomy involving the ejection of internal organs used by animals as a defensive strategy. Sea cucumbers (Holothuroidea) eject parts of the gut in order to scare and defend against potential predators such as crabs and fish.
If you’re a cat owner, chances are you’ve spent a fair amount of time looking at adorable feline videos on the internet (hey, we’re not judging). And during your online travels, you may have ...
Cats, like humans, keep their muscles trim and their body flexible by stretching. Additionally, such periodic scratching serves to clean and sharpen their claws. [60] Indoor cats may benefit from being provided with a scratching post so that they are less likely to use carpet or furniture, which they can easily ruin. [61]