Saturday, August 4, 2007

Cats love to hunt - it's in their genes

Cats are one of the best developed species when it comes to hunting. They are very effective predators, even domestic cats can hunt and eat more than 1000 species including mice, birds, rats, moles and fish. Their whole body is made for hunting, their senses are much better developed than those of humans. Cats can hear and see better, they have skills and instincts that helps them to catch their prey. If they didn't have these skills they would starve to death in a natural environment.
Cats can hunt a huge variety of animals. They eat very little animals like roaches but also bigger ones like rabbits or rats.
The fact that cats are not specialized on a small number of preys gives them a better chance to find an animal to hunt. If there is no tasty rabbit to hun View the rest of this article


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