3456 x 5184 px | 29,3 x 43,9 cm | 11,5 x 17,3 inches | 300dpi
Date de la prise de vue:
10 juillet 2011
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Cats can detect higher frequencies of sound than dogs or humans. Cats have an excellent sense of smell, superior to humans. Cats can see better than humans in dark and dim light . Cats hunt alone and predation is time-consuming, a cat in the wild needs to spend 6-8 hours a day hunting to meet its nutritional needs. Cats have evolved to eat lots of small rodent-sized prey items a day, each prey item providing a small amount of energy. Cats are particularly sensitive to the high pitched frequencies used by small rodents for communication. Cats whiskers, or ‘vibrissae’, are highly mobile and sensitive to vibrations, helping them to detect prey. Cats have powerful, tightly controlled muscles and fast reflexes that allow them to move quickly and gracefully. Cats are skilled at running, jumping, climbing, and stealthily stalking prey. Normal cat behaviour and communication methods are often misunderstood by humans. Cats use a variety of sounds to communicate, including purrs, ‘meows’, trills, chirrups, growls, yowls, and hisses. Cats communicate visually using different body postures, facial expressions, ear and tail positions, as well as visual markers such as scratch marks or the deposition of faeces. Survival is a solitary affair for cats, they are self-reliant for food, shelter, grooming and territory defence. A cat's territory is an area that is defended, aggressively if required, by a cat against other cats. Cats use a range of methods to mark their territory, including scratching, spraying urine and depositing faeces Cats can be social but prefer to choose their own companions. Eating meat is important for cats, they cannot survive without the nutrients found in animal-derived materials. Compared to other carnivores, cats have fewer teeth. For example, the dog has 42 teeth, but the cat only has 30 and most of its teeth are adapted for eating meat. Cats are intelligent and need both mental and physical stimulation. Play is an important aspect for cats.
