Cats are one of the most loved pets along with dogs. This animal, which has many admirers as well as detractors, stands out as a territorial hunter specializing in small rodents. However, even if our cat is well fed and has no deficiencies, want to hunt be on top of everything. Today we reveal why this behavior.
“Although cats are well fed, the predatory behavior of their ancestral wildcat continues, because hunger and hunting instinct are known to be located in different parts of the brain and are regulated by different neurological controls,” says Isac. Mella Méndez and Rafael Flores Peredo in an article published in the Universidad Veracruzana.
Hunger and hunting instincts are located in different parts of the brain (Photo: Beyza Kaplan for Pexels)
For these reasons, cats are designed to activate their hunting sequence not only when they are hungry, but when they have the slightest opportunity to receive auditory and visual cues from potential prey.
The risks of letting our cat hunt freely
Although many think that cats hunt for fun and therefore do not eat their prey later, this is not the case. But allowing our animal to hunt freely can also bring some dangers that we should be aware of. And most of the prey that is wild and lives abroad, diseases or parasites (such as toxoplasmosis).
Free hunting can pose some dangers (Photo: Joost for Pexels)
In the case of a mouse, our cat can hunt a rodent it is toxic, which can cause serious clotting or bleeding problems. Cats can also be carriers of infectious diseases to humans.
Main photo | Luca Finardi
Photos | Beyza Kaplan, Joost
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