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What do cats see when they look at 2D, still images?
My cat doesn't like other cats. She doesn't really like anyone that isn't part of our family. So when she sees other cats she will aggressively try and chase them out of her area. She will also do the ...
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What did (domestic) cats evolve from?
I have received this question during a recent discussion about pet birds and cats. We know that birds evolved from the dinosaurs before the mass extinction that happened about 66 million years ago.
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Do cats ingest everything that they lick off themselves during grooming?
Cats are well-known for licking themselves clean, but what happens to all the loose hair and sand and mud and wet substances that they lick off themselves? Do they ingest everything? Do they cough up ...
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Why do many humans, including myself, find cats so cute? [closed]
After all, they are descendants of big, dangerous lions and other wild cats, which doubtlessly have eaten many humans in the past, and probably continue to do so in some places even today.
Yet we for ...
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Why do cats meow but lions and tigers roar?
So as far as I know the cat animals are related to each other by evolution. (Please correct me on this if I am wrong?)
How come the big cats; lions, tigers et.c. roar but smaller cats like house ...
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What is the mechanism behind cats' geolocating homing behavior?
Some cats, which are separated from their home, have the ability to travel back to their original home - even over long distances and land that they haven't encountered before. E.g., see the Time ...
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Why are cats attracted to catnip?
According to wikipedia, the active substance is nepetalactone ($\ce{C_{10}H_{14}O_{2}}$) which has weak sedative, antispasmodic, febrifuge, and antibacterial effects in humans. Why are cats so fond of ...
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