Sunday, September 9, 2012

about cat


Despite being solitary hunters, cats are a social species, and cat communication includes the use of a variety of vocalizations (meowingpurringtrilling, hissing, growling and grunting) as well as pheromones and types ofcat-specific body language.
Cats have a rapid breeding rate. Under controlled breeding, they can be bred and shown as registeredpedigree pets, a hobby known as cat fancy. Failure to control the breeding of pet cats by spaying and neutering and the abandonment of former household pets has resulted in large numbers of feral catsworldwide, with a population of up to 60 million of these animals in the United States alone, while in Japan they are caught and disposed of.
Since cats were cult animals in ancient Egypt, they were commonly believed to have been domesticated there but there may have been instances of domestication as early as the NeolithicA genetic study in 2007 revealed that all domestic cats are descended from as few as five female African wildcats (Felis silvestris lybica) c. 8000 BCE, in the Middle East.] Cats are currently the most popular pet in the world, and now found almost everywhere in the world where people live.

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