cat
Cats have always been a creature that seems to have an innate temperament and mystery, it is different from dogs, for dogs, as long as you give it some benefit, it will feel that you are so kind, just like God, but cats do not think so, you are good to it, it will feel more and more that it is God, this is the difference between cats and dogs, since ancient times dogs have always appeared as a loyal subject, and cats give people a variety of impressions.
Cats often lie out at night, and walk quietly, usually very cold, not as happy as dogs, like sand sculptures sticking out their tongues to please others, these features add a sense of mystery to cats, folklore "cats have nine lives", for an ordinary carbon-based creature, life is only once, only the length of life, and there is no number of times to speak of, how can it have nine lives? Where does this claim come from?
Witches and cats
About the "cat has nine lives" this statement, in fact, from the European witch culture, legend that these magic or witch people have their own elves, they will appear in various forms, such as owls, crows or cats, in Harry Potter, there are similar creatures as magicians of the elf appeared, in the late Middle Ages, the Holy See in order to maintain its own regime, the witches carried out a bloody massacre, with the hunt for witches began, the status of cats can be described as a day worse than a day, and finally fell to the bottom.
Later, even began to popularize cat abuse, such as stripping a cat's fur, or pouring gasoline on the cat, and then igniting, in the cheers of the people, the poor cat was slowly tortured to death, why torture the cat like this? In fact, there is a saying, at that time people thought that cats were possessed by demons, it was difficult to kill, even if the cat died, it would also be reborn because of the possession of demons, thus evolving the "cat has nine lives" this statement, only the cat is slowly tortured to death, let it reach the extreme of pain, this time the demon will disappear, so everyone began to abuse the cat, of course, this is just a superstitious practice, people at that time vented their hatred for witches on the cat.
In the 14th century, the Black Death broke out in Europe because of the disappearance of cats, which led to an increase in the number of rats, and the Black Death was caused by rats.
Why do people believe that cats have nine lives? In fact, this kind of thinking is also passed down from ancient times to the present, people at that time were ignorant of their thoughts, such as seeing cats fall from a height of more than ten meters but unharmed, they thought that cats had many lives, and the ancients lacked scientific knowledge, it was easy to associate many things with ghosts and gods, which made "cats have nine lives" more deeply rooted in people's hearts.
The more scientific explanation is that the cat's physical fitness is very strong, they are natural hunters, their sense of smell and touch and other perceptions are super first-class, and after the injury, its body's self-healing ability is very strong, in addition, its jumping ability is also very good, can easily jump over the two-meter-high wall, and fall from a height of twenty or thirty meters will not be killed, which also makes the "cat has nine lives" This statement is more credible, and its strong physical quality increases the credibility of this statement.
In fact, cats really only have one life, whether it is high or cold or funny, athletic or clumsy, it is certain that they are normal creatures, the so-called "cat has nine lives" is just a superstitious legend. Scientific research has shown that without the care of the shoveler, a stray cat will live about three to four years, and here, may every cat be able to spend its only cat life happily and safely.