In daily life, cats, as human companion pets, are loved by many people. Depending on the environment in which cats belong, cats can be divided into three categories: pet domestic cats, stray domestic cats and feral cats.
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Although cats can be divided into three categories according to the environment, these three kinds of cats do not exist reproductive isolation, they can reproduce freely, and they can be relatively easy to transform, for example, domestic cats can become stray domestic cats, wild cats can also become domestic cats, etc. From body structure to habits, these cats are not much different.
So, how do feral cats that live in relatively harsh environments survive? Feral cats only do three things a day: rest, play and prey.
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Wildcats are the top hunters who are born to kill, and in the wild, they can prey prey that weighs more than five times more than themselves. If a small animal is caught by a wild cat, it will be preyed upon by a wild cat, and only a very few can escape, so some people describe the cat as a trumpet tiger, they are just as ferocious.
Even if prey escapes from the mouth of a feral cat, the feral cat's fangs and claws will cause damage to it, causing the wound to become infected and quickly die. Biologists also acknowledge that cats have been one of the most successfully evolved animals throughout the history of biological evolution.
It seems that every part of their bodies is for hunting, and the fangs, sharp claws, silent way of travel, super vision and hearing, keen insight and agile movements are all characteristics of top predators.
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Although cats can be used as pets, they are fundamentally different from dogs, and cats have never been tamed by humans. Feral cats, domestic cats and stray domestic cats are not much different. Cats have a special habit: over-catching. They don't stop hunting because they have enough food, they keep hunting, sometimes just for fun.
Once a Swedish biologist observed that although domestic cats live in a very good environment and do not lack food, if they see wild animals, they will not hesitate to hunt small animals. Compared with the cat food given by the owner, pet domestic cats prefer the wild animals they hunt.
The diet of feral cats is basically very close, of which various mammals account for four-fifths of the total diet, such as rabbits, mice, squirrels, etc., and the rest are various birds. When feral cats are sick or old, they also eat the carrion of various animals.
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In many countries, feral cats are called feline infestations, and hunters have even appeared who specialize in catching wildcats. While feral cats can control rodent populations, they also catch large numbers of birds and other creatures, disrupting the ecological balance.
Cats are very strong in breeding and can increase exponentially in just a few years. In the UK, there are nearly 10 million cats, of which 8 million are domestic cats, although they are domestic cats, they also catch nearly 280 million animals a year, while the remaining 2 million wild cats prey on four to five times as many wild animals as domestic cats.
In a closed, independent area like an island, the consequences of cats to other animals can be said to be devastating. For example, the Stephen Island heterophyll is a bird that has just been discovered and has become extinct, and the reason for its extinction is that the tower keepers brought a pregnant female cat to Stephen Island. Stephen Island heterophylls have been preyed upon by cats for more than a decade.
Scientists have determined that feral cats have personally caused the permanent extinction of 33 species, and another 142 species are associated with feral cats.
Wildcat hunters
Stephen Island Heterophyll
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The IQ of the cat is actually still debatable, and it is not as low as people think, there are scientists who put bells on the cat, because the sound of the bell will make the cat's predation success rate decrease, and later through observation, it was found that the cat actually learned to avoid making the bell sound when walking, which also proves that the cat is also constantly learning.
Between 7 months and about one year old, cats can breed, the pregnancy period of cats is about two months, and one litter can give birth to 3 to 7 kittens. Feral cats have a lower survival rate, with only one in ten kittens surviving to adulthood.
Wildcats are inherently bloodthirsty. Their food is preyed on their own, including a large number of birds, reptiles, mammals, rodents and other wild animals. So cats may also become hosts of parasites such as tapeworms, toxoplasma gondii, roundworms, ticks, etc.
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In the early 2000s, Hawaiian crows died en masse, leading to extinction, and scientists later discovered that the reason was that wild cats transmitted Toxoplasma to crows, leading to the extinction of crows on the island.
Wild cats carry many pathogenic bacteria, including rabies virus, canine microsporidium and tinea terrestris, etc. Humans and wild cats come into contact with or are scratched and bitten, and it is possible to infect cats with various diseases.
Seemingly cute wild cats, they are actually the top predators with the heart to kill. If you encounter wild cats in the wild, don't rush to approach them, they are warm on the outside, but have a cold heart. The picture comes from the Network, and the intrusion must be deleted.