Showing posts with label Cats. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cats. Show all posts

Monday, November 7, 2011

A single CAT killed all mice in a Mexican island!



The Angel Island mouse is a species of rodent that was found on the Mexican island of Ángel de la Guarda, and its nearby islands. Scientists believe that the species is probably extinct due to feral cats killing them off in those islands. 

However, it is believed that the entire population of an islet to the south of Ángel de la Guarda was killed off by ONE cat that was present in the island between 1998 and 1999! 

Cats meow to communicate with humans, not with each other!





Kittens meow to their mothers to request something. When they grow up and become adults they do not meow to each other anymore! Scientists believe that the reason adult cats meow is an extension of their baby behavior and that the cat is trying to communicate a need to it's owner!
Adult cats use many other methods to communicate. They use hissing, purring and growling with their vocal cords. However, a lot of their communication is with body language; for example, they arch their backs to signify fear or aggression. The positioning of their tail usually expresses their level of happiness: the higher up it's held, the happier the cat is. Finally, cats also use scent to communicate! They pee on their territory and they rub off against people and objects to imprint their scent onto them to communicate to other cats that those things are theirs!