Why do cats like to knock down objects?

If you have a cat will already be accustomed to that he drop various objects for no apparent reason. However, this behavior has an answer: to knock down objects, cats are developing their survival instincts.

Cats, like humans, often feel the need to touch the objects stop the better understand. But why is that instead of simply touching objects, they feel compelled to throw them to the ground? According to Mikel Delgado, an expert on domestic cats, this behavior can be seen as a form of joke. However, the games of cats may not be as simple as they seem.

"The banter to animals are a way to practice and develop the tools they need to survive, like hunting, but usually a way overhyped," says Delgado, quoted by Dodo. "In a sense, the cats can therefore test how things work in the world â€" ' what happens if you touch this? That amount of force need to drop this? How fast it falls '? ". According to Delgado, the cats, in addition to the sensitive whiskers, also have sensitive coat on back of legs and many nerve endings in the feet, which transmit information to the brain under the "prey", which in this case are the objects.

Another possible explanation for the fact that cats drop objects is the attention. "Many cats drop objects from high places, especially during the night and early morning, to wake up the humans", indicates Delgado. "The attention given by humans reinforces this kind of behaviour in many cats, what makes them continue to drop the objects".

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