• Question: Why do all cats try to teach their owner to hunt by bringing in dead animals?

    Asked by Maddie.C to Alex, Ali, Kerry, Philip, Theo on 17 Nov 2014.
    • Photo: Alex Pool

      Alex Pool answered on 17 Nov 2014:

      Cats are natural hunters, as an animal in the wild they would catch birds and mice as they eat meat and are predators. Whilst we’ve domesticated them as pets, they still have that natural instinct to catch things.

    • Photo: Philip Ratcliffe

      Philip Ratcliffe answered on 17 Nov 2014:

      I never thought they were trying to teach us anything (I grew up with two cats); it seemed more like they were trying to show us how clever they were – they were more like trophies.

    • Photo: Alison Thomson

      Alison Thomson answered on 19 Nov 2014:

      They notice that you don’t hunt, and they don’t want you to starve! That’s why they’re always bringing you dead mice – they’e for you to eat!!

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