In many legends, cats have mysterious powers, so many people think that cats are mysterious and even awe-inspiring. In fact, this is just because people don't understand the reasons for some of the cat's behavior in the past, so there are many legends. In fact, many of the mystical things that have been preached can be explained by science.
1. The cat's yin and yang eyes are widely publicized
1. Pigment deficiency defects
In fact, yin and yang eyes are a kind of white child, so it should only occur in the white child. on the cat. Generally speaking, the iris in the eyeball will have pigments to show its color, and different breeds cats will have different colors.
White seeds are a congenital defect of lack of pigment, and the iris without pigment will appear light blue.
2. The condition of yin and yang eyes
For example, a purebred Persian cat has an orange-red iris, and if a white Persian has semi-albinism (Half of the Baizi gene), will have one orange-red and one light blue, forming the so-called yin and yang eyes.
If it is completely white, both eyes will appear light blue, such a complete defect will lead to the defect of the inner ear, which is deafness.
3. Poor eyesight
The pigment of the iris can protect the eyes from light and ultraviolet rays, so white cats with albinism will of course be very sensitive to light and ultraviolet rays. Eyesight will also be worse than normal cats.
2. Kittens can't distinguish colors
1. Poor daytime vision
In fact, cats' vision in the daytime is much worse than that of humans, but because cats have The extraordinary ability to collect light, coupled with high-performance hearing and amazing concentration, so cats can see in the dark, and it can even be said that the darker the light, the better the cat can see.
2. Cats don't care about color
Many scientists believe that cats can only see blue and green, but cats don't care about colors. Binocular vision is very important for hunting animals like cats. Because it must be able to accurately judge the mileage in order to calculate the distance to the hunting target.
3. Overlapping range of visual fields
When the visual fields of the two eyes overlap, a stereoscopic visual effect can be produced. The larger the overlapping range, the stronger and more accurate the stereoscopic effect will be. . The ability of cats to judge distance is worse than that of humans and better than that of dogs.
The overlapping field of view of the human eye is much larger than that of the cat's eye, and that of the dog's eye is smaller than that of the cat's eye.
3. pets why cats like cat grass
1. Definition of cat grass in a broad sense
Broadly speaking, as long as it is a cat Grasses that are willing to eat and are non-toxic are qualified as cat grass. Since cats are complete carnivores, there must be a reason when they eat grass.
2. Biological self-treatment
When cats feel sick to their stomachs, especially when hairs accumulate in their stomachs, they will want to gnaw on the tips of grasses and eat them. The grass tips will stimulate the gastric mucosa and cause vomiting, so that the hair can be spit out smoothly and make the stomach more comfortable.
This condition is known as biological self-healing.
3. Hairballs can cause constipation
Hairballs can cause constipation. Cat grass fiber helps relieve constipation, but it is not recommended to prevent or relieve hairballs in this way. Because of long-term chronic vomiting, gastric acid will continuously erode the esophagus, which will then lead to esophagitis and esophageal stricture.
To prevent or solve hairball disease is to brush more frequently, reduce the amount of hair licked by the cat, and then use hair removal cream.
4. Mu Tianliao will make the cat crazy
1. The cat will be crazy about it
In fact, in nature, it will make animals fluttering. It is almost something related to sex, and Mutianliao contains a special composition and smell in the urine of a female cat when it is in heat, so when a sexually mature cat smells it, it will naturally be excited.
2. Relieve anxiety
Because Mutian has such characteristics, it is widely used in cats' life, it can attract cats to specific scratching boards Grinding claws, so that traveling cats can relieve anxiety, and make cats interested in specific toys, etc.
But if the cat is already in estrus, the use of Mutianliao will make the cat's symptoms more serious.
5. Lost about the cat's beard
1. Trimming the cat's beard
The cat's beard is like a radar, has a good sense of touch, and is very sensitive to the vibration of the air , and the length of the cat's beard is approximately equal to the radius of the body, which can prevent the cat from colliding with obstacles when the cat runs rapidly in a space full of obstacles.
Especially in dark environments, the function of the beard is even more important.
2. I'm not used to cutting beards
If I cut the beard off, will the cat bump into things? That's not necessarily true, because other hairs on the cat's body also have tactile functions , so the impact is not too big, but the cat may not be used to it.
6. Why there are no cats in the zodiac
1. Desert cats come slowly
Chinese cats come from desert cats in India. Because of its late arrival, in the 12 zodiac signs implemented in my country in the Han Dynasty, cattle, tigers, rabbits, dragons, snakes, sheep... and even mice occupy a seat, but there is no cat, so it has not been found for thousands of years. to a human cat.
2. Wu Zetian destroyed his top
Xiao Shufei once scolds Awu the goblin... May I be born a cat, Awu a rat, and strangle his throat. Wu Zetian forbids his spells and strictly forbids keeping cats in the palace, so that he is involved in the mass killing of cats by the people.
3. Buddhists forbid killing
The influential Buddhists in China also forbid keeping cats in Buddhist temples, because the first precept of Buddhism is to abstain from killing, and cats are precisely the Famous killer, so the cat was snubbed.
4. The high status of cats
The medieval church that ruled Europe at that time swept away everything from the eastern peoples, and it is time to turn its resentment on the esteemed animals of the East The most deified cat became a criminal and was listed as the target of sweeping.
5. Wednesday Execution Day
There is a so-called cat Wednesday in the Netherlands, which is the day when a large number of cats are executed; Flanders (place name) commemorates this Wednesday , and also dropped a large number of cats from the tower to their death.
Cat Wednesday, there are many kinds of punishment for cats, such as burning, burying alive, strangling, and the methods are outrageous!
Some unusual places are not mysterious Strength, some will be due to some defects of the cat itself. With the development of science, we have figured out the real reasons for these conditions, and we must treat cats with a normal heart.