Animal Kingdom : Cat

Cat or Felis (called in Latin), are carnivorous or meat-eaters. The word “cat” is said to represent an animal that has been domesticated. However, cats actually can be a tiger, lion, and cheetah which are a kind of wild animal.

A home cat which is quite familiar, is a mammal that has four legs, a tail, two pointy ears, and bushy hair. The feet have the sharp claws. You must be careful when holding the leg of a cat, because the claws are so powerful and can hurt both your hands and body.

Cat’s tail is used as a tool to communicate and to maintain the body balance. Two pointy cat ears have very good hearing. Cats even have a hearing performance two times than dogs and seven times better than human.

One thing that you should not forget is the cat’s moustaches. Cats have moustaches whose function is to detect preys in the dark. It is also used to know their emotions.

Cat as the most popular pet in the world has a weight between 2.5 to 7 kilograms. Only a few cats that are able to weigh up to 10 kilograms. However, if fed in excess, you can see that the cat has a weight up to 23 pounds.

They can live up to 15-20 years. However, we now see that a cat only just able to live up to the age of 3-4 years. Meanwhile, they called as the sleeping animal. Cats can spend up to 16 hours every day only for sleeping. In addition to sleep, their another habit is licking their body in order to cleanse the body of impurities.

In Indonesia, we usually find some kind of cats including domestic cats, Persian, Angora, Himalayan, Maine Coon, and Bengal Cats.