If you have a pet cat at home that suckles you or licks you frequently, then do not be very happy by assuming that your cat loves you a lot. This behavior may mean something completely opposite to your thoughts. Here, we tell you about a few major reasons behind your cat’s licking habit.
There is increasing number of families keeping pets at their places. You might also be fond of a dog or cat that you have kept in your house. However, did you ever analyze why you gave shelter to this pet animal? Let us see why people develop a liking for keeping pets in their homes.
Dogs chasing their tails are a common sight and a time honored tradition as well. While normally they do so to avoid boredom emanating from inaction, there are a slew of other reasons that throw a better light on their inexplicable pastime.
Despite them being our most preferred pets for thousands of years, we still are unaware of the motives behind some seemingly weird behavioral traits and habits of our canine friends. The tendency to bury their bones is one such trait that dogs exhibit on a frequent basis. We normally get irritated or excited when we find them digging away. However, do we know why dogs do it?
Far from being a purely cosmetic feature, whiskers is a highly functional set of stiff hairs found on the sides of dogs’ muzzles, which lies embedded deeply into the skin. Each vibrissa has a high concentration of touch sensitive nerves at its base. Working as a device that detects anything near the face, whiskers helps dogs avoid any possible obstacles or objects in their way. Moreover, the protruded hairs protect dog’s face and eyes against damage from an approaching object.
All members of the cat family (known as Felidae) including domestic cats, tigers, leopards, lions, cheetahs, jaguars and panthers purr. Purring generally means a tonal buzzing, which alternates between pulmonic egressive and ingressive airstream (and can go on for minutes). While the bigger cats do so when breathing out, domestic cats purr when they inhale and exhale.
