Why do cats hiss?

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What could be more intimidating than sounding like one of the world's most fearsome animals – the snake. The sound your cat makes – as well as its grimace – resembles that of a snake right before it strikes. And the message is clear: This is a warning, and any further threatening behavior toward me is at your peril.

When your cat hisses, it is a defensive act; in fact, it's an evolutionary strategy of deception based on mimicry, and occurs when one species of animal looks like or behaves like another one. Mimicry is fairly common in the animal kingdom.

When your cat hisses, it is a defensive act; in fact, it's an evolutionary strategy of deception based on mimicry, and occurs when one species of animal looks like or behaves like another one. Mimicry is fairly common in the animal kingdom. For example, when burrowing owls are cornered, they produce a defensive hiss that mimics the rattle of a rattlesnake.

Non-poisonous viceroy butterflies mimic the poisonous monarch butterfly in color, and as a result birds do not to eat them. And a beetle called the "locust borer" mimics the sound of a bee when picked up. When your cat hisses at another cat, don't be too eager to intervene.

Not only is hissing a defensive strategy; it is also a manner of communicating to establish house rules. A kitten may playfully pounce on an older cat, who will then hiss. Usually the kitten gets the point – that this older cat is not to be messed with.

Your cat may also display this threatening behavior toward you. When your kitty hisses at you, it's best to ignore the behavior and walk away. Your pet will soon learn that this verbal display will get him no attention at all and should be saved for really threatening circumstances – not just silly old you.

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Sometimes when your indoor cat watches "prey" like birds or a squirrel through a window, or sometimes even on television, he makes a chattering sound. Why Do Cats Arch Their Backs? Cats are able to arch their backs because their spines contain nearly 60 vertebrae, twice what humans have.

But why do they do it? Why Do Cats Make a Funny Face? You may occasionally notice your cat making a strange face: a lip-curling grimace with the mouth half open, a wrinkled nose, raised chin and a gaping tongue, usually accompanied by a hypnotic stare.

Although cats have a reputation for being sublimely independent, there are times and situations when they can and do interact with others of their own kind, as well us humans, in a social way. Why Do Cats Purr? When your cat climbs into your lap, tucks in his paws under himself, and begins to purr, all is right in his world.

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