"Most animals need to be more alert than humans. No
animal can afford to be inattentive if it is to evade
predators, and predators themselves survive by outwitting their prey. Among domestic animals, the
cat is most reliant upon alertness, inheriting from its ancestor the quick wits and instant reflexes that characterize the wild
cat. Even the
dog, the only other carnivore widely kept as a pet, seldom maintains quite the same razor-sharp alertness; its forte is stamina, plus cooperation with its fellows, canine and human.
The cat's combination of caution, agility and swift reaction to emergency has become part of our folklore.
The myth prevails that, if there is a way of surviving, the cat somehow will find it whenever its life is threatened."
Article source: Reader's Digest Why In The World
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