A CURIOUS THING ABOUT GATS.

Cromwell Argus, Volume XXXVII, Issue 1987, 7 May 1906, Page 7

A CURIOUS THING ABOUT GATS.

A cat walks as though it had two feet, whereas the dog shows the ‘ doubling of the track at each step, j This is perfect trucking, and it is a great advantage to the animals that must hunt for a living, | There are several reasons why this is so, says Mr. K. F. Seton in the |•' Windsor. " The cat sneaking through the underbush after its ; prey must go in silence. It can see out of the corner of one eye where , to set down the front foot so as not to crush a dry stick or leaf, but it ; cannot watch its hind feet, i However it does not need to do j j so ; the hind feet are so well trained i | that they go exactly into tin,* safe f | j daces already chosen for i fie front •; feet, and thus the cat moves ii. per- ! feci silence. All wild animals that sneak after ! their prey do this; no do ibt the 1 dog did at one time. nist as the I wolf does to-day, but ho has lived so j long in town and walked so much 1 1 on side-walks that he lias forgotten j tin* proem- way, and so ns a heavynoisy walker in the woods. The cat i is little* changed in habit since it ! came to live with man. It is still a hunter, and walks as it ought.