LOPEZ,+ANGELINA+B

=CATS= =ANGELINA LOPEZ= =PERIOD 1= ! = = =Table of Contents= 1.............INTRO 2..............CATS EARS 3..............CATS MOUTH 4.............CATS SIZE 5.............CATS SENSES 6............CATS SKELETON 7............CATS HABITAT 8............CATS FEEDING AND DIETING 9............CATS FIGHTING 10.........CATS PLAY 11..........BIBLIOGRAPHY =__PAGE 1 INTRO__= Cats ears have there own individual bone to hear.The cats have very very strong teeth to tear their food or any sort of meat.Most cats have a wight of 2.5 and 7kg but some other kinds of cats like the Maine Coon can weigh 11.3 kg. The cats senses are made for hunting.The cats skeleton has 7 cervical vertebrae like almost all of cats when fighting make themselves more impressive and threatning. the mammals. The cats habitat they either live in Australia and in the jungle and in the homes of people.Cats are carnivores because their a geared toward efficient processing of meat.When cats fight against each other they combat for self-defence fighting cats make themselves more impressive and more threatning when they raise their fur up. Domestic cats, especially young kittens, are known for their love of play.

//__PAGE 2 CATS EARS__// A cat can move each ear by it's self of the the other cats.A cat can have it's body one way and can have his or hers ears in a diffrent direction.Mostly cats can only point their ears strait up.But dogs flappy eared dogs are very rare.When a cat is scared or angry it will throw or lay it's ears back to growl or hiss.And cats lay their ears back when they are playing with yarn,humans,or with other cats.Also the angle of the cats ears depends on their mood.

//__PAGE 3 CATS MOUTHS__// Cats have speacial teeth just for tearing meat nd other things.The premolar and first molar together compose the carnassial pair on each side of the mouth.Wich meat tears quickly like a pair of scissors.The cats tongue has sharp spines on it useful for retaining and ripping flesh from a carcass.Cats own comminucating by their body language nd they also meow,grunting,hissing,growling,pureing, and squeaking.

//__PAGE 4 CATS SIZE__// Cats are the sizes between 2.5 and 7kg how ever some other cats such as the cat Maine Coon can exceed 11.3 kg. But some has reached the weight of 23kg is caused by over feeding the cat.

//__PAGE 5 CATS SENSES__// Cats senses are made for hunting.Cats have realy good hearing,taste,touch,and eyesight.The cats niht vision great to humans but their daylight vision great also.Cats and humans have the same hearing but cats can hear higher louder sounds.A domistic cats smell is about fourteen times as stronger as a humans sense of smell.

//__PAGE 6 CATS SKELOTON__// Cats have 7 cervical vertabrea like almost all mammals.They also have 13 thoracic vertabrea but humans have 12.Cats also have 7 lumber vertabrea humans also have 5 ummmm they also have 3 sacral vertabrea like all mammals.Well humans have because of out posture. And Manx cats dont have 22 or 23 caudual vertabrea.The extra bones in the cats body is used for their flexability compared with the humans. The caudal vertabrea forms the tail its used by the cats because thats what give the tail movement for it to be very quickly.And cats have free bones that float around which allows them to pass their body through any space into which they can fit their head. //__AGE 7 CATS HABITAT__// Cats habitat is either in Australlia and Antartica most wildcats are to all contents.In North Africa their are small wildcats.Some cats live in the desert were it is hot.Also cats can live in the house wich is a house cat.Indoor cats live 14 to 20 years but studies show the the oldest indoor cat lived to the age of 36.Domesticated cats tend to live longer if they are not permitted to go outdoors for the safty.So for the safty of cats a cats habitat cats are best to be a indoors cat.

//__PAGE 8 CATS FEEDING AND DIETING__// Cats most likely to eat meat because they are carnivores.And if a cats lacks the eating of meat its hard for them to digest plant matters. The trait severely limits the cat's ability properly to digest, metabolize, and absorb plant-derived nutrients, as well as certain fatty acids. Okay for example taurtine is a scarce in plant but abundant in meats.Meat is a key that it helps the eye.If a cat dosent eat meat it can cause the cat to get blind.Even thogh the cats meat isnt orianted it is still common to cats that carnivores diet is a small amount of grass,shrubs,and houseplants,or any other plant dosent realy matter.

//__PAGE 9 CATS FIGHTING__// Cats fihting when they fight againstanother cat its self defence.Cats to make themselves more impressive and threatning by raiseing their fur and arching their backs wich increases their back to arch higher.Cats will also behave themselves this way when they play with humans or cats.Sometimes when cats fight it slaps to the face and to the body with all for paws with biteing and damages to the rear.When a cat stops fight one cat always runs away with more than a couple of scratches.

//__PAGE 10 CATS PLAY__// When cats play like young kittens they are the most playful animals.This behaviour mimics hunting and is important in helping kittens learn to stalk, capture and kill prey.Most cats can not resited a piece of srting just dangling around they would have to play with it lik they were playing with one f their owns.If a cat eats the string it can be stuck in the animals stomach wich is not good to the digestive system it can cause death for the cat.A regular flashlight with a well-focussed light spot has been commonly used in such play for decades, preceding the availability of consumer laser pointers.