How cats contribute to ecosystem?

Cats are one of the most loved animals kept as pet by human being. They are not only cute and attractive by their look, but also have an importance in nature as well. Researchers claim that cats have brought a huge decline in the population of birds and other small living creatures because they kill them for their food as prey. The risk of transferring allergen to home from cats through children's is also seen. Well, cats may have these slight negative impact on environment but when it comes to benefit we have to be thankful to cats.

According to scientific research on benefits of cats. When a cat is kept as pet by an individual it reduces the risk of depression, stress, anxiety and diabetes in that person due to their loving nature. Not only this, it was also found that a strong bonding between cats and children improves their mental health and reduces absentees in school. Cat helps the society maintaining the balance of ecosystem in number of ways.

Cats kill harmful animals

When cats were eliminated on Australian island, a huge population of rats were seen in that particular area. Rats are enemies to birds, their eggs and other small creatures, when the population of rats were high, a decline in population of birds were seen,which is not good for the food chain of nature.

Cats kill the weakest animals

eating weakest animals like birds or rodents doesn't mean they need these animals as their food or those animals don't have the ability to camouflage themselves. In fact, they don't kill them at all, they only take them to their mouth to make other prey population become stronger and best adept to their environment.

Cats help the other animals become smarter

Some animals which are mostly prey of cats learn that cat are dangerous to their survival, that's why they learn, cats should be avoided. They not only learn, but they also teach this lesson to their next generation, like this the whole population become smarter by avoiding cats, and live and reproduce more safely.

Cats help to maintain the balance of ecosystem

When the population of prey rises, it affects the natural balance of environment. When cats were eliminated from Australian island not only rats but the population of rabbit also raised which resulted in the decline in albatross habitat, because of rabbits grazing. By preying these overpopulated rabbits, cats help to maintain a stable ecosystem.

The cats are predators, maintaining the balance of the ecosystem. Predators kill prey that have a higher population in nature. By doing this, they make space for other animals that fill in the same ecological niche. Not only this, but cats also help in plants pollination ctsby spreading seeds, control insects population and also protect environment from other hazards.

Some Interesting facts about cats

The Cats are one of the cutest liked domestic animals worldwide. Cats are the animals which are kept as pet and loved by majority of people except a few. The Cats have some characteristics which makes them unique from other animals. Here I have discussed some interesting facts about cats which you were not aware before.

1. Cats look attractive due to their beautiful eyes. But do you know; the eyes of cats are as sharp as we can't imagine. Cats can see everything clearly at night, we can say that cats have night vision. But this ability is not for all cats, unfortunately, some cats can't see the things clearly, their vision is weak, due to this they can't differentiate between color. All colors look blue and green in their eyes.

2. Cats spend almost half of their day in sleeping. They can sleep 17 to 16 hours in a day. We can say that they spend 70% of their life in sleeping. A Cat never says meow to another cat. This word is only used for humans.

3. The body of a cat has 230 bones, like human have 206 bones. Cats have the ability to jump 5 to 6 percent higher from heights. This ability of cat is due to its flexible body.

4. The Cats can't eat sweet things, because they don't have the sweet taste buds on their tongue, due to which they can't detect the sweet taste if they eat any sweet thing. But the smelling power of cats is 14% higher than humans.

5. The cats have 5 toes on their front legs, but 4 toes on the back legs. Cat's body never sweat except the toes. Yes, the toes of cats only have sweat glands.

6. The cats have the ability to detect any vibration quickly. That's why it is believed that cats can detect any disaster and earthquake 10 to 15 minutes before and reache themselves to a save place.

7. Cats have a flexible body due to which, If a cat jump from a height of 60 to 70 meters, it will not get injured, because the body of cat is the ability to save itself from such injuries due to its body flexibility.

8. Cats never move their head while running, but other animals like dogs and humans do. All animals, like cats, use their tongue to clean the body. They do this activity daily to clean the body.

9. A Cat can give birth to minimum 4 to 6 and maximum 12 cats at a time. Cat is the second-largest domestic pet animal. The average lifespan of a cat is 12 to 15 years. A cat can live maximum 12 years.

10. The Cats can drink salty water easily as compare to other animals because their kidney has the ability to filter the salty while human and other animals lack this ability.