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How male cats compete for female cats

35% of male cats die in breeding wars

By CEAPublished 2 years ago 4 min read
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How male cats compete for female cats
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Male cats have long been regarded as "a bit of a scum" animal.

Male cats are not responsible for raising young cats, male cats and female cats will generally have a 2-week "cat marriage", after which the male cat and female cats may be "the end of the road is the cat".

But with new information, zoologists observed the "love war" of 2,350 male cats and came to a conclusion: male cats are quite heartfelt when it comes to chasing female cats.

In a two-year observation experiment conducted by Cat-Res scientists, the scientists came up with an interesting set of data.

Percentage of cats that have started male catfights because of fighting over female cats: 86%

Percentage of male cats injured in fights over females: 67%

The percentage of male cats bitten to death or injured in a fight over a female cat: 35%

Through this experiment, zoologists found that male cats are animals that can give their lives to their female cats.

The love war of cats is indeed cruel.

But zoologists soon found that the male cats' "love war" was not pure.

For female cats that are not capable of reproduction, male cats will not fight for them.

In the previous year, the male cat fought for the female cat (zoologists implanted markers), when the female cat accidentally lost the ability to reproduce, the male cat encountered this female cat in the new year, but will not take care of it.

The male cat's war of love can be interpreted as a war of cat reproduction.

But here comes the biggest irony: the female cat can be pregnant with three male children at the same time.

Zoologists continue to study, then found that the most intelligent of the cats may be the female cat.

The female cat, obtained from a male cat's bloody battle, can conceive the children of three different males at the same time. Some studies have shown that female cats can even choose "which male cat's children they give birth to more".

Another set of observations by Cat-Res shows that female cats seem to be able to select their "preferred male".

Not all of the male cats preferred by the female cats were winners in the male catfights.

In other words, some male cats have fought and died with all their strength and blood, and they think they have got the female cat, but in fact, they have.

Some male cats, indeed, died in vain.

Long-term human research has overlooked a huge truth: cats are essentially "matriarchal" animals!

In the 20th century, zoologists tried to restore the "family" structure and reproduction system of cats.

But with the immaturity of genetic testing technology, many zoologists could not understand how a female cat could give birth to kittens of completely different colors.

Zoologists at that time also could not understand why the most capable male cats in the region did not have the highest survival rate of the next generation.

It was not until the 21st century that people finally realized that in the world of cats, it is the mother who makes the decisions.

The mother cat alone raises her young, and different mothers educate their young males differently.

Different mothers raise different males. The most obvious sign of these young cats is not the color of their father's coat, but the hunting and fighting skills taught by their mother.

Cats, in the end, are "matriarchal" animals.

The male cat fights for half a day, but in the end the female cat chooses the male cat.

Scientists have observed that female cats will even be in a hidden place, to sneak to see the male cat who lost the battle.

The cat society, it turns out, is a female cat in the decision towards.

These male cats foolishly fight and try to seize the right to reproduce, but they do not know that the female cats have long been in the mind and know which male they choose, the mother cat is the big brother behind the cat family.

This pattern, however, eventually led to the birth of some peculiar male cats.

There are different proportions of female cats that are pregnant with three male children. In different regions of different breeds of cats, the percentage varies, but overall it is approximately distributed as 45%, 35%, 20%.

The odd male cat, on the other hand, is very clever to go for only that 35%.

So how do female cats allocate these three percentages?

The female cat allocates 45% to the male cat of her choice.

20% is allocated to the regional leader male cat or the powerful male cat.

And 35% is allocated randomly.

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In other words, there may be several cats who want the 35%, but it is up to the cat's luck as to which one it is.

These peculiar male cats do not even go to the breeding war. Instead, they concentrate on waiting for this 35% chance.

These male cats have not even, in their entire lives, fought for reproduction.

In other words, these male cats reproduce through unproductive means. As to whether they can successfully reproduce, these male cats rely entirely on their luck.

The cat of cats, brush face cats.

I can only say that the world of cats, is very deep.

The "wisdom" of some cats is even breathtaking.

To reproduce the war, male cats bleeding fighting, female cats deep observation the situation to make a choice, there are some lazy cats leisurely watching everything, and then happy with the optimism of trying to go to the female cat ......

These cats will not shed a drop of blood for the reproduction war in their lifetime.

Yet they have successfully reproduced offspring.

Perhaps there can be a little enlightenment on life?

Such as this optimistic mindset?

Or to prevent these types of "cats" from getting something for nothing?

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