When a cat sees a mouse, it runs away. This is because the cat has never seen a mouse before, or because the mouse is too big, so it is frightened.
First: Maybe mice are generally larger. Cats have never seen mice since they were young, and they are timid. They are afraid of unknown objects, so they were frightened. Second: It may be that due to poor emotional prevention, the mouse's movements feel threatening to it, so it runs away. Third: It may be because mice are too dirty, and cats are generally clean-loving and worry about mice dirtying themselves.
First, let’s understand the difference between innate behavior and learned behavior. Innate behavior of animals refers to things that animals will do when they are born, while learned behaviors require the animal to learn and learn them afterward. Become complete through inspection, trial and error. For example, mammals know how to ask for milk from their mothers as soon as they are born. This is their nature. Acquiring behavior takes time and experience. For example, if the owner feeds the cat at 7 o'clock in the evening every day, the cat will understand that 7 o'clock in the evening is meal time. This is not a self-imposed biological clock in the body.
However, are there clear boundaries between all instinctive behaviors and learned behaviors? For cats, hunting is one example. Some people think that it is natural for cats to catch mice, but they cannot explain why some cats do not catch mice and even become best friends with mice. To find out why, a professor of experimental psychology conducted a 20-year experiment. He raised some kittens, one group lived with the cat mother, and the other group was completely raised by humans. The final result is that kittens raised by cat mothers grow up to be very good hunters, while cats raised by humans often ignore the existence of mice, which they regard as compliments rather than prey.
The final conclusion from this experiment is that a cat’s attitude toward mice, whether it is hunting, liking, hating, fearing, or being able to play with mice, all depends on the cat’s past life experience.
Not all cats can catch mice, so pay attention to the time of raising them.
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