Many cat owners had similar experiences. Their cats would run outside to play, and when they were done, they would go home. However, they did not come back alone. In their mouths, they would also hold the carcasses of insects or small animals, such as dragonflies, butterflies, mice, and lizards. Then, they would place the carcasses at the feet of their owners as if they were asking for a reward.
Even if cats were kept indoors and never went out, their hunting instincts would not calm down. They would use all possible opportunities to hone their hunting skills, and then give their prey to their loving owners, such as cockroaches.
Even if there were no cockroaches in the house, careful cat owners would also find that after raising a cat, the number of mosquitoes in the house would be greatly reduced. This was because cats treated mosquitoes as practice targets. Cats would still run to their owners after catching mosquitoes, but because the mosquitoes were too small, the owners often did not notice.
No matter what kind of carcass it was, the owners would probably not be happy when they received it, especially girls. They would often be frightened by the bloody carcasses of mice and cockroaches, and they would scream and wonder if their cats were deliberately scaring them, and if they were too violent when they gave it a bath, causing it to take revenge on them …
When receiving these prey, the owners would often think that the cats were not full, and that was why they forced them to hunt. Then, they would earnestly teach them not to do so, and even beat them or punish them, warning them not to do it again.
In fact, this was really wrong for the cats.
When being punished and educated, the cats must be very confused. Why should they be punished for their kindness?
No one knew for sure what the cat was thinking when it did these things.
It was more likely that the cats did not treat humans as their owners at all, but as another very stupid cat, so stupid that it could not even catch mosquitoes and cockroaches, and humans needed to rely on it to raise them. They needed it to bring prey back and give it to humans, or else humans would starve to death.
A cat that would do this must have a very deep relationship with its owner, because in the eyes of cats, treating humans as another cat was a supreme honor for humans. Cats were solitary animals, but they were willing to share space with another stupid cat, and they were willing to take the responsibility of raising this stupid cat. This fully showed that although the cat was stupid, it was very liked by the cat.
Therefore, if a cat often gave the prey it caught to its owner, this was its true feelings. The owner should not be angry, let alone punish it. Otherwise, it would be confused and confused, not knowing what it had done wrong, and it would be very sad.
Assuming that the owner really didn't need the corpses of the rats and cockroaches for dinner, the correct thing to do was to throw the corpses of the rats and cockroaches outside in front of the cat, then open a bag of cat food and pretend to eat some. This was to show that although he was a stupid cat, he didn't need rats and cockroaches for food.
On the other hand, if your cat has never done such a thing, you need to reflect on your attitude and level of cat raising.
Zhang Zian explained the reason in detail to Gao Ke, making him realize that cats could really be hunting partners.
Not only Gao Ke, but Wei Kang and the other two graduate students were also listening with great interest, nodding continuously. Although they studied cats, they had their own specialties. They focused on the physiological characteristics and domestication of cats, not cat psychology. The most important thing was that none of them had personally raised a cat.
Gao Ke looked at Fina, then looked at Zhang Zian, and asked with an admiring expression, "I understand. Then this cat must have brought you a lot of prey, like rats and cockroaches?"
Zhang Zian was speechless.
"What's wrong?" Gao Ke noticed that Zhang Zian looked like he was constipated.
Although Zhang Zian was very clear about these theories, he sadly recalled that Fina had never brought him anything. Instead, it had taken diamonds and yuan from him …
This further proved that theory might not necessarily be applied to reality, and that people who sold cats might not necessarily be good at raising cats.
He forced a smile. "Of course, it has brought me a lot of things! This morning, it even brought me a dung beetle! "
This time, it was Gao Ke's turn to look like he was constipated. He could accept cockroaches and rats, but dung beetles …
Zhang Zian suddenly felt a chill behind him. Two piercing gazes seemed to be staring at his back, and he quickly added, "Dung beetle is just our local common name. Its official name in Egypt is scarab! It was said that when the ancient Egyptians saw the sun rising and setting tirelessly every day, they were very puzzled, wondering where the sun's movement came from. Then they saw dung … No, they saw scarabs pushing dung balls around, and their eyes suddenly lit up. Didn't these dung balls look like the sun? They were all round. So they decided that this sun was also being pushed around by a super huge scarab every day. Look at its forehead. Doesn't it look like there's a scarab pattern? "
The others' gazes once again focused on Fina's forehead. Indeed, they found that the pattern on its forehead looked like the scarab in the ancient Egyptian murals, and they all nodded.
Zhang Zian took a deep breath and continued, "So, we are going to Egypt now. It may be its hometown. It has the pattern of a scarab on its forehead, and in the morning, it brought a … scarab. I think this seems to be an indication of something! It's most likely some kind of auspicious sign, like a book in a fish's belly, a bonfire, a fox's cry, or a rooster's song. It's a sign that we'll definitely be victorious this time! Professor Wei, what do you think? "
Wei Kang was almost stunned by his words. After a while, he said tactfully, "Well … I think your thoughts are good, and your intentions are good. But we're in the field of science, and we think that science is the master of everything. It's better not to talk about these feudal superstitions."
Zhang Zian had just been talking nonsense driven by his desire to survive. Other than the legend of the scarab, there was nothing else that he had said. However, after listening to Wei Kang's words, he felt that Vladimir should be very satisfied. This middle-aged intellectual was not superstitious at all, so he should be able to win some of its favor.
In addition, the chill behind him finally disappeared, and so did the piercing gaze.
Gao Ke noticed his expression and reminded him, "Are you not feeling well anywhere? Look at how sweaty your forehead is. "
"I'm fine, I'm fine." Zhang Zian was glad that he had survived. He wiped his sweat and smiled. "There's a lot of luggage, so I was a little tired and sweaty just now. It's no big deal."
This explanation was very far-fetched, but their attention was focused on Fina. They were thinking about the habits of cats that Zhang Zian had just told them, so they didn't think much of it.
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