HISTORY OF CAT and habits

HISTORY OF CAT and habits

For the friends who love cats will want to know these animals more closely is not it? In addition to the village cats too many cats are deliberately bred today, such as angora and persian cats. For those of you who want to know the history of cats and habits please read the article below.
Cats have a long history as the history of mankind. The earliest records of attempts at domestication cat is about 4000 BC in Egypt, when the cats are used to keep the grocery store of rat attacks. However, recently in a meal at Shillourokambos, Cyprus, years 7500 BC, found a cat skeleton buried with humans. Because mice are not native to Cyprus, this suggests that at least at that time, there have been attempts at domestication cat. Cat skeleton found in Cyprus is similar to the species of wild cats who were the ancestors of domestic cats today.
One more historical note, a bronze mask used in the cemetery of cats in ancient Egyptian mummies.In the 1800's discovered a grave, or rather "site" contained 300,000 mummified cats in the state is still intact, which indicates the first cat was a special animal. Ancient Egyptians regarded cats as an incarnation of Goddess BAST, also known as Bastet or Thet. Penalties for killing a cat is dead, and if there is a dead cat sometimes mummified just as humans.

In medieval times, cats are often considered to be associated with witches and are often killed by fire or thrown from a high place. Some historians argue that superstitions like these that caused the Black Death plague spread rapidly. Black Death is estimated to be a plague in Europe in the 14th century. The rapid spread of this outbreak led to many people at that time believed that Satan who causes the disease. Pope's statement said that cats that roam about freely has been allied with the devil. Because of this statement, many cats were killed in Europe at that time. The decrease in the cat population led to the increasing number of rats, animal carriers of bubonic plague is real.In Islamic law, Muslims are commanded not to hurt or even kill a cat, based on the hadeeth narrated by Imam Muslim from the story of Abdullah ibn Umar and Abu Hurairah.Legal to sell and buy cats in Islamic law is based on the proposition unlawful hadith of the Prophet Muhammad and the rules of fiqh (al-qawa'id al-kulliyah). Theorem hadith Muhammad, narrated from Jabir ibn Abdillah companions that the Prophet has forbidden eating cats and also forbids eating cat price. Hadith Muhammad was a proposition haraam to eat cats and cats buy and sell. So Muslims are forbidden to trade the cat as they are forbidden to eat cat meat.

Cat HabitsGenerally all cat ears erect. Unlike in dogs, cats with folded ears is very rarely found.Scottish Fold type is one type of cat with a rare genetic mutation. When angry or frightened, a cat's ear leaves of this type would be bent backwards while the cat is growling or hissing noises. When listening to a sound, cat ears will move toward the sound source; cat ears can lead forward, sideways, even though looking back.Cats, including a clean animal. They often take care of themselves by licking their hair. Saliva or saliva they are strong cleaning agents, but can trigger allergies in humans. Sometimes a cat vomit hairball or curler collected in their stomachs.Cats conserve energy by sleeping more often than other animals. Old cats sleep varies between 12-16 hours per day, with an average 13-14 hours. But it is not rare cat who slept for 20 hours in one day.Cats always have a way to attract our attention and cats can not be separated from human life. Besides dogs, some cats can have a loyal nature (although rarely) against her employer who really care. In addition to its pursuer instinct, cats can hunt mice without eating, accompanied his master and seemed devoted to his master.