what are the superstitions associated with the animal discussed above?
One of them is that a black cat "crossing one's path" leads to bad luck.
Cat
 An example would be the belief that a black cat "crossing one's path" leads to bad luck, or that cats are witches' familiars used to augment a witch's powers and skills. 
where did the term 9 lives come from It is a myth in many cultures, cats have multiple lives as they exhibit the natural suppleness and swiftness to escape life-threatening situations. how are they classified? The domestic cat is regarded as a distinct species, "Felis catus". can they see in darkness? Yes, they have excellent night vision. what helps them do so? This is partly the result of cat eyes having a tapetum lucidum. what is it? It is a layer of tissue in the eye of many vertebrates. is it used by humans? Humans use scanning for reflected eyeshine to detect and identify the species of animals in the dark, and deploying trained search dogs and search horses at night. is there any artificial form of it? Yes, manufactured retroreflectors modeled after a tapetum lucidum are described in numerous patents and today have many uses. what are their uses on road? When the headlights of a car illuminate a retroreflective surface, the reflected light is directed towards the car and its driver. does it have any uses in sea transports? Yes, retroflective tape is used. has it been used on any other planet? Yes, on Mars. what was its use there? A similar device, the Laser Retroreflector Array (LaRA), has been incorporated in the Mars "Perseverance" rover.
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Cat [SEP] Superstitions and rituals
Many cultures have negative superstitions about cats. An example would be the belief that a black cat "crossing one's path" leads to bad luck, or that cats are witches' familiars used to augment a witch's powers and skills. The killing of cats in Medieval Ypres, Belgium, is commemorated in the innocuous present-day Kattenstoet (cat parade). In medieval France, cats would be burnt alive as a form of entertainment. According to Norman Davies, the assembled people "shrieked with laughter as the animals, howling with pain, were singed, roasted, and finally carbonized". James Frazer wrote that "It was the custom to burn a basket, barrel, or sack full of live cats, which was hung from a tall mast in the midst of the bonfire; sometimes a fox was burned.