Many cats wind up in shelters because the prior owners had
unrealistic expectations about the time, effort and money
involved in caring for pets. Do your homework before taking the
cat adoption plunge.read more Scientists recently experienced
the shock of their professional lives while doing fieldwork in
the Amazon forests of Brazil. They were recording some pied
tamarin monkeys vocalizing, when suddenly a wildcat appeared on
the scene, emitting calls identical to those of the monkeys. The
episode wound up being the first recorded instance of a wildcat
in the Americas mimicking the calls of its prey. But what could
this mean in terms of your less wild house kitty? Can your
domesticated cat copy other animals too? Cats Mimic Prey
Wildlife Conservation Society researcher Fabio Rohe, who worked
on the margay project, suspects all felines could have the
copycat ability. “Cats are known for their physical agility, but
this vocal manipulation of prey species indicates a physical
cunning which merits further study,”