It's instinct but what evolutionary advantage does having this instinct provide the cat? Does it help the cat build up momentum like a pitcher winding up? Or is it just nervous energy?
2006-08-12 14:21:43 · 13 answers · asked by Professor Armitage 7 in Pets ➔ Cats
Yes, the baseball windup - they are positioning their hind legs underneath them to give themselves the maximum "spring" when they pounce - notice how cats fight with their hind legs giving them all the power and their front legs just holding the "prey" (usually my hand or foot in the case of my cat) in place? I think that's the situation with the wiggle - it is the final positioning of their hind legs for maximum pounce power!
2006-08-12 14:28:00 · answer #1 · answered by sweetpea 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yeah, i could pass with the actual rationalization, my cat does it many times exterior whilst he's approximately to pounce on some thing. It sounds like an athlete getting the superb suited footing till now the start of a race, or a tennis participant balancing and on the factor of bypass superb suited or left, assume that the cat is the two going to leap, pounce or run. With my cat it sounds like he adjusts the width between his back legs so as that he's secure sufficient to be nonetheless and actually quiet, and on an identical time has the superb suited footing to apply his leg muscle tissue to superb consequence.
2016-10-02 00:20:12 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because they are olympic athletes and they need to position themselves properly before they move.
Watch a champion tennis player move while awaiting the serve. How a sprinter moves before he starts his run, etc., etc.
The evolutionary advantage is that it enables the cat too move swiftly and accurately, on target to get his dinner or escape a threat to his life.
The movement warms up the muscles so he gets the maximum bang for his buck.
2006-08-12 14:29:41 · answer #3 · answered by old cat lady 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is to put more energy into their pounce. They concentrate their strength in those muscles before leaping. It is also to balance themselves.
2006-08-12 14:30:05 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think its something to do with balance and momentum, but I find it hilarious!
2006-08-13 06:38:57 · answer #5 · answered by coxc15 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are doing it to grind their back claws into the ground or carpet better so they can pounce harder.
2006-08-12 14:28:15 · answer #6 · answered by Windseeker_1 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't know why, but both of my cats do that right before one attacks the other. I think that it's sooooooooooo CUTE!!!!!!!!! they make me laugh!!!! =^-^=
2006-08-12 14:25:48 · answer #7 · answered by *miss lily* 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's to get their prey's attention off what's coming next.
2006-08-12 14:28:37 · answer #8 · answered by sweet & sour 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mostly it is nervous energy.
2006-08-12 14:27:28 · answer #9 · answered by jimdan2000 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are giving us a show! Get your popcorn and pop and lay back and enjoy. (smile)
2006-08-12 14:24:18 · answer #10 · answered by Pinolera 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋