Today let’s talk about cats’ confusing behavior – kicking themselves. The kitten below has become popular all over the world recently. It seems to be very curious that it has four legs. Look left and right. It is so cute. But what it doesn't kno...
Today let’s talk about cats’ confusing behavior – kicking themselves.
The kitten below has become popular all over the world recently. It seems to be very curious that it has four legs. Look left and right. It is so cute.
But what it doesn't know is that these two newly discovered "houjio" will soon ignore their martial ethics and sneak attack on its little comrade. For example, the little orange senior below is also popular on the Internet, and the reason is also related to his feet, but the difference is that his head was kicked by his own feet.
At first, it was just taking care of its own hair on a daily basis, but when it came to its hind legs, abnormal protrusions appeared, and its feet seemed to be out of control. It seemed that a switch was triggered according to a certain program, and it began to kick wildly.
Because it was bending its body at the time, the target of the hit with its hind feet was its own head. The little head was once beaten into a rattle, and finally it had to use its front paws to stop its emotional hind legs. The complete battle process is here, you can feel this extremely fierce battle: In fact, "kicking yourself" does not seem to be uncommon among pet cats, and there were similar questions on the Internet as early as 9 years ago.
To this day, this problem still exists. 2020 is almost over, and people have not yet figured out what cats are thinking.
Many netizens complain online, saying that their cats love to fight, but when asked who they fight with and whether they win or lose, their owners always look embarrassed. Not to mention provoking or stopping the fight, it was even difficult to tell who was the victim in that scene, and the four claws were fighting fiercely.
The causes of such fights are varied. Sometimes they are just straightening out their hair, and then suddenly a fight breaks out. Some cats even take the initiative to attack, causing themselves to trip and fall.
What is also confusing is that the "I hit myself" moves are also diverse. Some cats will kick themselves with one foot:
Some will kick themselves with both feet. The attack frequency makes people feel that their body is a cat, but their soul is a rabbit:
Some cats will fight back violently, forming a matryoshka-like revenge war with themselves:
Has your head been kicked? Just bite it back and that's it.
My foot was bitten and it hurt? I can't kick you to death.
Got kicked in the head? ...
Some of the battles were so intense that people were dumbfounded, as if it was not their own limbs that were being attacked, but an old enemy with deep hatred. You can even feel the anxiety in the kitten's heart, wishing to change a leg for yourself on the spot:
There are even some kittens that have been beaten by themselves until they raise their paws and "surrender", acting cute on the spot;
So, why do they do this?
There are no professional scientific research results yet, but the mainstream speculation is that this is an instinctive action, which may be for self-entertainment. It mostly occurs in younger, lively cats, or it may be an uncontrollable neurological reaction.
From a human perspective, cats have too many confusing behaviors, but if these behaviors are placed in the wild, some reasons may be found.
For example, they like to climb to high places because they can inspect their territory. I like to hide in boxes because I am used to hiding myself and feel safe. Catching small toys is also an instinctive hunting response. These are instinctive habits that have evolved over countless times.
The same is true for the attack method of this hind leg. It can be used for hunting or defense.
Of course, now pet cats do not need to hunt, nor are their lives threatened at all times, but the human room is still a kind of "wild" relatively speaking, and their instincts will still remember this kind of action that has evolved over countless time. And when they are playing with their partners or playing with themselves, they will react this way.
There is also speculation that this may be a conditioned reflex, and different cats behave differently. In some cats, this reaction is triggered when they bend forward, causing their legs to kick uncontrollably.
After all, maybe a cat’s legs are as elusive as the cat itself, and they all have their own ideas.
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