The worest mother

  

          Cats are  pet animals which are loved by most people because cats can rely on themselves and  are fond of leisure and entertainment. However, some people claim that cats are the worst mothers because of their abnormal behavior. Sometimes, a mother cat eats her kitty under some circumstances. Even Though people argue that and said this is a superstition, scientists and educators animals proved the validity of this information, but they differed in the reasons. In fact, a mother cat eats her kitty for many ultimate and proximate reasons.

          There are many proximate reasons of why a mother cat eats her kitty. First of all, a cat some time feels threatened because of dogs or many visitors around her kitties. Consequently, she will eat them in order not to allow strangers to take or hurt them. Moreover, she eats the weakest one or patient kitty because of the idea of survival of the fittest which dominates the animal kingdom. Finally, a mother cat recognizes her kitties from their bodies’ odors which can be changed by humans’ touching. As a result, after we touch them, she will consider them  strangers and fight against them.

           There are many ultimate reasons of why a mother cat eats her kitty. First, some cats give birth at an early age about a year. At that time, their maternal affection has not completed yet in their bodies. Consequently, they feel overwhelmed and eat their kitties instead of keeping their lives without a real care. Moreover, they do that in order to have kitties in a timely manner in which the hormones and emotions are completed inside them. Additionally, after childbirth a mother cat loses a lot of  vitamins which make her unable to breastfeed her kitties and keep them alive. Because of that she eats the strongest one who has already gotten the better nutrition during pregnancy. Moreover, cat sometime eats the weakest kitty in order to maintain her milk to feed other kitties who are in a good health. Finally, she eats a patient kitty to protect others against infection.

            To sum it all up, cat eats her kitty under an influence of pressure, danger, disease, or ignorance which are considered proximate behaviors. Based on the ultimate behavior , a mother cat does  that in order to give other kitties chance to survive and receive more feeding and care.  

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