Dogs and cats are pet animals most common and each one has incredible characteristics that make us love them, even though people tend to put their qualities in competition to determine which is the best, the truth is that their personalities are unique.
Dog that barks, does not bite
Norhan Cortés Fernández de Arcipreste, professor at the Cuautitlán Faculty of Higher Studies, explains that dogs descend from wolvesan animal that howls more than barks, something that dogs do naturally and for several reasons:
- Communicate remotely.
- Defend the territory (they warn other animals that they are present).
- They locate other members of the same pack or social group.
- They gather the herd before starting an activity, such as hunting.
- Individual recognition.
- Sadness.
- Response to high-pitched sounds, such as ambulance or patrol sirens.
very old breedslike the Alaskan malamute or the Akita, howl more because their behavior is greatly influenced by their proximity to the wolf, while more modern breeds do not do so as much; for example, the poodle.
Dog howling.
For identify their howls You just have to observe them in detail in their expression and tail to understand the social context. The teacher exemplifies that, if a dog howls at night and others on the same street respond to it, then they are communicating at a distance.
When the cat is not there the mice have a party
Among the qualities that cats have and that attract our attention, is its flexibility. According to Hungarian ethologist Péter Pongrácz, there are two primary factors: their anatomy and that they are aware of their size, something that Dr. Claudia Edwards Patiño, professor at the UNAM Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Zootechnics, agreed with.
The cats They are not as obedient as dogswhich made the study of Pongrácz difficult, who analyzed the felines in their natural habitat by making them pass through large and small spaces, which they managed to cross due to their anatomy; We have 33 vertebrae, dogs have 36 and they have 53, which allows them that flexibility and “mold” to certain places, according to Edwards Patiño.
Cat jumping.
In the shoulder girdle of humans there is a segment formed by the shoulder blades and the clavicle and connected they provide rigid support to the muscles of the arm; Meanwhile, cats have a small clavicle, which gives them ease of movement because they are not stiff like us.
Also, cats too They can perceive the size of a certain space or object through their whiskers, which are full of nerve endings that transmit information about their environment, down to the size of the spaces before entering them.
