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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsDid you know this about cats? I was today years old when I learned it.
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Cats have a precise method of walking called direct registering.
Their hind paws fall inside the place of their forepaws, minimizing noise and visible tracks, while ensuring more stable footing.
Their hind paws fall inside the place of their forepaws, minimizing noise and visible tracks, while ensuring more stable footing.
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Did you know this about cats? I was today years old when I learned it. (Original Post)
tblue37
Oct 2021
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And they always walk single file - to hide their numbers. And those blast points -
Rabrrrrrr
Oct 2021
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mercuryblues
(14,491 posts)1. You have known this longer than me.
House of Roberts
(5,122 posts)2. I knew cats walked that way,
but I didn't know it had a scientific name.
OAITW r.2.0
(23,862 posts)3. I learned something new today....thanks!
Lovie777
(11,992 posts)4. Survival of the Fittest . . .
like covering up their waste.
tblue37
(64,982 posts)5. That cat is on Arrakis and does not want to attract the worm.
Buckeye_Democrat
(14,848 posts)6. I didn't know that either, until just now.
If I was a cat, I'd probably keep cutting the back on my front paws with the claws of my back paws.
KelleyKramer
(8,851 posts)7. ... "I was today years old when I learned it."
What does that mean?
Mosby
(16,168 posts)8. Means they learned it today.
Maybe from this post.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1018&pid=1574325
tblue37
(64,982 posts)9. It just means I didn't know it until today. It's a humorous internet meme.
KelleyKramer
(8,851 posts)11. Ahhh, OK thanks
I guess I need more coffee
rickyhall
(4,889 posts)10. How you tell wolf tracks from puma.
Marthe48
(16,692 posts)12. I learned many years ago
But didn't know that it had a name.
I used to read books about forest lore, anything about the natural world, learned from one of those good old books
Rabrrrrrr
(58,347 posts)13. And they always walk single file - to hide their numbers. And those blast points -
too accurate for a dog. Only cats are so precise.