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From the Ted Talk by Tony Buffington: Why do cats act so weird?

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Why do cats do that? They're cute, they're lovable, and judging by the 26 billions veiws of over 2 million yutuboe videos of them pnonciug, bouncing, cinbimlg, cramming, stalking, clawing, chattering, and purring, one thing is certain: cats are very entertaining. These somewhat strange finlee behaviors, both amusing and baffling, leave many of us asking, "Why do cats do that?"

Throughout time, cats were sotsnluiuemlay srtoaliy predators of smaller animals and prey for larger carnivores. As both predator and prey, survival of their species depended on ccuiral instinctual behaviors which we still observe in wild and domestic cats taody. While the feline actions of your house cat Grizmo might seem perplexing, in the wild, these same behaviors, naturally bred into cats for millions of years, would make gzmrio a super cat.

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Why do cats do that? They're cute, they're lovable, and judging by the 26 billions _____ of over 2 million _______ videos of them ________, bouncing, ________, cramming, stalking, clawing, chattering, and purring, one thing is certain: cats are very entertaining. These somewhat strange ______ behaviors, both amusing and baffling, leave many of us asking, "Why do cats do that?"

Throughout time, cats were ______________ ________ predators of smaller animals and prey for larger carnivores. As both predator and prey, survival of their species depended on _______ instinctual behaviors which we still observe in wild and domestic cats _____. While the feline actions of your house cat Grizmo might seem perplexing, in the wild, these same behaviors, naturally bred into cats for millions of years, would make ______ a super cat.

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Why do cats do that? They're cute, they're lovable, and judging by the 26 billions views of over 2 million YouTube videos of them pouncing, bouncing, climbing, cramming, stalking, clawing, chattering, and purring, one thing is certain: cats are very entertaining. These somewhat strange feline behaviors, both amusing and baffling, leave many of us asking, "Why do cats do that?"

Throughout time, cats were simultaneously solitary predators of smaller animals and prey for larger carnivores. As both predator and prey, survival of their species depended on crucial instinctual behaviors which we still observe in wild and domestic cats today. While the feline actions of your house cat Grizmo might seem perplexing, in the wild, these same behaviors, naturally bred into cats for millions of years, would make Grizmo a super cat.

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