Cat Character and BehaviorBody language: Cats make themselves understood by using, besides their vocal repertory, physical and facial expressions. Each of these expressions and attitudes have a specific meaning in cats language.Pleasure: Cats carry their head and tail in an upward position, and their eyes half way shut. They lightly curve their back and rub themselves against furniture, walls or other objects. Wish to play: When cats wish to play they carry their head up, coil their tail and their ears point out. Cats like to jump, run and play with toys or any other object at hand. Fear: Cats have a crouching attitude, they duck against the floor, set eyes and tighten ears. Anger: Cats put their ears straight backward, the tail bristles and eyes are half way shut with dilated pupils. Ready to Attack: Cats put their ears backwards, coil their tail and then their hair bristles and their paws start to shake. Hunting instinct: Domestic cats though living in houses, have in their genes the instinct of a hunter; characteristics that come from their wild and primitive ancestors. Mothers teach their kittens the basic hunting principles at a very early stage bringing them at first dead preys and later on live ones. That way kitten learn first to eat, then to hunt and lastly to kill. The last stage is considered the hardest to learn for kitten. Hunting abilities are inherited genetically, so these kind of skills much depend on the family tree. That is to say that if parents were good hunters, possibilities of sons being the same is very high. Wild and domestic cats use the same techniques in hunting. These felines wait in silent and quietly for some time, then they slowly start to get near their prey waiting for the perfect time to attack unexpectedly. They kill their prey by biting the back of their neck being the canine teeth which penetrate the area between the vertebrae and spinal cord which ends cut up. | 
