Sentences with phrase «injury by their prey»

They differ from people and dogs in that they have needed to survive on their own for approximately 10,000 years.1, 2 Being solitary survivors, they have adapted to appear strong and healthy when they may not be.2 They also may not like another cat in the household, but they will rarely fight.3, 4 These behaviors all work to prevent injury by their prey or another cat.

Not exact matches

The outdoor dangers range from diseases and injuries from battles with other cats (who can also be the source of those diseases), to predators such as owls and other large birds of prey, to roaming dogs, or their wilder counterparts such as foxes, and of course, the very real danger posed by cars.

Rabbits in the wild the instinctively hide illnesses and injuries to avoid detection by animals of prey.

Are the cats really only killing prey with existing illness or injury who might have died or been killed by another predator anyway?