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The cat allowed itself to become domesticated, not in a desire to befriend man, but because of man's communities with the hordes of rats and mice attracted by their stores of food.
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A person who loves cats is called an ailurophile; cat haters are known as ailurophobes.
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When a cats rubs up against you, the cat is marking you with it's scent claiming ownership
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Female cats can go into heat 1-6 weeks after giving birth, so a female may be nursing one litter while pregnant with another. Female cats can and do go into heat and become pregnant as little as 48 hours after delivering a litter.
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Cats can get tapeworms from eating fleas. These worms live inside the cat forever, or until they are removed with medication. They reproduce by shedding a link from the end of their long bodies. This link crawls out the cat's anus, and sheds hundreds of eggs. These eggs are injested by flea larvae, and the cycles continues. Humans may get these tapeworms too, but only if they eat infected fleas. Cats with tapeworms should be dewormed by a veterinarian.
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