What will Happen If All the World's Cats Dead?
Maybe you're not a cat lover. Maybe you do not like that lazy animals. When you see a cat lounging on a chair, sleeping all day and only occasionally glanced at the window, or stretched, you immediately think they are useless animals.
But actually, they just act casual - as usual. Experts say, if all the cats in the world would suddenly die there will be a disaster.
Cats, both wild and pet, seemed only to live depends on our food. But according to Alan Beck, professor of veterinary medicine at Purdue University, cats are predators hunting experts with expertise and rapid adaptation.
"They are good prey on smaller animals, and can survive even if their prey is low," said Alan told Life's Little Mysteries, a derivative from the LiveScience website, as published on Yahoo! News.
And that is why we would feel lost if they all suddenly died. Cats play an important role in eradicating pests and rodents cecurut in fields and barns. In India, says Alan, a cat holding an important factor in the success of the harvest.
In short, humans may be right to feed the cat. But no cats, food for humans will also be less.
They are suddenly no more cats who inhabit this world, the rodent population will clearly increase. How drastic? Here is the brief description:
1997 study in England revealed an average domestic cats brought home 11 dead animals - mice, birds, frogs, etc. - within six months. That means 9 million cats kill nearly 200 million wild animals per year.
While in New Zealand, a study in 1979 found that while there is almost extinct cat, rat population increased by four times faster.
There are other side effects. In New Zealand, if the rat population is increasing (because there is no cat), the populations of sea birds come down drastically. Why, mice prefer to prey on seabird eggs. Rat predator populations (outside cat) will also increase.
"All species have a mutual influence," says Alan. And do not forget the emotional side that will be encountered by humans when all the cats died: "In this country, many people love cats. It's a lot more dogs, but cats are preferred for caressing. They are easily treated and his face 'pedomorphic' [ resemble the children]. "
While more homes are getting a dog (38 percent) than cats (34 percent), but the number of pet cats than dogs because more cat owners keep more than one cat. Cats as pets is preferred to be stroked, easy to maintain, and face more pedomorphic (more like children). "