why? Why does this tabby cat prefer to be hungry than eat? Why does it have to grab rice with its paws? In fact, the truth is all in the cat’s beard. The English name of this phenomenon is whisker fatigue, which is translated into Chinese as "whisker fatigue" or "beard fatigue".
To understand why cats have "whisker fatigue", we need to first understand the cat's whiskers. Don't look at the cat's whiskers, which are just a few seemingly hard hairs, but they are indeed the most sensitive sensory organs in the cat.
The cat’s whiskers can help the cat perceive wind, humidity, and even sound waves and slight vibrations from the air. The cat will use these perceptual information to discern whether the surroundings are safe.
And when a cat gets into a small space, it will first measure the size of the space with its whiskers. If the whiskers are severely touched, it means that the space is too small and the cat will get stuck.
Therefore, for cats, being touched by whiskers is dangerous, and cats are very timid and vigilant creatures. Once the whiskers are touched for a long time, the cat’s nerves will become tense for a long time, resulting in "whisker fatigue". .
This is the reason why cats use their paws to grab food, because the cat bowl is too small. Every time a meal, the cat bowl will keep touching the cat’s whiskers, giving the cat a sense of unwarranted tension.
For a long time, cats will think cat bowls are dangerous goods, so cats will hate eating and hate cat bowls, but once hungry for too long, cats can only find a way to get food from cat bowls, so cats use it The phenomenon of paws grabbing food from a cat's bowl is driven by hunger.