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| Tommy hunting flies |
Crunch, crunch.... there is nothing so satisfying for me than hunting down cockroaches.
The crunch is a bit like the noise my human makes when she is eating crisps. And the flavour is just as good. Very moreish.
And if I can't find a cockroach, then a bluebottle will do. My hunting technique is to use my paws to smash them against the window pane. Then I pick them up with my mouth when they have fallen down and are wiggling.
Spiders? Well, the outdoor ones with long skinny legs are more difficult, because the legs come off and the spiders whizz away. Besides, if I am outside, I have better things to hunt.
Indoors, the spiders that are stuck in the bath are more worth my attention. Not really crunchy but often much bigger than a mere bluebottle.
Researchers have just discovered that cats catch a lot of insects!* Boy, these humans are dumb. We have been eating them for at least 1.6 million years when our ancestors emerged on this planet.
We are pest exterminators for cockroaches. And bluebottles. And spiders.
Your pest is our fun food!
- "Social media highlights the overlooked impact of cats on arthropods," Insect Conservation and Diversity, DOI: 10.1111/icad.70038
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