Materi Literasi - Selasa, 21 Juli 2026
Cats also called the domestic cat or house cat (with its scientific name: Felis silvestris catus or Felis catus) is a type of carnivorous mammal of the family Felidae. The word “cat” generally refers to a “cat” that has been tamed, but can also refer to the “big cats” such as lions and tigers.
Cats are considered as “perfect carnivore” with teeth and particular digestive tract. The first premolar and molar teeth form a pair of fangs on each side of the mouth that works effectively as a pair of scissors to tear the meat. Although these features also exist in the Canidae or dog, but these traits are better developed in cats.
Unlike other carnivores, cats eat almost non vegetable substance. Bears and dogs sometimes eat berries, roots, or honey as a supplement, while cats only eat meat, usually freshly killed prey. In captivity, cats cannot adapt to a vegetarian diet because they cannot synthesize all the amino acids from plant material; it is in contrast with domesticated dogs, which commonly are fed a mixture of meat and vegetables and sometimes they can adapt to a completely vegetarian meal.
Cats have mingled with human life since at least 6000 BC, from the skeleton of the cat found on the island of Cyprus. The ancient Egyptians of 3500 BC have used cats to keep away the rats or other rodents from the barn where the crops were saved. Currently, the cat is one of the most popular pets in the world. Cats that his lines are recorded officially as a cat breeds or pure breed are Persian, Siamese, Manx, and the Sphinx. These kinds of cat are usually bred in official captivity animal. The number of purebred cat is only 1% of all cats in the world; the rest is a cat with mixed ancestry such as wild cats or domestic.
Answer the question below based on the text.
- What is the main idea of the text?
- Why can’t cats adapt to a vegetarian diet in captivity?
- When did cats start mingling with human life according to the archaeological evidence mentioned?
- What is the conclusion of the text?
